Sugar (frutose) in fruits and vegtables

kristianamonroe

:flowerforyou: This may be a stupid question but I appreciate your time and help. :flowerforyou:
To ensure I do not put anything in my body that i do not need and/or that may be stored as fat I am keeping tabs on my sugar intake and myfitnesspal has depicted a fructose allowance of 24 grams, every gram of which within my diet derives from a natural source so strictly fruits and vegetables. Now most everything has natural sugar in it...bell peppers, onions, spinach, cauliflower, chicken etc ( the foods aforementioned are very present in my diet) ... now i keep going over my budget of sugar significantly (never more than 52 grams total for one day)...how badly will this hinder immediate weight loss? Is this acceptable, does it matter at all or should I become more strict as far as my fructose intake? If I must tame my fructose intake, maybe some tips?
Thank you so much for your time, I'm sure this is a silly question

My typical day:

Breakfast- 290 calories: 17g of sugar
Shake: ( 1/2 banana, 1/3 cup blueberries, 1 cup unsweetened almond milk)
1 whole egg, 2 egg whites scrambled with 1/2 cup spinach and 1/3 cup onion

Snack: 55 calories: 6g of sugar
medium gala apple

Lunch: 388 calories: 9g of sugar
1 cup of homemade tomato/spinach soup
1 cup earthbound organic spring mix /baby lettuce
2-3 oz of grilled/seasoned chicken breast

Snack: 45 calories : 4g of sugar
1 cup raw cauliflower florets
2 tbsp of salsa

Dinner: 241 calories : 8g sugar
1/2 cup American choice frozen stir fry vegetables ( sometimes i do a full cup )
1 cup riced cauliflower sauteed with 3 cloves of garlic, 1/2 cup onion and 1/2 cup spinach


This day is 49g of fructose sugar and about 1009 calories

heybales

:flowerforyou: This may be a stupid question but I appreciate your time and help. :flowerforyou:
To ensure I do not put anything in my body that i do not need and/or that may be stored as fat I am keeping tabs on my sugar intake and myfitnesspal has depicted a fructose allowance of 24 grams, every gram of which within my diet derives from a natural source so strictly fruits and vegetables. Now most everything has natural sugar in it...bell peppers, onions, spinach, cauliflower, chicken etc ( the foods aforementioned are very present in my diet) ... now i keep going over my budget of sugar significantly (never more than 52 grams total for one day)...how badly will this hinder immediate weight loss? Is this acceptable, does it matter at all or should I become more strict as far as my fructose intake? If I must tame my fructose intake, maybe some tips?
Thank you so much for your time, I'm sure this is a silly question

My typical day:

Breakfast- 290 calories: 17g of sugar
Shake: ( 1/2 banana, 1/3 cup blueberries, 1 cup unsweetened almond milk)
1 whole egg, 2 egg whites scrambled with 1/2 cup spinach and 1/3 cup onion

Snack: 55 calories: 6g of sugar
medium gala apple

Lunch: 388 calories: 9g of sugar
1 cup of homemade tomato/spinach soup
1 cup earthbound organic spring mix /baby lettuce
2-3 oz of grilled/seasoned chicken breast

Snack: 45 calories : 4g of sugar
1 cup raw cauliflower florets
2 tbsp of salsa

Dinner: 241 calories : 8g sugar
1/2 cup American choice frozen stir fry vegetables ( sometimes i do a full cup )
1 cup riced cauliflower sauteed with 3 cloves of garlic, 1/2 cup onion and 1/2 cup spinach


This day is 49g of fructose sugar and about 1009 calories

Doesn't matter. Increase your sugar allowance if you are getting it naturally and you don't like seeing the number in red.

You could literally eat just fat, but less calories than you burn each day - and you would lose fat because of the deficit.

As you could eat the twinkie diet as has been done and lose weight, as long as your total daily calories eaten is less than what you burn daily.

Only problem you might have, but appears not or not yet at least, is eating sugar causes blood sugar variances that might leave you feeling hungrier than you might feel otherwise if you ate some protein and fat.

