Can I still lose weight on the same rate with high sugar?

Jthanmyfitnesspal

PS I eat at least that much sugar every day. I have 3 servings of fruit (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack) and I have a teaspoon of agave syrup in my tea 3-4 times daily. I might cut back on that if I'm not doing much cardio that week for whatever reason.

In defense of my original post: I get a little cranky by people who answer "it doesn't matter what you eat, just that you don't exceed your calorie goal." It isn't true as illustrated by my extreme example above.

KrissDotCom

Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »

PS I eat at least that much sugar every day. I have 3 servings of fruit (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack) and I have a teaspoon of agave syrup in my tea 3-4 times daily. I might cut back on that if I'm not doing much cardio that week for whatever reason.

In defense of my original post: I get a little cranky by people who answer "it doesn't matter what you eat, just that you don't exceed your calorie goal." It isn't true as illustrated by my extreme example above.

When it comes to basic weight loss, it really doesn't matter what you eat.

People need to stop confusing the basics of weight loss with nutrition.

The OPs post had two separate questions.

First was if it would hinder her weight loss.

Answer to that is no, because only calories matter and if you stay under you will lose.

Second question was if 50g of sugar was too much, and wondering if it coming from fruit would make it more okay.

Answer would then be the nutrition part of the conversation

janejellyroll

Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »

PS I eat at least that much sugar every day. I have 3 servings of fruit (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack) and I have a teaspoon of agave syrup in my tea 3-4 times daily. I might cut back on that if I'm not doing much cardio that week for whatever reason.

In defense of my original post: I get a little cranky by people who answer "it doesn't matter what you eat, just that you don't exceed your calorie goal." It isn't true as illustrated by my extreme example above.

I don't think anyone is saying it doesn't matter OVERALL what you eat. Nobody is denying the existence of human nutritional needs.

The specific question in the OP was "can I still lose weight" while consuming sugar. That's what people were answering.

zebasschick

any extra calories are stored as fat regardless of whether they're from sugar.

i had a buddy who basically lived on candy bars and soda, but he was quite thin. yet i, who have very little sugar in my diet, was heavy.