Sugar intake

I go over my sugar every day. I stopped tracking it when it was telling me I was over for eating two pieces of fruit. Heaven help me if I ate some chocolate or a couple of biscuits.

Are you trying to maintain a low carb diet? If so, even the sugar from fruit is important to track. If not, enjoy your fruit :-)

For 63 years, I have ignored my sugar intake but tried to eat healthily, but like everyone else have got overweight. I realised too late that daily excess sugars were being stored as adipose tissue (fats) on my back , belly, bum and thighs. Recently my GP confirmed diabetes, Now my diet is planned daily to eat things which do not exceed my sugar ration while still allowing me a healthy diet. The lesson to be learned is NOT I am eating too much sugar in my food, but what can I eat instead that is healthy and satisfying. The only aspect I allow to go negative on my daily intake is Protein. I do not exceed any of the other categories. In my youth I was tall and willowy. When I stopped growing up, I started growing out, and did not recognise the dangers. Hope this helps others here to see the light.

For breakfast I have a bowl of museli and a cup of tea, which totals 5g of sugar.

You can easily change the setting so you don't see how much sugar you are eating, but it doesn't change that you are eating it, and the effects it can have on you. My advice is that you either come to terms with having a high sugar intake, or you do something about it. Either way, staying in denial is not going to help!

For breakfast I have 2 boiled eggs on 2 or 3 Ryvita crackers and a mug of peppermint tea. This totals 2 grams of sugar.

I try to watch my sugar intake and usually stay within recommended amounts. But then again food manufacturers here usually do not print sugar contents on labels specifically, just total carbs, so it's not that accurate for me.

@queensturg: is that a plain yogurt or flavoured?

To be fair, reading some of these posts might make a person believe that they became grossly overweight eating oranges, peaches and apples every day. That's simply not the case.

Fruits are extremely high in nutrients that you need for a strong immune system, and for daily functioning. I personally believe fruit is essential for a healthy and nutritious diet. Nobody became morbidly obese from eating fruit. And I defy anybody to find someone who did.

Processed foods, soft drinks and juices, candies, baked goods....all come with high amounts of sugar, and should probably be avoided as much as possible if you're trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle or lose weight. But if you're under your caloric intake during the day and want to have a cookie...have a cookie.

Last comment from my soap box. It is possible to eat a lower carb diet and still have a piece of fruit. Unless you're doing paleo or atkins or something, I suppose not. But 40% C during the day can still be acheived even if you're eating a little bit of fruit.

I somewhat disagree with your cavalier thought regarding cholesterol. Approximately 70% of a persons cholesterol is developed internally while the remaining 30% is ingested. The average person should maintain a range of 125 mg to 200 mg of cholesterol to be considered healthy, this is even more compounded if you have diabetes. Anything above the 200 mg mark is at risk of heart disease and may require medication to reduce the amount that your body produces. A normal egg contains 213 mg of cholesterol - that in itself is above the norm. If someone ingests any amount of meat (fish, beef, pork, etc.) in addition to an egg, they are definitely exceeding the amount that your liver can process to remain healthy.