Cant fit in the MACROS!!! AAAHHHHH!

Ashisrunning

I am below calories and everything but then it comes to sugar and im over! but its a salad and im not having any fruit i just had one yogurt at breakfast and that threw me off. im 5 grams over sugar right now. PLEASE i need HELP and major advice!

Contrarian

It isn't the end of the world. You haven't failed fitness. Unless you suffer from diabetes, going over on sugar shouldn't affect you, especially if the majority of the consumed sugars come from natural sources.

Everything will be okay.

AEcklar813

For some reason I'm not over in sugar as much as I am sodium. But I've noticed that sugar doesn't affect my weight as much as sodium and calories so I tend not to worry about it. I really don't know what to tell you. If it's not added sugar or sugar from candy or bad things than I wouldn't worry about it too much.

bjfmade

I am always over in my sugar because of fruit. If it comes from that type of stuff I don't ever worry about it.

Cathleenr

I am below calories and everything but then it comes to sugar and im over! but its a salad and im not having any fruit i just had one yogurt at breakfast and that threw me off. im 5 grams over sugar right now. PLEASE i need HELP and major advice!

Make the bread go away. And the fruit (read: sugar)-flavored yogurt.
And your sodium is way high. No more McDonald's (ANYthing), or processed foods (Waffles deli turkey, pretzels or cheese).
Eat more often..add 3 more meals that have a fat, a carb and a protein throughout the day.
Don't just worry about calories, look at your macros also.

o0oAliciao0o

Anything that ends in "ose" is a sugar, but they're not all the same.

Sucrose = table sugar (the stuff you dump into cupcakes). Not so good for you. Causes blood sugar and insulin levels to spike.
Lactose = milk sugar (the stuff that lactose intolerant people can't eat). It is more slowly absorbed and yogurt does not equal cupcake. It's not bad for you so don't fret about yogurt.
Glucose-Fructose = sucrose (I know, it's silly. It's the manufacturers way of trying to trick you into thinking they're not dumping table sugar into your food but at the molecular level glucose-fructose and sucrose are identical). Stay away from this stuff.

If you like Greek yogurt (I just recently discovered it) it has like 18g of protein in it and it's so thick it won't fall off the spoon if you turn it upside down (reminds me of those Blizzard commercials). They sell it at Superstore and Costco. They have plain (pretty bitter until you get used to it), vanilla and honey flavoured (my favourite).

In summary: Don't fret about sugar if it's coming from yogurt or fruit. You need to cover your basic food groups to get all your nutrients that your body needs. Fruit and veggies, dairy, whole grains and protein (lean). You are doing awesome.

Ashisrunning

Anything that ends in "ose" is a sugar, but they're not all the same.

Sucrose = table sugar (the stuff you dump into cupcakes). Not so good for you. Causes blood sugar and insulin levels to spike.
Lactose = milk sugar (the stuff that lactose intolerant people can't eat). It is more slowly absorbed and yogurt does not equal cupcake. It's not bad for you so don't fret about yogurt.
Glucose-Fructose = sucrose (I know, it's silly. It's the manufacturers way of trying to trick you into thinking they're not dumping table sugar into your food but at the molecular level glucose-fructose and sucrose are identical). Stay away from this stuff.

If you like Greek yogurt (I just recently discovered it) it has like 18g of protein in it and it's so thick it won't fall off the spoon if you turn it upside down (reminds me of those Blizzard commercials). They sell it at Superstore and Costco. They have plain (pretty bitter until you get used to it), vanilla and honey flavoured (my favourite).



what about milk? i need it for my bones but one cup of skim milk is 11 grams of sugar and will make me go over my MACROS

In summary: Don't fret about sugar if it's coming from yogurt or fruit. You need to cover your basic food groups to get all your nutrients that your body needs. Fruit and veggies, dairy, whole grains and protein (lean). You are doing awesome.

anubis609

As previously stated, unless you have a medical reason for watching sugar and carb intake, there's no reason to freak out over 5g of sugar. If it's bothering you that much, adjust your macronutrients so that it will allow for more sugar, or just don't track it.