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What Are Macros (IIFYM) or Macronutrients?

Macro Calculator is a free online calculator for finding the macronutrients required for losing or gaining weight. This calculator will tell the required calories, proteins, carbs, and fats to reach your goals. https://www.macrocalculator.org/

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What Are Macros (IIFYM) or Macronutrients?

Macro Calculator is a free online calculator for finding the macronutrients required for losing or gaining weight. This calculator will tell the required calories, proteins, carbs, and fats to reach your goals. https://www.macrocalculator.org/

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What are Macros (IIFYM) or Macronutrients?

The Macros, also known as IIFYM (If It Fits Your Macros), is a type of dieting

which is flexible and helps to lose or gain weight appropriately.

Using the Macro Calculator, you can calculate the number of calories, carbs,

protein, and Fat required to reach your goal.


Whether you are willing to lose, maintain, or gain your weight, you can use the

macros calculator to make a diet plan and follow-up to get your desire weight.

The Macronutrients is a helpful calculator to be in shape and remain fit; you need

to calculate your macros and make a flexible dieting plan accordingly.

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How to calculate Macros?

Calculation of macros for flexible dieting is possible in two ways, manual and

using an online macro calculator. Below are the methods of calculating in detail:

• Manual Calculation of Macros

Step # 1

Identify the needs of calories by a calorie calculator or using the following

formula:

Men
calories/day = 10 x weight (kg) + 6.25 x height (cm) – 5 x age (y) + 5

Women
calories/day = 10 x weight (kg) + 6.25 x height (cm) – 5 x age (y) – 161

Step # 2

Now, multiply your calories with the activity factor (by K-state research) which is

given below:
Step # 3

Now, calculate the number of macronutrients required for your health using the

following criteria:

Carbs
45-65% of calories

Protein
10-35% of the calories

Fats
20-35% of calories

• Using the Macronutrient Calculator

The macros calculator can be used easily without any manual calculation. You

need to enter the following information to find the necessary intakes:


• Gender

• Age

• Goal (loss/maintain/gain)

• Body Fat (If calculated)

• Height

• Weight

• Meals Per Day

• Activity Level

The tool will automatically find the number of calories, fats, proteins, and carbs

required for a better diet by entering these details.

Benefits of calculating Macros

• Flexibility to diet

The foremost benefit of using the macro calculator is the flexible diet for

achieving your goal. You get flexibility in selecting your favorite food to eat while

maintaining your diet.

If you are on a diet and wish to have some optional food, then you can find the

same calorie food with macro.

For example, if you don’t love Oats (a primary dietary product) then you can go

for a sugary cereal because both have the same calories.


• Lose weight faster

Losing weight faster is relatively easy when utilizing an online tool for macro

calculation. This is because the calculator will help you know how much diet you

should have to reach your goal.

You can easily follow-up on the Macronutrients' requirements to intake and lose

the weight with the same activity level.

• Helps planning better

If you are not aware of how many calories and other nutrients should be

consumed, then how can you make a suitable diet plan?

Utilizing the intake information, you can easily make a proper diet plan through

which you can lose or gain weight without much effort and time.

If you want to use this online calculator (Macro calculator) You can follow this link to use online
calculator:

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