Reposting Question re: Sugar Goal on Food Diary

reddi2roll

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vdsmith-I peeked at your food diary(hope that's ok) and here is a suggestion. Add sugar to what your page is tracking. You will be surprised at how much sugar is hidden in any food that comes in a bottle, box or package. I personally for the time being had to break myself of the coffee creamer habit after I realized that I was consuming 50 plus grams of sugar just with my coffee. Sugar is one of those things that messes with your hormonal balance and will screw with your ability to drop pounds.

Keep going, don't give up !!

dtdrinker sad


OK. I have a question re: the sugar issue. My diary says my goal for sugar is 33 and 1 piece of fruit is 23. I had an apple, 2 bananas, 4 tsp of sugar in my coffee, sugar in the baked oatmeal with blueberries and bananas so my sugar is way over my target. Why would the sugar goal be so low?

dls06

As long as you are getting your sugar from healthy foods and keeping portion of those food within a healthy limit. I would not track sugar. I track Carbs. Sugar is included in carb count and I keep my carbs within, what I consider a healthy range for me.

reddi2roll

Thanks. I am also tracking carbs but it is interesting to see where the sugar comes from.