Sugar from fruit - is it as bad for weightloss???

paigebolling

Thanks everyone for all the great information and advice!!! I definately have a lot to think about.

micneg01

Thanks guys!!! Lots of good advice! I was so discouraged because I would review my food diary at the end of the day and most things were great and then I would see my sugar intake and it was way over the limit. And I could not believe how many calories and sugars bananas have!!! I could eat them all day and before I found MFP would eat 2 or 3 sometimes! But everyday I have been under my calorie goal and I never eat back the calories that I have earned through exercise, seems counterproductive to me. So good news for me and apples I guess!!

Thank you for this post. I am always over my sugars too on my food diary and a lot of it has to do with fruit!

SandyHKSunshine

I was in the same boat. I literally cut ALL things "bad" from my diet. And when I got an urge for a snack Id reach for a clementine, orange, or plum, etc. And I saw MFP sugar totals going in the negative and it concerned me at first. However, the positives of fruit definitely outweigh the negatives. I'll gladly accept the sugar from a clementine vs eating a Snickers or Twix. Give and take is what I say. Give in the form of exercise and exertion. Take in the form of natural fruit and vegetables. Just my 2 cents

katyejean

Fruit is the only way I get a good amount of sugar, anymore. I am doing WW along with fitness pal (to track nutrients. Plus, the mobile app is 1000x better) But anyway, I don't exactly "count" the sugar I get from fruits. If the sugar in other foods in below my sugar goal, I feel as if I'm okay. And I feel way better. And fruit is way more delicious than candy.

Terpnista84

MFP used to make me feel like crap because I was always in the "red" with sugar. I always have a good calorie deficit so I just learned to ignore it. I read something before that MFP just helps you to make healthier choices with the micros and to just focus on calories so that has helped me. I still try to moderate my sugar but if I go over I don't give myself a hard time.

Kimberly2016

MFP used to make me feel like crap because I was always in the "red" with sugar. I always have a good calorie deficit so I just learned to ignore it. I read something before that MFP just helps you to make healthier choices with the micros and to just focus on calories so that has helped me. I still try to moderate my sugar but if I go over I don't give myself a hard time.

Thanks for posting this!
I am always over on my sugar because of dried cranberries on a salad I eat, along with fruit in a protein shake. I hate that everything else is good with this one exception.

linsey0689

I don't think so. Natural sugar is way different in mind is compassion to cake/ice cream sugar. As long as you don't have diabetes or at high risk for it when I think you are fine

bhdon

I appreciate this link. Thanks. Very helpful.

chickiec28

I agree that it depends on the person, but I read something very interesting in a fitness magazine not long ago that just made SO MUCH SENSE! For Paleo man, fruit and nuts were only in season for a short period each year, so he gorged on them and stored up fat so that he didn't starve to death during the winter months. Now that those things are readily available to us all the time, we eat them all the time and trigger that fat-storing response when they raise our insulin levels.

For me, this has been especially true. I have always been a huge fruit eater, sometimes forgoing proper meals to instead have half a cantaloupe. When I gave up fruit from my diet except for the occasional berries, I suddenly dropped 20 pounds and have been steadily losing ever since. I feel better and can eat the same number of calories that I used to, but I no longer feel like I'm starving to death by the time that I leave work and don't feel weak and exhausted at the gym.

This is just my experience and I'm sure that others would say the exact opposite, but for me, giving up fruit and going low-carb was definitely the key.

amusedchrissy

Health: Sugars from fruit are far healthier insofar as fruit also contains other benefits, fibre, minerals etc.

Weight loss: 100 calories worth of sugars from fruit will have exactly the same effect on your weight loss as 100 calories of refined..

I disagree on this I'm afraid... 100 calories from natural sugar is processed/used by your body a lot quicker than 100 calories of refined sugar. As it is in its original state your body knows what to do with it and won't store it as fat unlike the refined kind provided you're at a calorie deficit.

AidaLott

No, sweetheart! Fruit is nature's candy and a blessing for your health and well being. The mere notion that fruit hinders weight loss was probably put in your head by the low carb wingnuts out there who vilify eating fruit because it keeps their precious bodies out of ketosis--- a bizarre notion being that you will melt pounds off if you keep total grams of carbs under 20 grams per day. HOGWASH!!! Your good health and the sustainability of a sane diet that provides plenty of fiber and macronutrients is what gets you healthy and KEEPS YOU THERE---- pure and simple!!! There is no sane way to melt off pounds, and what's the hurry? So you can feel miserable, contemplate killing someone for an apple, and then wind up not just eating fruit, but giving into uncontrollable cravings for the toxic sugars and starches that cause obesity in the first place? Of course, the key with any food--even healthy foods--- is moderation so that your total calorie allowance for the day is consistent with your energy expenditure, age, lifestyle, gender, and genetic profile.