Always over on sugar

melrose09

I'm not on any sort of diet. I'm more watching to make sure I'm getting what I need and just to learn what is in different foods. I'm blown away at how easily I surpass my sugar allotment. It's seriously fulfilled at breakfast. I eat mixed berries, granola and plain all natural yogurt. WTH!? I wish they divided natural sugars and processed sugars, but I know that is pretty impossible. Anyone else have this problem?

nikolaim5

I wish they divided natural sugars and processed sugars,

Why? Your body, (assuming it's functioning normally), doesn't know the difference.

silhouettes

I'm always over to. I eat healthy. I am loosing, I let it go most of the time... .Others would probably slap my hand for not caring to much about going over... but it's hard being perfect with every stat!

melrose09

I wish they divided natural sugars and processed sugars,

Why? Your body, (assuming it's functioning normally), doesn't know the difference.

Makes me feel better I guess I have just been brainwashed into thinking HFCS is the devile

puzzlingkirsten

I tend to be over my sugar limit by lunch time. I try really hard to avoid things that are highly processed or have added sugar, but as a college student it's really hard sometimes. I finally got my fats under control, so I'm working on the sugars more now.

hottottie11

Set your sugar limit to 1000g and you'll never be over it again. (Unless you consume 4001 calories worth of sugar)

tshirt_tt

ME TOO! I'm always over, even when I do great on everything else. 1 apple pretty much uses up my sugar allotment.

TheHig

Granola is junk food cleverly marketed as healthy

castaliavt

milk always puts me over the sugar allotment for the day.

chrisc16

You can't get away from natural sugars, if you're going to eat (especially) fruit. Unless you are on a sugar restricted diet (by your Dr.), I wouldn't worry too much.

rodrigo75

the only time you really need to concern yourself with high sugar is if you are diabetic. As long as you exercise your blood will take care of the sugar. You don't look like you have a problem. if it bothers you just skip fruit a few days a week.

robyng1986

this USED to happen to me too....

my solution : i took it out. went to settings or where ever and took it out! it was way too depressing to see i was over and to me i was eating fine!

Donna422

Hi, I just joined this site. I know Iam always over on sugar because it seems like everything I like has sugar so that is one of my main concerns. Is the carbs column the same as sugar? Fruit and juice are packed with sugar. its going to take a lot of reading labels on everything to figure out what the sugar content is in everything you eat. Although this diary/calculator does not take into consideration peoples differences in metabolism or every step you take during the day so I don't think it will ever be 100% accurate for how much we are burning off. Is there a way to figure out how much sugar you burn off after a workout?? I don't know of any. You look like you are in great shape so I wouldn't be too concerned if you go over a bit but If you are concerned for your health have a blood sugar test done.

kasebrad

I'm always way over too. Just eating one apple almost puts me over my daily limit. I just stopped worrying about it

jrusso28

I too was constantly over on my sugar intake.
Last year there were some folks that posted this video and the information was enlightening.

I have since reduced sugar intake to under 20g per day and it has done wonders for me.
I have lost weight, my cholesterol is back to normal cause my triglycerides dropped dramatically.
I have had high triglycerides my entire adult life, and even with medication they were high.
No medication since last year thanks to my low sugar diet. I am a believer.

I know that reducing or eliminating sugar is a very touchy subject for some of the folks here on MFP, but I avoid it as much as I can.
I don't differentiate between "natural sugar" and the fake stuff. Sugar is Sugar.
If I eat an apple I count that towards my daily sugar intake.

I consider fruit to be a treat because of its high sugar content, thus I don't eat much fruit. Maybe one piece a week.
Its true that eating an apple is better than drinking a glass of apple juice, but your sucking in a lot of sugar regardless of which way you take it in. Everything in moderation and that includes sugar.

I don't subscribe to the idea of removing it from your MFP so you don't see it.
You cant ignore something as important as sugar.

Watch the video, do the research and come to some sort of happy medium.
I'm not saying you should eliminate every gram of sugar cause clearly that is nearly impossible.
It is great to treat ourselves from time to time, but I do my best to stay under 20 grams and its not as impossible as it sounds once you start eating healthier foods.

Hope this video helps. WARNING, its a pretty long video given by a professor at UC, so it might not be very exciting.
I think he does a great job of detailing how sugar gets used by the body. The video gets easier to follow after the first 5 min.

