IIFYM did not work. Why?

[DjRocklyn]

I tried to follow this IIFYM theory and stayed on a 500 cal deficit for over 1 month. I barely lost one pound.
I am so frustrated. What do you guys suggest me to do?
I already did all my calculations and this are my infos.

28yo - 5'11" - 195lbs - bf 18%.
BMR 1992
Maintain 3083 ( yes I am active during the day )

So now, according to the formulas, I should lose weight by eating 2500cal right?
Well, i was eating about 2100 during my cut. And no results. I was still taking 1gr of protein per body weight. The rest was obviously carbs and fat.
Maybe i was eating too much fat? Or too much carbs?
Im really confused please help.

[NinjaBody]

Lower your cals.

You either messed up your tracking or your maintanence intake, but lowering your cals will work either way unless you get better at tracking what you eat.

[sevenhm]

It's simple you weren't in a deficit. Maybe you were excluding things or not tracking correctly. The calculations are estimations not exact numbers.

[boo99]

I tried to follow this IIFYM theory and stayed on a 500 cal deficit for over 1 month. I barely lost one pound.
I am so frustrated. What do you guys suggest me to do?
I already did all my calculations and this are my infos.

28yo - 5'11" - 195lbs - bf 18%.
BMR 1992
Maintain 3083 ( yes I am active during the day )

So now, according to the formulas, I should lose weight by eating 2500cal right?
Well, i was eating about 2100 during my cut. And no results. I was still taking 1gr of protein per body weight. The rest was obviously carbs and fat.
Maybe i was eating too much fat? Or too much carbs?
Im really confused please help.

not an IIFYM issue, its an issue with calories: your calculations, tracking, wrong estimation etc

You apparently ate with a 1000 cal deficit but didnt lose 2 lbs weekly so those numbers are not correct and you werent really in a deficit

Do you track, count, weigh all your food?

[DjRocklyn]

not an IIFYM issue, its an issue with calories: your calculations, tracking, wrong estimation etc

You apparently ate with a 1000 cal deficit but didnt lose 2 lbs weekly so those numbers are not correct and you werent really in a deficit

Do you track, count, weigh all your food?

Yes, I use myfitnesspal and always make sure my updates are as accurate as possible..

I was thinking, maybe its because im building lean mass too? Im a newbie and I heard that when you start workout its possible to put on muscles and lose fat at the same time..
I workout 5 days a week.

[MetilHed]

Are you weighing your food ?

[BrightonBomber]

All the tools people use to gauge TDEE, calorie intake etc are simply estimates they are never 100% accurate there is always a certain level of discrepancy. You should be altering your calorie needs based upon the results you are getting.

In your case either you are not as active as you think or the calories you consumed were not tracked accurately enough and so you didn't lose weight. If you didn't lose or gain any weight at all, what you consumed was your maintenance level so drop you calories accordingly.

Also peoples activity levels for each day will not be the same. I mean do you do exactly the same thing every single day, from going to work, the number of miles you walked, the same level of exercise? On days when you are less active, say a day off from work when you don't exercise, do you really think you will use the number of calories where you go to work and workout? Of course not , alter your calories each day based upon your daily activity levels for the most consistent results.

[EjnarKolinkar]

Yes, I use myfitnesspal and always make sure my updates are as accurate as possible..

I was thinking, maybe its because im building lean mass too? Im a newbie and I heard that when you start workout its possible to put on muscles and lose fat at the same time..
I workout 5 days a week.

If you want to lose weight you need to eat less. If you dont want to lose weight eat the same. If you want to gain eat more.

[MrM27]

You know what I find most fascinating about your thread? Yesterday you made a thread saying you were eating 1600 calories and today you make a thread saying it's 2100.

Just sayin

[PBateman2]

What the **** is IIFYM?!?!

[MrM27]

What the **** is IIFYM?!?!

[jdl22]

If you want to lose weight you need to eat less. If you dont want to lose weight eat the same. If you want to gain eat more.

These kinds of replies do no one justice.

[MrM27]

These kinds of replies do no one justice.

How so? Because he's correct with his statement.

[necon76]

These kinds of replies do no one justice.

Wat.

[DjRocklyn]

You know what I find most fascinating about your thread? Yesterday you made a thread saying you were eating 1600 calories and today you make a thread saying it's 2100.

