Fruit sugars confusion

MichelleAinsworth2

I want to eat better, but don't like salad an veg, so thought eat fruit as snack, but now my sugar is totalling up to too much each day better off eating choc it seems lol

Help please people x

BusyRaeNOTBusty

Fruits have more calories than veggies. Veggies generally have more vitamins and fiber. I wouldn't specifically worry about sugar (you actually CAN have chocolate if you want, if you stay under your calories and get adequate nutrition elsewhere) but finding some vegetables you like would be good for you. Doesn't have to be salad. What about raw cucumbers, pepers, sugar snap peas, carrots?

slheddlesten

Im not much of a veggie eater either but i like sliced cucumbers with pepper on them or sugar snap peas, try yellow and green squash chopped together with small tomatoes. its real good.

strong_curves

I don't track sugar, eat 2-3 servings of fruit daily and still lose weight. Sugar does NOT hinder weight loss as long as you're eating in a deficit.

T1DCarnivoreRunner

You don't like vegetables and you are trying to avoid sugar/carbs. You need to find something for a snack that is not vegetables and does not have carbs... do I understand correctly?

If yes, then have you considered nuts? Cheese?

LHWhite903

Fructose is sugar, glucose is sugar, sucrose is sugar and sugar is a carbohydrate and is, in some amounts, in almost everything you eat. Unless you have some condition where you need to limit sugars or certain types of sugars, don't worry about it.

Carlos_421

strong_curves wrote: »

I don't track sugar, eat 2-3 servings of fruit daily and still lose weight. Sugar does NOT hinder weight loss as long as you're eating in a deficit.

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Laddiegirl

I'm currently on day 19 of Whole 30 and I eat 2-3 servings of fruit a day. I've lost 7 1/2 lbs so it doesn't hinder weight loss, as long as you keep it to a reasonable amount and make room for it in your day. I go for strawberries, pineapple, raspberries, blueberries and tangerines most often.

I never grew up with much vegetable beyond green beans, so I've done a lot of experimentation recently and found that I like some veggies raw only, spinach leaves and shredded brussel sprouts are great in a salad to me. But I do not like them cooked. I like salad, but in limited quantity so I don't push myself to exist on salad because I know I won't be happy. I eat them as a side with my protein only. I learned to roast green beans (so good and they reheat well the next day) for a change from steaming them and I like to make a "salad" of cucumbers, shredded carrot and avocado with a bit of balsamic vinegar with salt & pepper as a quick, on the go veggie for dinner or lunches if I'm tired of other veggies. Sometimes I just do a quick saute of snow peas in garlic as my veggie. It doesn't have to be elaborate and usually thats the best way for veggies I've found.

Also, try veggies prepared in other ways than you have tasted them before (ie, grilled if you've only had them steamed, ect) and you might find that a different texture of them works for you. I found that I love grilled or sauteed asperagus this way.

kthompson601

I love fruit and tend to have quite a bit in a day--frozen fruit and half a banana in a smoothie for breakfast, a pear or apple with my lunch, and some grapes, kiwi, or orange with dinner. I'm always way over my sugar--yet I've still managed to lose 100 pounds.

Don't worry about sugar UNLESS you have diabetes or your doctor has instructed that you must be aware of your sugar. Fruit is good for you!

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kgirlhart

If you have diabetes you need to worry about your sugar. If not you don't need to worry about it as long as your stay under your calorie goal. I try not to have too much added sugar since it doesn't fill me up, but i never worry about sugar in fruits.

dubird

If you don't have a medical condition where you have to limit sugars, such as diabetes, and you're under your calorie goal then you're fine. Granted, you don't want a majority of your calories to be related to sugar because it means you're not probably not getting other nutrients you body needs and your dentist will hate you, but having extra fruit gives you a boost in certain vitiams and is hydrating. So I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Yi5hedr3

No fruit - no chocolate. Keep carbs below 100/day. Eat some blueberries in place of fruit (1/4 cup/day max).

HurriCate

I found just two to three small/medium servings of fresh fruit daily, no added sweets at all, made my sugar number exceed the limit before I reached my calorie target. On the good advice here, I stopped tracking sugar as I am not diabetic and can safely ignore it in the context of what I eat. I track fibre now, it's much more helpful.

ontosinc297

Some great advice here. I've been trying to cut out sweets and desserts since the holidays and as a result eat WAY more fruit than before in order to satisfy my sweet tooth. I was worried about all the sugar but since I'm still coming in under my max calories for the day I won't sweat it.

cafeaulait7

Fruits are really good for you. The sugars in dairy products are another kind of sugar not to worry about. The sugary chocolate is delicious but should be limited more than fruit and dairy, just like our mammas told us

ETA: Oh, fruit juices aren't nearly as good as the whole fruit that way, though. You get the vitamins but don't get the fiber, so count them a bit like a healthy sweetened drink, imho.