Is it just me, or is my sugar goal absurdly low?

jmparkins4387

I refuse to cut out fruit from my diet, and as such I routinely double or triple my sugar allowance. And I'm not talking canned peaches in syrup, I mean straight up, delicious, raw apples and bananas and whatnot.

JoanaMHill

The counter can't tell the difference between sugar from a candy bar and sugar from fruit. Neither is necessarily problematic unless you have diabetes or something, though, so I'd suggest just ignoring it for the most part.

MoreBean13

If you're not diabetic, ignore the sugar allowance here. Its based on diabetic limits.

pastrychefoz

I'm in the same boat , I stay away from added sugar as much as possible but I always find I go over my sugar allocation as well. It all comes from apples, pears, bananas and grapes.

What I am planning on getting is baby carrots, always asessible that familiar crunch and low sugar, great for snacking and high in nutrients and fibre,

Anyone else have healthy replacements?

blanphere

So glad to find your post! I just ate a honeycrisp apple and, although delicious, it consumed my entire days sugar allowance! I did a little research and couldn't find a hard and fast rule about how much "natural" sugar is OK, unless you are diabetic...so I'm going to use the 80/20 rule...80% of the time I will try and stay within 40g (a realistic goal) and the other 20%, I'm not going to beat myself up about it! I am NOT going to not eat fresh fruits and veggies - that's just silly!

I'm not NOT going to eat a gluten free cupcake every now and then either

SaintGiff

I'm finding just the opposite. I feel like mine is insanely high. Yesterday I had 3 cups of tea, each with one teaspoon of turbinado sugar, two bananas, and two little weight watchers snack cakes along with three regular meals and I still had 35g of sugar to go to hit my goal. Now I'm wondering if perhaps something isn't logging correctly....

ETA: Just double-checked and it did log the two bananas I ate last night after my workout into today's food rather than yesterday's. So, in fact, I was under my goal by 11g of sugar rather than 35g. Still, 2 bananas, 2 WW snack cakes, 3 cups of tea, and syrup on my oatmeal for breakfast yesterday and I am still 11g under? That can't be right.

GardenGirlie

I have found more people than not have removed sugar from the list of tracked items and replaced it with something else. I have always found the sugar number to be too low.

AJ_G

Ignore sugar goal, it's pointless unless you're diabetic. As long as you're getting enough protein, fat, fiber, and micronutrients, you an get 100% of your carb goal from sugar if you really want to, doesn't matter

holdthemustard

I ignore any sauger that is in fruit or vegetables as it is not refined but natural. I only count sugar that is in my yoghurt or coffee or processed foods as it is the one you really need to be careful about. I would replace the sugar column with something else if your diet is otherwise healthy.: :happy:

QueenBishOTUniverse

My nutritional tracker shows calories, carbs, fat, protein and potassium. You can set it to show whatever you want and ignore the rest. I HIGHLY recommend ignoring the sugar setting.

MaritzK

Someone gave me the tip to only count added sugars from drinks or sweats and ready-meals. Fruit is fine, in my diet I wouldn't be allowed to have a single apple a day otherwise and I'm not going to do that :P