Staying within your sugar limits?

EmmGriffith652

Does anyone find it difficult to stay within your given sugar limits? I find that I am going over almost everyday. Of course there is "bad days" where I treat myself in my food diary, but I think I eat relatively healthy and I have very minimum processed foods in my diet. How the heck does everyone stay under? Or do you just ignore the sugars?

SugaryLynx

Unless you have a medical condition that requires you to monitor it, ignore it. If you're getting your required nutrients, don't fret. I always surpass mine. I track fiber in its stead. Here's a great article on the subject

http://www.fitnessbaddies.com/your-problem-with-sugar-is-the-problem-with-sugar/ 

DCarter1701

I'd ignore it if, as you say, you're not eating a lot of processed foods. Most foods like fruit and milk, for example, have natural sugars, and I think MFP just counts it all as "sugar." You can reformat your tracking to not track sugars, if you like. I think I have mine set to track calories, fat, protein, carbs and sodium. Maybe fiber too, I don't know.

RllyGudTweetr

Does anyone find it difficult to stay within your given sugar limits? I find that I am going over almost everyday. Of course there is "bad days" where I treat myself in my food diary, but I think I eat relatively healthy and I have very minimum processed foods in my diet. How the heck does everyone stay under? Or do you just ignore the sugars?

Sugar's just a carbohydrate, barring specific medical issues. It's a popular target for fear-mongering at the moment, but it's not bad on its own.

endermako

Unless you are a diabetic its not really something you need to worry about.

EmmGriffith652

Thanks guys! I was finding it very hard to stay within the sugar limit and I eat healthy things! I'm so glad others are going over their limit as well. And I believe I'll take the advice of reformatting my trackers to something more useful, maybe fiber! (:

MeganAnne89

With the amount of sugar MFP wants me to eat I always go over it after literally eating 8 large strawberries and an apple. I'm sorry but you can't make me eat less fruit so I just ignore it