AsellusReborn

I don't eat a lot of processed sugar - 90% of my sugars come from fruits and veggies - so I just stopped looking at that number and took it off my diary, haha. I decided tracking my sodium was more important since it's very easy to let that slip whereas natural fruit/veggie sugars? Meh in my opinion.

Ruz456

Exactly what everyone is saying, honestly if your staying away from processed foods and snacks then your golden and the amount of natural sugar you are getting shouldn't matter at all, keep up the great work!

yarwell

There's no sugar in chicken !

It's tracking all sugars, not just fructose.

volume77

1000 calories is pretty low are you meaning to do that??

kristianamonroe

i'm suppose to be getting 1200 but the amount i eat usually works out about 1000, it doesn't seem to be having any adverse effects as far as my metabolism or anything else so i don't usually worry about it to much, i'm trying to get to 1200 though

heybales

i'm suppose to be getting 1200 but the amount i eat usually works out about 1000, it doesn't seem to be having any adverse effects as far as my metabolism or anything else so i don't usually worry about it to much, i'm trying to get to 1200 though

Curious how you would recognize if it was having adverse effects on your metabolism?

aproc

It doesn't matter much in weight loss as long as you are eating the right calories. With that being said, 1000 is not enough. You should be eating a good bit more.

kristianamonroe

The reason I ask is because I read something that explained an idea to the effect of when you get more sugar or protein in your system than you need the body stores it as fat.

kristianamonroe

i'm suppose to be getting 1200 but the amount i eat usually works out about 1000, it doesn't seem to be having any adverse effects as far as my metabolism or anything else so i don't usually worry about it to much, i'm trying to get to 1200 though

Curious how you would recognize if it was having adverse effects on your metabolism?

well I'm not completely sure lol but it doesn't hinder my energy level or endurance, that's what I meant by that.

laus_8882

You should really stop worrying about fructose, glucose, sucrose or whatever. I have a science background and am happy to admit that stuff is beyond me. Sure, I can read all the papers, understand the stats, get to know the various terms but... I have minimal knowledge of the human body and its processes and even less knowledge of, well, food. I could go and 'educate' myself by reading bits and pieces and watching youtube clips, but I'd be no more knowledgeable on the subject than the anti-vaccination lobby is of the science behind vaccines. Seriously, a little bit of misplaced information can do a lot of damage.

For the record, I've lost plenty of weight following Dr McDougall's plan. I had so much sugar and so many carbs I may have at one point turned into a bowl of mango porridge. The weight came back because the diet (for me) wasn't sustainable over the long term however I'm friendly with a lovely woman who was able to find long term success with a low fat vegan diet, just as I know of others who've lost weight and kept it off with WW and other plans. Anyway, I hope this doesn't sound unkind, but it kills me to see how many people embrace what I like to call fast food science - big, fancy terms; wild claims; loads of speculation; ultimately little substance. It's doing you no favours.

If you're not losing weight, trying weighing and measuring your food. Last night a very small plate of pineapple I'd estimated at 100g turned out to be 220g and I'm glad that I thought to check because those calories add up. For the record (even though I'm too lazy to drag out the scale and just go by how clothes fit) I've lost weight just logging for the past few weeks and I eat a *lot* of sugar in the form of fruit and veg, dairy and delicious carby legumes.

Natty0506

There's a huge difference in the way that your body processes natural sugar (fructose) and processed sugar. As long as you're staying away from the processed stuff, you're fine. I would suggest adding a bit more protein into your diet though. It'll help you get to 1200 calories every day.

PJ_73

I don't eat a lot of processed sugar - 90% of my sugars come from fruits and veggies - so I just stopped looking at that number and took it off my diary, haha. I decided tracking my sodium was more important since it's very easy to let that slip whereas natural fruit/veggie sugars? Meh in my opinion.

Ditto. I was fed up with seeing my sugar in the red right after fruit for breakfast, so I got rid of it!

yarwell

There's a huge difference in the way that your body processes natural sugar (fructose) and processed sugar.

I would ask what that was, but as it is complete rubbish I won't.

Glucose, fructose and sucrose are all natural sugars, the white sugar in packets is natural it is from plants grown in fields.

