Sugar and Carbs

Jonicha26

I have a few things I am struggling with food wise and I'm looking for some input...

So I've been on MFP for a couple weeks now and literally EVERY day I go over what is alloted for sugar intake. What about you guys? What kinds of foods are you eating that have less sugar in them? I apparently need some help with this!

I've recently been a South Beach Dieter and now I am a little more wary of eating carbs... they are definitely my weakness. On MFP, carbs are okay, but I am nervous about adding more of them back into my diet. What kinds of things do you eat that make you feel full and healthy? What sort of diet do you eat to see the inches come off?

Any input or ideas would be great!

Thanks!

jcrutts

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Frappuzzino

What foods are making you go over your sugar goal? If they're fruits, don't worry about it because those are natural sugars. Some people claim to have a bit more weightloss when they avoid fruits for that reason, but that's up to you.

B2BB

My carbs come from whole wheat everything, the more fiber the fuller u are for longer. And from veggies

misschoy

I go over EVERY day on my sugar too. I'm curious to see what others are saying.

ejmcam

It's really the refined sugars that you need to stay away from....refined sugars are found in obvious places such as candy, sweets, donuts....but also in a lot of things like jarred spaghetti sauce, mayonnaise, canned soups, crackers, even lots of cereals, etc.....
I have gotten into the habit of checking the label for the sugar content (usually found right below the fiber content on a nutrition label). Sucrose is something to look for under ingredients, its one of the most used refined sugars. Yous houldnt worry about things like natural juice and whole wheat sugars, they are good for you.

Another thing to watch out for is products made with Enriched wheat flour. Alot of brands are toting their "wheat" options (ritz crackers for example, now come in wheat) but its made with Enriched flour, which is basically the same nutritionally speaking as white flour. You always want to go for the products made with Whole wheat flour.

Dawn111567

My carbs come from vegetables, eggs and fruits such as strawberries. I also eat some nuts and cheese, both of which I do not eat a lot of. If I have bread, it is only Ezekiel bread. I eat a low carb diet with good fats to help satiate me and keep me full for hours.

ejmcam

sorry, I have more. Try to eat more complex carbohydrates.... beans, vegetables and 100% whole grain bread, cereal and pasta products are best because they contain lots of fiber.

audjrey

Firstly, I am vegan so my diet will be different than yours. However, I try to get my sugars primarily from raw vegetables and whole grains. I eat a lot of raw veggies.

I eat approximately 35-45 grams of fiber a day.

I eat fruit sparingly and usually right after an intense cardio session, which unfortunately isn't very often as I suck at intense cardio. The exception is prunes stewed in a bath of hot water with cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and nutmeg. The sugar in prunes does not enter the blood stream but rather absorbs water from the body into the intestines for the purpose of elimination.

I eat a wide variety of beans and their dips (homemade to keep out fats, sugars & sodium), tofu, La Factory Whole Wheat Tortilla wraps (low in carbs and sugar), vegan and raw protein powder smoothies, Yves Veggie Cuisines, sprouted legumes and grasses, brown and wild rice, natural bran flakes, hemp hearts, nutritional yeast, homemade broth soups, Wasa multigrain crispbreads, just peanuts peanut butter, raw pumpkin seeds, raw sunflower seeds, raw walnuts, raw almonds, coconut milk, raw coconut, raw cacao, psyllium husks, and Ezekial breads. My whole grains include millet, quinoa, steel cut oats, slow cooking oats, and amaranth.

I also make my own healthy no-sugar, low fat, high protein baked and raw sweet goodies and most of my own breads, including sourdough bread. I replace sugar with Stevia powder or stewed prunes and use sunflower oil in place of regular oils (less fat grams). I primarily use soy flour to up my protein value and oftentimes will add a scoop of protein powder into baked goods (including pancakes). I also bake and cook with amaranth flour, millet flour, spelt flour, brown rice flour, oat flour, hemp flour and quinoa flour.

Feel free to browse through my food diary for ways to help you reduce your sugar values. Please keep in mind that on days when I consume stewed prunes, I do not classify the sugar as real sugar due to how the sugar reacts in the body.

Hope this helps

sheetsofheaven

I just started and I am going over in my sugar every day as well, by a very large amount. I am always under my calories and over in my sugar!!!

monylove311

FOR ME: I took sugar off the list. It was making too anxious and since I'm eating sensibly and losing weight, I feel it is over kill to worry about that too, especially if most of my sugars were from fruits.

I don't pay as much attention to carbs, but am eating better carbs and try to limit them because I know I hold on to carbs easily.

I do have a "free day" every week and have whatever I want. It all levels out and I'm still losing.

I say, don't worry so much and be nice to yourself! : )

Best Wishes, Monica