My sugar is through the roof!

MoRiv1986

How many grams of sugar do you eat a day? Mine is set at 24 grams on MFP. But lately, because of fruit, I have been going way over that amount. What healthy fruits do you eat that have less sugar? Thanks.

jamiek917

no need to worry about the sugar #s unless u are diabetic or have another condition where sugar levels will affect your health.

However, to answer your question about fruit, berries are a great choice as they are typically low in cals and sugar and high in antioxidents. the most sugary fruits are pineapple, mangos and grapes (there are others- but those are some of the highest)

sozisraw

YaY! I eat tons of fruit, rarely any refined sugars, lost two stone this year and not been sick once!:drinker: :flowerforyou: :glasses: :smokin:

55in13

I was about to post the same question. I went months without logging to try to learn to eat at the level "naturally" after I logged for a while to figure out what sort of stuff worked. Now I am adjusting to lose the rest slowly, so I started logging again to learn what to eat for a different level. All it takes is 2 pieces of fruit (an apple and a banana for example) and I am already over. My menu for today looks very healthy but has about 77 instead of the 25 it sets me to. Very little of that is refined; it is almost all from fruits and veggies. The real kicker is that what I am adding in to up my calories is mostly not adding much sugar. So while losing all the weight so far and getting in much better shape, I probably consumed several pounds more sugar than MFP recommends.

ETA - Just remembered my wife picked up a watermelon last night. Just added that to my dinner plan and now I am at 118!

MoRiv1986

I was about to post the same question. I went months without logging to try to learn to eat at the level "naturally" after I logged for a while to figure out what sort of stuff worked. Now I am adjusting to lose the rest slowly, so I started logging again to learn what to eat for a different level. All it takes is 2 pieces of fruit (an apple and a banana for example) and I am already over. My menu for today looks very healthy but has about 77 instead of the 25 it sets me to. Very little of that is refined; it is almost all from fruits and veggies. The real kicker is that what I am adding in to up my calories is mostly not adding much sugar. So while losing all the weight so far and getting in much better shape, I probably consumed several pounds more sugar than MFP recommends.

ETA - Just remembered my wife picked up a watermelon last night. Just added that to my dinner plan and now I am at 118!

Yes, I enjoyed watermelon last night for dinner, and my sugar was over 100 as well.

MoRiv1986

And I love grapes. I guess I need to cut back on them.

AJ_G

And I love grapes. I guess I need to cut back on them.

Never cut back on fruit, cut back on other carbs if need be

55in13

And I love grapes. I guess I need to cut back on them.

Never cut back on fruit, cut back on other carbs if need be

Trouble is that most of my carbs are fruits.

Teardrop81

Thanks for posting this. I had the same question!