Sugar: The Bitter Truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

kalepowered

As long as a majority of your sugar intake for the day is naturally occurring (fruit, etc) and not from processed foods, it's not really anything to worry about. Fruit can really stack up the sugar content quick, but it isn't bad for you unless you're on a specifically sugar-restricted diet.

lornabug

In Marion Nestle's book What To Eat, she says the sugar industry influenced the Nutrition Info rules to lump processed and natural sugars into one category. Since sugar is sugar, they sort of have a point. But natural sugar is a sign that it comes with other nutrients because it's still "attached" to the whole food. Because they're lumped together, it's hard to see how much of each kind of sugar you're getting. One solution is to stick to the plan of eating lean protein first and cutting out processed foods all together. Then if you go over on sugar, but are not going over on your calories, you're ok.

craftzilla

I have found the same thing -- i'm always over, even just from having greek yogurt for breakfast. How much are you usually over by? What do most think is "ok" to be over?

fraudbuster

I just started tracking my food for most of the same reasons you are tracking and also am amazed that 1/2 grapefruit for breakfast and PLAIN greek yogurt with fresh berries just abouts puts you over on sugar. It makes me more aware of sugar, but if only fruits and plain yogurt puts me over, I don't worry about it too much.

jfluchere

As long as you are eating sugar you'll have food binges Imo.

fraudbuster

Completely agree with you. My thinking is, that it is not the apple that makes us overweight.

Hearts_2015

I too was constantly over on my sugar intake.
Last year there were some folks that posted this video and the information was enlightening.

I have since reduced sugar intake to under 20g per day and it has done wonders for me.
I have lost weight, my cholesterol is back to normal cause my triglycerides dropped dramatically.
I have had high triglycerides my entire adult life, and even with medication they were high.
No medication since last year thanks to my low sugar diet. I am a believer.

I know that reducing or eliminating sugar is a very touchy subject for some of the folks here on MFP, but I avoid it as much as I can.
I don't differentiate between "natural sugar" and the fake stuff. Sugar is Sugar.
If I eat an apple I count that towards my daily sugar intake.

I consider fruit to be a treat because of its high sugar content, thus I don't eat much fruit. Maybe one piece a week.
Its true that eating an apple is better than drinking a glass of apple juice, but your sucking in a lot of sugar regardless of which way you take it in. Everything in moderation and that includes sugar.

I don't subscribe to the idea of removing it from your MFP so you don't see it.
You cant ignore something as important as sugar.

Watch the video, do the research and come to some sort of happy medium.
I'm not saying you should eliminate every gram of sugar cause clearly that is nearly impossible.
It is great to treat ourselves from time to time, but I do my best to stay under 20 grams and its not as impossible as it sounds once you start eating healthier foods.

Hope this video helps. WARNING, its a pretty long video given by a professor at UC, so it might not be very exciting.
I think he does a great job of detailing how sugar gets used by the body. The video gets easier to follow after the first 5 min.

Sugar: The Bitter Truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

Thanks! I wanna watch this again. I don't track my 'sugar' on here but track my carbs instead, it would drive me too crazy too!:laugh:

In Marion Nestle's book What To Eat, she says the sugar industry influenced the Nutrition Info rules to lump processed and natural sugars into one category.

Another great book to look for, you're full of ideas for books, love it, thanks!!

marcvandenberg

Here in Holland they have a separeted index for added Sugar on the pakkage of food.
Keep that low.

And if U mannage to do a program on 100% fat or 100% carbs or 100% protien it wil work.

It's all about the callories.

XXXMinnieXXX

I too was constantly over on my sugar intake.
Last year there were some folks that posted this video and the information was enlightening.

I have since reduced sugar intake to under 20g per day and it has done wonders for me.
I have lost weight, my cholesterol is back to normal cause my triglycerides dropped dramatically.
I have had high triglycerides my entire adult life, and even with medication they were high.
No medication since last year thanks to my low sugar diet. I am a believer.

I know that reducing or eliminating sugar is a very touchy subject for some of the folks here on MFP, but I avoid it as much as I can.
I don't differentiate between "natural sugar" and the fake stuff. Sugar is Sugar.
If I eat an apple I count that towards my daily sugar intake.

I consider fruit to be a treat because of its high sugar content, thus I don't eat much fruit. Maybe one piece a week.
Its true that eating an apple is better than drinking a glass of apple juice, but your sucking in a lot of sugar regardless of which way you take it in. Everything in moderation and that includes sugar.

I don't subscribe to the idea of removing it from your MFP so you don't see it.
You cant ignore something as important as sugar.

