Sugar? Or "Added" Sugar?

janejellyroll

sdavis484 wrote: »

Well this brings me to another question, maybe should make a new post but......I go over my fat% everyday. My fat allocation has already been manually changed to be higher than what MFP gives me. Is this bad?! I'm staying within calories, just eating spoonfuls of lard. Jk

Keep it simple for yourself. I would only worry about my sugar or fat consumption if it was crowding out other things I needed. Is it?

(The other reason to limit it would be if you had a health condition that required it, but I don't see any indication of that in your posts).

Humans have thrived on a variety of diets, including high fat or high carbohydrate diets.

earlnabby

missysippy930 wrote: »

I don’t really pay much attention to anything other than calories, protein and fiber.
It is kind of annoying when I get the sodium message when logging a food that’s high in sodium and my sodium level is still under the RDA.

That is why I use the website rather than the app. I don't get those annoying messages. I only use the app when I am traveling.

I pay attention to calories, fiber, fat, and carbs. Being T2Dm I need to keep my carbs under 150 daily. I had my gallbladder out 4 years ago and still have some issues with fat so I try to keep that under 60 g daily and fill in the rest with protein. I switched tracking sugar in my diary to tracking fiber since it is really easy to get too little, especially when eating moderate carbs.

Danp

sdavis484 wrote: »

Danp wrote: »

sdavis484 wrote: »

Well this brings me to another question, maybe should make a new post but......I go over my fat% everyday. My fat allocation has already been manually changed to be higher than what MFP gives me. Is this bad?! I'm staying within calories, just eating spoonfuls of lard. Jk

I could be way off here so forgive me if I am but based on this a number of your recent posts it seems like you're trying to complicate your way to failure.

You're taking what are really simple concepts and getting so bogged down in the largely irrelevant minutiae that you're going to run the risk of overwhelming yourself and making it all to much.

It's something I've seen time and again with people posting on these forums. People obsessing over all these tiny details which are by and large not really worth worrying about and pretty soon the 'it's all too hard' post comes and they disappear.

Weight loss is simple. Eat fewer calories than you use and you'll lose weight.
Getting fit is simple. Be more active more often.
Building muscles is simple. Pick up things that get progressively heavier.

Keep it simple, keep it easy and keep it going.

I appreciate your feedback. I spend *some* time thinking about various facets of nutrition, sure, but I really pose questions to hear other opinions and views. I like community. I like facilitating discussions. I'm fairly well educated and have a good basis of nutrition/fitness knowledge. I LOVE reading articles and new things. Sorry if you find my postings annoying. 🤷

Not annoying in the slightest. I genuinely just want to see everyone succeed and hopefully avoid the potential pitfalls that so many seem to fall into.