How the heck do I eat as little sugar as MFP tells me to?

AyaKara

I always go over my sugar but it's always through fruit so I've learned to accept it!

Adrian211

Yeah I've always had an issue with being over my sugar, but MFP doesn't differentiate between natural and added sugars, and I eat fairly well, and was always over my limit. I eat a fair amount of fruit and vegetables, and most of my sugar comes from them. Like others have mentioned, I removed it from my macros, and changed the limit to what Health Canada suggested (25% of my daily energy). So currently I am on a 2050 cal program, so 25% of 2050cals is 513 cals. There are 4 cals in 1g of sugar, so (513/4) = ~128g of sugar per day. The number seems high, but I think if you're getting that sugar from natural sources and shying away from processed food, you're safe.

citizencrp

1. remove the sugar from the macros that you watch.
2. Pay extra attention to your carbs.
3. Try to eat under your carb allowance by a little and increase your protein by a little.
4. Try to make most of your carbs come from fruit, vegetables, and whole grains.

This is what I did, I'm no wiz but I'm losing weight, my blood sugars are making my doctor happy and I don't see the red negative numbers.

whole grains contains a good number of carbs and they usually exceed my carb to more than 150 gm per day if i have 3 servings of carbs.........is it a healthy carb or is it alright to have carb from whole grains since they are healthy?

wow, I guess I didn't realize your carb limit would be 150...that's tough to do with whole grains. I figure a meal would have 45-60 g of carbs (hopefully sourced from whole foods). Plus you need 30-60 g for snacks. I don't know...I guess your calorie limit is a lot lower than mine, consider upping it? I am always under my carbs by sticking to the diabetes exchange goal of eating approx 45 carbs at b'fast, 45-60 at lunch, 45 at dinner and snacks adding up to less than 60.

I base my eating on MFP settings but also on diabetes exchanges, weight watchers experience, and a desire to eat realistically but wholly.

If you are eating whole foods and low glycemic carbs and staying within your calories without feeling hungry--YOU ARE DOING GREAT.