Staying within goal for sugar - advice

iasue
iasue Posts: 46 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am really trying to pay attention to my macros in what I'm eating, following my meal plan but I was just logging today's breakfast and lunch (with my morning snack) and I'm already in a negative for my sugar intake - and its all from fruit! The worst offender is grapes from what I can see - unless I'm posting an incorrect log for it (which is just possible and just came to me now) because its showing 23g of sugar for 1 cup of grapes which sounds excessive now that I'm typing this out.

Anyway, how can I stay within my macros and eat my fruit intake based on my meal plan without going over? I am trying to get things that are in season - bear in mind that I can't eat many acidic fruits like oranges and grapefruit because of med interaction, so I tend to stay with berries, bananas, cantaloupe, grapes, mango, etc.

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  • meridianova
    meridianova Posts: 438 Member
    first question... what's your meal plan? are you following a specific pre-determined diet, like atkins, south beach, weight watchers, nutrisystem, herbalife, etc?

    second question... did you tailor your macros to fit your meal plan? or did you simply tell MFP you wanted to lose X pounds per week and go with the default ratios? if you can find out what the proper ratios are based on your chosen meal plan, then the grams and calories will fall into place.

    for example, i follow low-carb so i have my macros set so that intake is 60% fat/30% protein/10% carbs. you can change that in the "foods" tab, under "goals".

    and yes... grapes are very high in fructose. so are bananas. if you want to stick with low sugar fruits, your best bets will be strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.
  • incogneato
    incogneato Posts: 6 Member
    I wouldn't worry about it. Added sugar has been implicated in negative health outcomes, not naturally occuring sugar in it's original form (ie fruit.) That being said, the calories can add up so aim for a few servings, not a few buckets a day, but the guidelines are generally referring to "Added sugars" and MFP doesn't differentiate between the two, although I wish they did!
  • FoxyLifter
    FoxyLifter Posts: 965 Member
    Simple! Stop tracking sugar (assuming you're already watching carbs). Sugar is a carb so there's no need to watch both unless you have a medical reason to do so. Track fiber instead.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Simple! Stop tracking sugar (assuming you're already watching carbs). Sugar is a carb so there's no need to watch both unless you have a medical reason to do so. Track fiber instead.

    This is exactly what I do as well.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    Simple! Stop tracking sugar (assuming you're already watching carbs). Sugar is a carb so there's no need to watch both unless you have a medical reason to do so. Track fiber instead.

    This is exactly what I do as well.

    Yup, this.
  • AlyssamR6712
    AlyssamR6712 Posts: 114 Member
    your macros you want to pay attention to is your fats, proteins and carbs. Added sugar is the only thing you need to worry about, if the sugar is coming from fruit you are good to go because it is natural. I eat fruit 4-5 times a day in the summer time when its in season and i still lose but everyone is different. if you notice that you are doing everything right and not losing you can try cutting some fruits out but i doubt that will be the culprit, but like i said everyone is different
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    Simple! Stop tracking sugar (assuming you're already watching carbs). Sugar is a carb so there's no need to watch both unless you have a medical reason to do so. Track fiber instead.

    This is exactly what I do as well.

    Thirded!
  • iasue
    iasue Posts: 46 Member
    Yes, I did input my own macros based on TDEE (I can't remember right now but I think its at 40% carb,30% protein, 30% fat.
    My meal plan was one that a mentor on here helped me with and its based on clean eating (trying not to eat processed foods)
    Breakfast: 1 carb, 2 protein, 1 fruit
    Mid AM: 1 protein, 1 fruit
    Lunch: 1 carb, 1 protein, 1 veggie
    Mid PM: 1 protein, 1 veggie
    Dinner: 1 protein, 1 veggie and 1 fat
    After Dinner Snack: Something decently healthy - I have been doing fruit, frozen yogurt, etc.


    I will try to stay away from the grapes since they seem to be one of the worst offenders and not worry too much about going over my sugar when I'm getting it from natural sources.

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