Just sayin

I did eat 2000 for over a month, and fews days ago i lowered my deficit, but I realized its too low maybe

[Mrpb]

I tried to follow this IIFYM theory and stayed on a 500 cal deficit for over 1 month. I barely lost one pound.
I am so frustrated. What do you guys suggest me to do?
I already did all my calculations and this are my infos.

28yo - 5'11" - 195lbs - bf 18%.
BMR 1992
Maintain 3083 ( yes I am active during the day )

So now, according to the formulas, I should lose weight by eating 2500cal right?
Well, i was eating about 2100 during my cut. And no results. I was still taking 1gr of protein per body weight. The rest was obviously carbs and fat.
Maybe i was eating too much fat? Or too much carbs?
Im really confused please help.

Nah. 5'11", 195 lbs, lifting weights, not losing weight on 2100 calories. Not gonna happen.

You need to start tracking accurately. Everything must be weighed with a good scale. And Myfitnesspal has a lot of errors in its database. You need double check everything.

[jdl22]

Wat.

An overly simplified: "eat more, gain more" response is ridiculously over-used and never helpful. It's a redundantly obvious piece of advice that doesn't do the OP much justice in my opinion. If you're going to give advice that doesn't go in one ear and out the other, reply with a more quality response. "Eat more, gain more; eat less, lose" is a silly response, I think.

That's wat I was trying to get at.

[MrM27]

An overly simplified: "eat more, gain more" response is ridiculously over-used and never helpful. It's a redundantly obvious piece of advice that doesn't do the OP much justice in my opinion. If you're going to give advice that doesn't go in one ear and out the other, reply with a more quality response. "Eat more, gain more; eat less, lose" is a silly response, I think.

That's wat I was trying to get at.

You say it's over simplified but it's still a valid statement. The issue is too many people want to over complicate the process of losing or gaining weight. You'll learn in time that regardless of how simple or in depth the response is that someone gives, more times than not it will still get in one ear and out the other.

[Mrpb]

An overly simplified: "eat more, gain more" response is ridiculously over-used and never helpful.

Yet it's the 1 piece of advice that would have solved OP's problem if he had applied it.

[jdl22]

You say it's over simplified but it's still a valid statement. The issue is too many people want to over complicate the process of losing or gaining weight. You'll learn in time that regardless of how simple or in depth the response is that someone gives, more times than not it will still get in one ear and out the other.

Fair enough comeback. Agreed it's a valid statement, but still think the redundancy of giving advice that OP more than likely already knows is an obsolete post. Given the nature of OP I doubt he was looking for the dumbed down "eat more, gain more" response was all I was getting at.

But fair enough, you make a solid argument.

[Jcart159]

Fair enough comeback. Agreed it's a valid statement, but still think the redundancy of giving advice that OP more than likely already knows is an obsolete post. Given the nature of OP I doubt he was looking for the dumbed down "eat more, gain more" response was all I was getting at.

But fair enough, you make a solid argument.

None of us are here to give advice solely based upon what someone wants to hear. We give the advice they need to hear.

Given the nature of the OP, that is exactly what he needed to hear because he obviously does not understand that basic principle.

[MetilHed]

. . . reply with a more quality response. "Eat more, gain more; eat less, lose" is a silly response, I think.

That's wat I was trying to get at.

And still more useful than yours.

[DjRocklyn]

At the end of the day tho... Im gonna eat WHATEVER THE F*CK I WANNA EAT!!!!

[EjnarKolinkar]

[necon76]

At the end of the day tho... Im gonna eat WHATEVER THE F*CK I WANNA EAT!!!!

Neat.

[MetilHed]

At the end of the day tho... Im gonna eat WHATEVER THE F*CK I WANNA EAT!!!!

Cool story, bro. Go make a useless thread about it.

[MrM27]

At the end of the day tho... Im gonna eat WHATEVER THE F*CK I WANNA EAT!!!!

See you in the next thread you make.

[DjRocklyn]

See you in the next thread you make.

Cmon guys, its just a funny popular quote.. Relax.

Anyway thanks for the precious advices. Im gonna eat less and lose weight. Yay.

[usersignup2]

All the tools people use to gauge TDEE, calorie intake etc are simply estimates they are never 100% accurate there is always a certain level of discrepancy. You should be altering your calorie needs based upon the results you are getting.

fukin this.

[MrM27]

Cmon guys, its just a funny popular quote.. Relax.

Anyway thanks for the precious advices. Im gonna eat less and lose weight. Yay.

I must have left my humor in my other pants.