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Desserts

needtolosethatweight26
needtolosethatweight26 Posts: 89 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
MFP has set a daily goal of 1200 calories for me and I add another 300 for exercise. My sugar limit is set to 35grams per day. Is it OK that I have a desert/cookie/chocolate etc every day but does not go beyond the sugar limit for the day? I have a major sweet tooth so I am finding it really hard to cut my desert off. I am 5 '2 and weigh 162lbs.

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  • ilovecereal1982
    ilovecereal1982 Posts: 1,194 Member
    I love desserts...not to be confused with deserts which i dont love...actually I've never been in one so I shouldn't judge but the word of mouth Isn't strong...
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Don't worry about going over your sugar goal unless you have a reason to, like diabetes etc. Eat your sweet stuff as long as it is within your calorie goal.

    Just as a tip for you, today I'm having sugar free raspberry jelly with a tonne of blueberries in for around 40 calories, just an idea for you if you fancy something sweet and are low on calories for the day :)
  • needtolosethatweight26
    needtolosethatweight26 Posts: 89 Member
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
    Don't worry about going over your sugar goal unless you have a reason to, like diabetes etc. Eat your sweet stuff as long as it is within your calorie goal.

    Just as a tip for you, today I'm having sugar free raspberry jelly with a tonne of blueberries in for around 40 calories, just an idea for you if you fancy something sweet and are low on calories for the day :)
    Thanks pal, I really needed to hear that. Oh I love jelly and craved it my entire pregnancy.
    Anyways I had Belgian chocolate mousse which has around 89 cals.
  • needtolosethatweight26
    needtolosethatweight26 Posts: 89 Member
    edited September 2015
    ilovecereal1982 wrote: »
    I love desserts...not to be confused with deserts which i dont love...actually I've never been in one so I shouldn't judge but the word of mouth Isn't strong...

    Hmmm
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    OP I'm the same height as you, started about 10 lbs lower. I was originally set at 1200 net and also ate back my exercise cals but figured out that I could lose about 1 lb/week netting 1400-1500 cals, and then about 0.5 lb/week netting 1650.

    I lost 30 lbs and am currently maintaining. I eat something sweet and have wine pretty much every day.

    Good luck.
  • needtolosethatweight26
    needtolosethatweight26 Posts: 89 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    OP I'm the same height as you, started about 10 lbs lower. I was originally set at 1200 net and also ate back my exercise cals but figured out that I could lose about 1 lb/week netting 1400-1500 cals, and then about 0.5 lb/week netting 1650.

    I lost 30 lbs and am currently maintaining. I eat something sweet and have wine pretty much every day.

    Good luck.

    Your screen name makes me hungry. Lol. Yea my daily cals is around 1400-1500. I figured 1200 is too low perhaps? I want to do 1200 only when I hit a plateau.
  • needtolosethatweight26
    needtolosethatweight26 Posts: 89 Member
    edited September 2015
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    OP I'm the same height as you, started about 10 lbs lower. I was originally set at 1200 net and also ate back my exercise cals but figured out that I could lose about 1 lb/week netting 1400-1500 cals, and then about 0.5 lb/week netting 1650.

    I lost 30 lbs and am currently maintaining. I eat something sweet and have wine pretty much every day.

    Good luck.

    Oh also what were your workouts like? 30lbs is huge loss.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    anusharajesh13 wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    OP I'm the same height as you, started about 10 lbs lower. I was originally set at 1200 net and also ate back my exercise cals but figured out that I could lose about 1 lb/week netting 1400-1500 cals, and then about 0.5 lb/week netting 1650.

    I lost 30 lbs and am currently maintaining. I eat something sweet and have wine pretty much every day.

    Good luck.

    Oh also what were your workouts like? 30lbs is huge loss.

    Walking mostly, I have bad knees so I'm not much of a runner. When I started I was trying to walk 30 min a day 3 times a week. I got a Fitbit about 6 months into this and it really helped me know how many calories I was burning, that's when I raised my goal up. Now I average about 14,000 steps/day and I've incorporated some circuit training with Dumbbells 2-3 times a week.
  • needtolosethatweight26
    needtolosethatweight26 Posts: 89 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    anusharajesh13 wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    OP I'm the same height as you, started about 10 lbs lower. I was originally set at 1200 net and also ate back my exercise cals but figured out that I could lose about 1 lb/week netting 1400-1500 cals, and then about 0.5 lb/week netting 1650.

    I lost 30 lbs and am currently maintaining. I eat something sweet and have wine pretty much every day.

    Good luck.

    Oh also what were your workouts like? 30lbs is huge loss.

    Walking mostly, I have bad knees so I'm not much of a runner. When I started I was trying to walk 30 min a day 3 times a week. I got a Fitbit about 6 months into this and it really helped me know how many calories I was burning, that's when I raised my goal up. Now I average about 14,000 steps/day and I've incorporated some circuit training with Dumbbells 2-3 times a week.

    That's awesome. I do JM workouts 5 days a week and also track my calories/steps if I go out grocery shopping etc. I don't use a car. I walk everywhere.
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