Has anyone eliminated fruit in their diet?

kimjj1025

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I've been logging my food fairly consistantly. I've always been aware that fruit had sugar, which is why it is so yummy. However, I didn't realize how much sugar I eat in fruit until I see the total at the end of the day. Like today, I plan to have banana and some blueberries in my high fiber oatmeal, necturine at lunch and grapes for an afternoon snack and I'm 19 grams over my daily allowance! There is either no sugar or very little sugars in the remainder of my planned meals. So my question to all of you is; Did you have to eliminate or severly reduce your fruit intake to lose weight?

Thanks!

nomeejerome

Absolutely not

grimendale

Please don't. I lost 90 lbs eating three servings of fruit a day. You need the vitamins, fiber and natural sugar you get from fruit. If you want to cut sugar, cut refined and processed sugar, not fruit.

Dianescraps

Nope, and if natural, unprocessed sugars put me over on my sugar numbers I do not stress about it.

momzeeee

I keep my sugar intake to under 50 a day, regardless of where it comes from. I used to be pre-diabetic and I'm very aware of sugar now. For me it's not a weight loss thing (I'm in maintenance), but I don't think a lot of sugar, regardless of the source, is a good thing.

BrainyBurro

d'oh! what crazy fad diet has got all of these people scared to death of fruit? i've been seeing thread after thread about this subject lately... who in their right mind would listen to ANYBODY who tells them that eating fruit is bad?

fruit is not bad. sugar/carbs are not bad. unless you have some sort of medical condition (diabetes), you don't even have to pay attention to your sugar/carb intake.

1g carbs = 4 calories.

that's all that matters. stay under your daily calorie burn (TDEE) and you'll lose weight.

carrietehbear

Nope... I don't even look at my sugar content.

BigBrunette

Nope. I haven't eliminated anything from my diet. Fruit is your friend.

MFPRat

I asked my wellness nurse/nutritionist about this very thing and this is what she said:

Fruit does affect bloodsugar in the same way as added sugars (sugar is sugar is sugar). However, the difference is that fruit also contains fiber and vitamins/minerals/antioxidants--all of which benefit your body and the fiber can help slow the release of the sugar directly in to your bloodstream. We like to suggest pairing fruit with lean proteins (nuts, low-fat plain yogurts, seeds, etc) to further help slow the release.

SideSteel

I wouldn't eliminate fruit.

Hit your calorie and macronutrient goals and use some common sense with food selection and I wouldn't worry about it beyond that.

NewCaddy

Nope, and if natural, unprocessed sugars put me over on my sugar numbers I do not stress about it.

THIS^^^

mazdauk

I took off the sugar macro for that reason - I'm not diabetic and I don't sit with packets of doughnuts or biscuits for lunch, I know most of my sugar is coming from fresh/dried fruit and milk so the macro is irrelevent.

If you eat a lot of processed foods however, you'd be surprised at the amount of "hidden" sugar (AND salt) in foods - check the back of a tin of baked beans, for example. Make your changes here before droping fruit!

jakkisr

Absolutely not! In fact, I've eaten more fruit while losing weight than I've ever eaten in my life on a regular basis!

Unless you have a medical condition (such as diabetes) I wouldn't be at all concerned about natural sugars in raw fruit going over the macros in MFP.

Eat them up and enjoy!

FearAnLoathingJ

No

shar140

Completely eliminated, no. Reduced, yes. I used to eat probably 3-4 servings a day of sugary fruits - apples, bananas, grapes, etc (well, let's face it - some apples are big enough to be 2 servings so probably even more than 3-4! and who only eats 15 grapes?? and one medium banana should really be 2 servings). Now I've cut it down to about 2 servings a day, of less sugary options - mostly berries, but occasionally kiwi or pineapple or another in-season fruit, but I limit it. More veggies instead! (and I don't mean corn or potatoes)

Apples make me hungry an hour later (or less), even with a meal, so I have pretty much eliminated them. Bananas don't do that, so I still eat them when I'm training.

fooninie

Sugar (naturally occurring or otherwise) does spike insulin levels and MAY cause the body to store fat. HOWEVER (before haters jump all over me) I would never cut out fruit from my diet, but I would watch my intake (if I am trying to lose weight). There are way too many health benefits which outweigh the sugar.

Interesting and true story for you: my friends husband ate roughly 4-6 cups of fruit daily when he was diagnosed with pre-diabetes (to quench a sugar addiction, he replaced refined sugars with naturally occurring ones). He believed that if it was naturally occurring, it could not be bad for him. Wrong. He is diabetic now. So, really, moderation is always the key I think. Has anyone else ever heard of this?

C12254

I already need to give up cake, cookies, and ice cream (at least not have as much). theres no way ill give up fruit.

it sounds like you're eating A LOT of it though.

BeachIron

Absolutely not.

I'm starting to really wish MFP would simply eliminate the sugar column. It's creating entirely too much angst.

SideSteel

Sugar (naturally occurring or otherwise) does spike insulin levels and MAY cause the body to store fat. HOWEVER (before haters jump all over me) I would never cut out fruit from my diet, but I would watch my intake (if I am trying to lose weight). There are way too many health benefits which outweigh the sugar.

Interesting and true story for you: my friends husband ate roughly 4-6 cups of fruit daily when he was diagnosed with pre-diabetes (to quench a sugar addiction, he replaced refined sugars with naturally occurring ones). He believed that if it was naturally occurring, it could not be bad for him. Wrong. He is diabetic now. So, really, moderation is always the key I think. Has anyone else ever heard of this?

Acute spikes in insulin will not result in net fat gain if you're in a caloric deficit.

Food for thought from a very solid resource:
weightology.net/weightologyweekly/?page_id=319

flanary888

I go over my sugars every day that I have fruit, but I just subtract it out to see where I am for the day on "other" food. I will never give it up though! Chips may have no sugar, but they are much worse for you than fruit!

TruckersWifeTruckersLife

some fruits are very high in sugar so yes you do have to be careful of how much fruit you eat