Watch the video, do the research and come to some sort of happy medium.
I'm not saying you should eliminate every gram of sugar cause clearly that is nearly impossible.
It is great to treat ourselves from time to time, but I do my best to stay under 20 grams and its not as impossible as it sounds once you start eating healthier foods.

Hope this video helps. WARNING, its a pretty long video given by a professor at UC, so it might not be very exciting.
I think he does a great job of detailing how sugar gets used by the body. The video gets easier to follow after the first 5 min.

Sugar: The Bitter Truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

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XXXMinnieXXX

U try to go 30g or less.

Zara

Anne_16

I'm almost always over in sugar too, but am losing weight so not too concerned as I try to eat healthy. Maybe if I plateau with my weight loss, I'll try to cut out more sugar. I know I'm getting extra sugar from fruit juices and fruit itself.

LavenderBouquet

I have since reduced sugar intake to under 20g per day and it has done wonders for me.
I have lost weight, my cholesterol is back to normal cause my triglycerides dropped dramatically.
I have had high triglycerides my entire adult life, and even with medication they were high.
No medication since last year thanks to my low sugar diet. I am a believer.

I know that reducing or eliminating sugar is a very touchy subject for some of the folks here on MFP, but I avoid it as much as I can.
I don't differentiate between "natural sugar" and the fake stuff. Sugar is Sugar.
If I eat an apple I count that towards my daily sugar intake.

I consider fruit to be a treat because of its high sugar content, thus I don't eat much fruit. Maybe one piece a week.
Its true that eating an apple is better than drinking a glass of apple juice, but your sucking in a lot of sugar regardless of which way you take it in. Everything in moderation and that includes sugar.

I don't subscribe to the idea of removing it from your MFP so you don't see it.
You cant ignore something as important as sugar.

I agree, you shouldn't just put it on a back-burner and pretend everything will be fine, too much sugar in any form isn't the road to health. I also keep my sugars very low, I usually don't go over the number MFP recommends. There are fruits lower in sugar such as berries, which you could eat instead of other more high sugar fruits such as apples, bananas, oranges, etc. If you eat adequate veggies, nutrition lost from not eating fruit shouldn't be a problem at all!

badgerbabs

Full discosure: I AM a Type II diabetic, so my viewpoint is different. But the things they teach you in your nutrition classes for diabetes are these:

Fruit juice is sugar water. You've removed the fiber from the fruit - the most valuable part - and left the sugar. It's not a lot different from Kool-Aid at that point.

Sugar is sugar. The only reason it's marginally acceptable in whole fruit form is because of the fiber, which slows the digestion of sugar.

A breakfast of fruit, granola, and yogurt is mostly sugar with a very minor amount of fiber and protein. Just because it's low in fat doesn't make it good for you.

Any name ending in "-ose" is a sugar. This includes lactose - aka "milk sugar" - which is present in any dairy product.

White rice = sugar
White flour = sugar
Potatoes = sugar

That about sums it up. The only white food I can think of off the top of my head that doesn't actually have a negative impact on blood sugar is cauliflower.

If you think that your sugar intake isn't important because you're not diabetic, think again. How do you think Type II diabetics get that way? And, furthermore, how do you know you're not diabetic? I had no symptoms; my diabetes was only revealed by repeated fasting blood tests.

estellem75

NHS says women should have no more than 50g of sugar and men 70g. Ooops, guess my days total of 99 is too high!

BarackMeLikeAHurricane

Sugar is just a carb. As long as you're eating enough fats and protein, your carbs/sugar aren't important unless you have a medical issue that requires carbs/sugar to be monitored. As long as you're under your calorie goal, you'll lose weight. Some people find that sugar (even from fruit) causes them to have more sugar/carb cravings. If this isn't the case for you there's no need to limit sugar.

LavenderBouquet

Sugar is just a carb. As long as you're eating enough fats and protein, your carbs/sugar aren't important unless you have a medical issue that requires carbs/sugar to be monitored. As long as you're under your calorie goal, you'll lose weight. Some people find that sugar (even from fruit) causes them to have more sugar/carb cravings. If this isn't the case for you there's no need to limit sugar.

I kind of disagree with this type of thinking. If over-consumption of sugar can cause medical issues down the line, why not keep it within reasonable limits now to prevent such things. It's akin to saying "Oh, don't worry, you're healthy right now and eating unhealthy fast food for every meal doesn't seem to bother you, so go right ahead!"