How much sugar?

lisaab27

How much sugar in grams do you all have listed in your diary for your everyday goals? If I eat fruit I go over, I might have it set too low.

AnvilHead

Since I don't have any medical issues requiring me to avoid sugar and I don't eat a lot of added sugar in my diet, I don't even bother tracking it and couldn't care less if I exceed MFP's goals by eating fruit. If you're eating a reasonably balanced diet, sticking to your calorie goal and don't have medical issues with sugar, you're doing fine.

malibu927

I don't know, I don't track it. But it defaults to 15% of your total calories.

L1zardQueen

I track fiber instead of sugar. I love fruit. When summer is over, I get sad.

kimny72

Yeah, I don't pay attention to it either. I figure as long as I'm staying at my calorie goal and getting enough protein and fiber, my sugar is probably under control anyway.

mmapags

L1zardQueen wrote: »

I track fiber instead of sugar. I love fruit. When summer is over, I get sad.

Me too. If your tracking carbs, tracking sugar is redundant. Fiber tracking is more useful. If your macros are set up properly and you generally are hitting them (within reason) there is no purpose to tracking sugar.

psychod787

I avoid too much added sugar, but fruits and veggies are my friends.

Lillymoo01

I would never limit my fruit and vegetable consumption just to keep my sugar intake down. I have no medical issues so it really doesn't matter in the scheme of things as long as I have a balanced diet overall.

ForecasterJason

The last time I was tracking, I was trying to keep to 50 grams or less. But that was to help control some GI symptoms.

snickerscharlie

Another one who has no medical reason to specifically track sugar, so I track fibre instead.

snemberton

I found that being close to my macros each day and just tracking overall, I rarely get an excess of sugar. I’m not a big fruit eater and managing overall calories has taken out most of my added sugar intake because high added sugar often means too many calories to be worth it. (And I STILL eat pie, ice cream and cookies.)

kshama2001

snickerscharlie wrote: »

Another one who has no medical reason to specifically track sugar, so I track fibre instead.

Ditto

AnnPT77

As long as it's not driving out other essential nutrition, and you're not diabetic/insulin resistant/suffering from another medical condition that requires limiting sugar, don't worry about it.

Hit a solid protein goal. Hit a solid fat goal (prioritizing a fair fraction of fatty cold-water fish, nuts, avocados, seeds, olive oil, etc.). Eat 5+ veggie/fruit servings daily (10+ is better). If all that is happrning, and you're hitting calorie goal, don't worry about sugar.

elsie6hickman

I find I go over my recommended sugar some days because I eat fruit, but I keep an eye on my carbs and try to meet my goals there. I enjoy my fruits and the good ones have good fiber. My husband is diabetic, so we track his carbs like a hawk.

psychod787

Even diabetics can have sugar. They are still glucose burners. A candy bar, like a snickers, may not be the most filling thing to spend calories on, but it has enough fat and protein to blunt the quick release of sugar in it. That's why it's good for after a blood sugar drop out, while as close to pure glucose is good for treating.

lolly2414

I don't worry about natural sugars from fruits and veggies. I try to limit how much added sugar I eat most days (although I still enjoy a small soda once or twice per week and I have a piece of dark chocolate most evenings).

inertiastrength

I don't track it but out of curiosity I look. Most days about 75ish grams