Does anyone stay under their sugar goal?

callipygianchronicle

This thread convinced me, too. I’m going to stop tracking it.

dunztar

I ate 1 cookie today. Already over 21 grams yikes... and I am only by lunch... going to do basketball today though

tlp8rb

i've tried diet coke- it tasted kinda flat; but not coke zero. i have started substituting plain water for some of the g2 because of the salt content. i don't feel too bad cause i went from 3-4 cokes a day to 1 plus some g2 and upped my water intake from 1 bottle to 2-4 a day. i'm gonna try the coke zero to see how it tastes though. thank you for the suggestion!!!!!!

What size bottle??? You should be drinking one half your body weight in ounces every day. A 190 pound person should drink 95 ounces of water every day.

Grokette

Myfitnesspal.com has my food tracker for 29 grams of sugar per day. I have yet to be able to do this. Most of the time it is because of breakfast and choosing to have a fruit with it. Today I didn't think I did anything badly and I still went 31 grams OVER. BOO! That is the best I have done all week though I stay under everything else but sugar and fiber??

So here is my question...how important is it to stay 29 grams and under and how do you do it? I don't want to cut fruits out, but that seems to be what I am eating that has sugar in it. I seem to remember way back when hearing something about fiber and sugar...like having so much fiber counteracts sugar. I could be way wrong ont his because when I say way back when I mean high school health class...10 years ago...lol...

Having an eating plan higher in fat, protein and vegetables keeps me well under the sugar grams.

bpayne78

I just asked my sister (who just had her 25 anniversary of her diabetes diagnosis last year) about this last night due to some comments on here. She is just now being told to limit her fruit intake because she's pregnant with #2 and she's having trouble controlling her sugars this time. They keep bottoming out on her. That's 25 years of being able to eat as much fruit as desired (just not going overboard as with anything and everyone). I agree with everyone else who is saying our body is meant to use/digest the natural sugars and not the processed ones. As long as you keep the processed ones to a minimum and if the fruit causes you to go over the don't worry about it. None of us on here got to where we are by eating too much fruit. The only exceptions would be specific medial conditions. HTH.

MaryDreamer

I track sodium instead of sugar because if I eat one large red delicious apple that's 25 of my allotted 29 grams of sugar a day. I've heard that MFP doesn't differentiate between healthy (fruit) sugars and unhealthy (processed) sugars. So if it's fruit I'd just overlook it although you can eat too many fruit in a day as well.

jppizana

I try as hard as i can to stay under, sugar makes you burn calories slower.... so now it's something i monitor.

Can you supply some some sources for this information? I haven't heard of this before and am curious.

bosanka

I know everyone has different opinion on this - but for me

- i wasn't losing weight until i have finally started watching that " sugar # " as closely as i could- all m y sugar came from fruits and fruit yogurt ( yoplait etc ) so i thought " i'm ok " .. it's no big deal

well it was a big deal all my efforts/ workouts etc didn't give me any results at all

finally talked to a nutricionist/personal trainer and she explained to me - that " sugar is sugar " no matter where it comes from if you don't use it you will store it - especially having fruits later in the day gives you these sugar spikes which leave you hungry and " down " need more energy etc..

I didn't know " how " to cut my sugar since i had no " sugar " in my food.. other than fruits and yogurts

turned out too many carbs - since i started watching my carbs- the sugar was under control !
I'm satisfied - not hungry and i don't have the " spikes " of high and low energy levels .. and finally the weight is coming off
last month i have lost 9 lbs - this month 3 lbs
only difference i'm doing now

- more protein
- l ess carbs
- sugar is automatically under control once you control protein and carbs

trigrrl

funny thing is i was talking about this very thing to my boyfriend the other day
i had a bowl of rice crispies, a banana, a splenda pack and fat free milk for breakfast and that alone put me over
i think its great to be aware of sugar intake ( cake, pie, cookies ) but i think its silly to freak out over fruit

bosanka

well maybe it sounds silly to freak out over " fruit " but look .. th is is my expereince with it

just one example out of many ..

used to be on weight watchers - first 3-4 months i had lost about 25 lbs .. than for the following 6 months i couldn't lose another pound.. i worked out like crazy watched all my food- my points were always on target- so what is going on ?

than i sat down and read trhough my diary i realized that the one thing i had every single day - in and day out.. never missed

grapes

yes i didn't eat anymore sweets/candy etc.. but i had to have my grapes i needed that sugar- and for lunch i'd have a nice amount of them..

so i decided to leave the grapes out- just for one week and see what happens- nothing else was changed just left grapes out -had more salad instead for lunch

- 6 lbs ! just in that week - and it stayed off

i know this is no " scientific " research for you - but it's exeprience, it's a journey of weight loss - and isn't that what we all are here for ?

too much sugar isn't working no matter where you get it from

mzumtaylor

The answer to the sugar and fiber question can be found in this video by Dr. Lustig: http://froztwolf.com/2010/05/sugar-the-bitter-truth-review-and-summary/

Or, if you don't have time to watch the video, the summary that the writer at froztwolf.com does it pretty good.

As many other people have said, it's the added sugar that you have to watch out for, as well as sugary beverages like soda (diet soda has its own drawbacks) and even fruit juices. Fruit juices are a problem because juicing the fruit gets rid of most of the fiber, which is what prevents the fructose in the fruit from getting absorbed into your system as quickly.

JossFit

I ignore it... I actually looked just now (I don't normally track it) just to see and I'm at 30g... BUT, I'm in bikini competition prep! LOL My sugars come from sweet potatos and veggies ONLY. That's it. There is enough natural sugars in my vegetables and potato to put me over that line, so... it's silly.

If you eat 'clean' natural unprocessed foods you can still be over without even including fruit and dairy, let alone if you were to have a cookie! Heaven forbid!