Help please..I am going over my sugar intake everyday

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  • Gwoman2012
    Gwoman2012 Posts: 163 Member
    Fast snacks- string cheese, handful of nuts, Kind bars, individual plain greek yogurt, and many other things that have way less sugar than a shake. Like I said above, I wouldn't worry about one shake...but if you drink 2 in one day that is more sugar than a can of soda!

    Maybe you could find another shake that has less sugar? Or better yet make a big back of smoothies and freeze them so you can grab them on the go? ( You can freeze them in individual paper cups).
  • davidduggin
    davidduggin Posts: 11 Member
    Wll join the club.My yogurt has 11 grams. A banana is crazy with sugar. As a diabetic I monitor my sugar and it's getting better since I've joined MFP. Hang in there and good luck.
  • KyleB65
    KyleB65 Posts: 1,196 Member
    When I started I had a big problem with sodium. Along with a host of other problems & issues!

    What served me well was to make one change at a time. Once that change became a habit I picked something else to change and worked on that until it became a habit. And so on.

    So as you have identified your sugar intake as a problem you want to attack. Make a small single change and go from there.

    My suggestion would be to switch out something you eat regularly. Previous responses pointed out that you consume a lot of "shakes". Why not make a point of switching out the shakes at breakfast with something else? And then make the commitment to continue for 30 days. My bet is that after 30 days the new breakfast will become the "norm".

    Note: Breakfast was one of my first changes. I went from fast food breakfast sandwiches and/or donut shop muffins to plain oatmeal with 1% milk. Ate that pretty much every day for a few months last year! Now I switch it up with yogurt, fruit, granola and multi grain toast. The important thing though is that I kicked the fast food habit!

    Best of luck figuring out what will work for you.
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    You said you are new and struggling. Most of us know exactly how that feels. These are my suggestions:

    1. Log everything you are eating. All fruits, veggies, candy bars, etc.
    2. Start making small changes - start by replacing one snack a day with fruit or veggie, or some other healthy item that you wouldn't normally eat.
    3. If you aren't hungry and have calories you need to eat - get some calorie dense healthy foods to add to your day - nuts, avacado, etc.
    4. Start preparing fresh whole meals - start with maybe one or two meals a week where you don't use anything from a package - get fresh meat, veggies, and use dried beans or bags of rice that don't include all the flavorings - add your own.

    Don't be too hard on yourself. You will have good days, bad days, some that are in between. We all had to start somewhere and figure out what works for us and our families. You'll get it.
  • frixtine
    frixtine Posts: 965 Member
    If you think fruits are too high in sugars for you, yuo could try a sweet vegetable alternative too, like red, orange, or yellow bell peppers. I personally LOVE them. I can eat them like an apple! If you like, you can cut them into strips and have them in a ziploc ready to snack.

    Me and my dad have our garden going and have tons of different varieties of peppers growing. One variety is a bite size pepper! It might not help you right now, but it's not too late to plant some! Eat all you can and then freeze or pickle the rest!
  • tnorth82
    tnorth82 Posts: 186
    I stopped counting sugar as I was over every day from my fruit intake. I focus on fat, sat fat and calories.

    I was referring to fruit sugars, I dont eat processed foods like twizzlers. I found I was going over my sugar just with 2 pieces of fruit, however my fat, sat fat and calories were still under!

    Its easy to go over your sugar just with fruit.

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