Please don't spread misinformation from a position of ignorance, it isn't helpful.

verodzrosas

well I had the same worry because I'm vegetarian and as you said most or all foods have fructose, what I learned though i my search is that , fructose is the first type od sugar your body metabolizes so if you are doing excersise adn burning of the calories you shouldn't worru.

SomeoneSomeplace

I would say you need to eat a bit more at dinner.

You are screwing up your metabolism even if it doesn't feel like it. (Take it from someone whose been there) You are putting your body into starvation mode. Honestly everything else looks great you just need to increase your dinner by like 200 calories. Maybe add some protein. Beans or Chicken, Chickpeas, Fish...whatever you like

As for the sugar in fruit, don't worry about it.

But I'd be concerned you're not getting the nutrients you need with your calories and fat so low. You need to get a little bit of fat each day.

moe0303

:flowerforyou: This may be a stupid question but I appreciate your time and help. :flowerforyou:
To ensure I do not put anything in my body that i do not need and/or that may be stored as fat I am keeping tabs on my sugar intake and myfitnesspal has depicted a fructose allowance of 24 grams, every gram of which within my diet derives from a natural source so strictly fruits and vegetables. Now most everything has natural sugar in it...bell peppers, onions, spinach, cauliflower, chicken etc ( the foods aforementioned are very present in my diet) ... now i keep going over my budget of sugar significantly (never more than 52 grams total for one day)...how badly will this hinder immediate weight loss? Is this acceptable, does it matter at all or should I become more strict as far as my fructose intake? If I must tame my fructose intake, maybe some tips?
Thank you so much for your time, I'm sure this is a silly question

My typical day:

Breakfast- 290 calories: 17g of sugar
Shake: ( 1/2 banana, 1/3 cup blueberries, 1 cup unsweetened almond milk)
1 whole egg, 2 egg whites scrambled with 1/2 cup spinach and 1/3 cup onion

Snack: 55 calories: 6g of sugar
medium gala apple

Lunch: 388 calories: 9g of sugar
1 cup of homemade tomato/spinach soup
1 cup earthbound organic spring mix /baby lettuce
2-3 oz of grilled/seasoned chicken breast

Snack: 45 calories : 4g of sugar
1 cup raw cauliflower florets
2 tbsp of salsa

Dinner: 241 calories : 8g sugar
1/2 cup American choice frozen stir fry vegetables ( sometimes i do a full cup )
1 cup riced cauliflower sauteed with 3 cloves of garlic, 1/2 cup onion and 1/2 cup spinach


This day is 49g of fructose sugar and about 1009 calories

Yeah, I gotta tell you...there will be about 50 or 60 people on here tell you that you're eating way too little. You'll be punished by the metabolism gods and they will take away your weight loss for eating below your BMR. You will live your life in metabolic hell never able to experience a single meal without the affliction of fat. You must repent and believe in the TDDE or there is no hope.

Some other people think it's perfectly fine to eat at whatever deficit you see fit.

beckajw

Sugar in fruits and vegetables is metabolized differently than sugar in candy bars, cakes, etc., because of the fiber in the fruits and vegetables. The fruits and vegetables also have a lot of vitamins and nutrients that you need in a healthy diet. As long as you are getting sugar from fruits, vegetables, dairy, I would not count it. Honestly, I don't even count it, if it's coming from some other source (although I limit those other sources). Sugar on its own (I mean without increased calories) will not have an effect on your weight.

kajpen

I don't eat any fake sugar and limit my sugar intake to fruits and vegetables as much as possible, well, except I do give myself one 'free' meal a week to indulge in whatever I might be craving. But I usually regret eating the sugary treats because I get a tummy ache afterwards.

I don't really count the sugar in fruit too much, but I try to limit my fruit to two servings per day. I also try to keep my overall meal sugar intake to no more than 9 grams. It still puts me over by MFP standards, but my body doesn't seem to trigger cravings if I keep it at 9grams or below per meal.

You're doing fine with your eating. And if you're losing bodyfat and feeling good, then stick with it.

kristianamonroe

thank you everybody for your help, i got rid of the sugar calculator and have been getting a full 1200 calories for the past couple days thank you again, i really appreciate the support and help, i don't have anybody else to discuss these matters with.