Sugar

If you do not have a medical condition, do not worry about sugar.

When in a caloric deficit, it is VERY unlikely you're consuming an unhealthy amount of sugar.

Seems most of your sugar is coming from fruit, cut down on that or do as said above dont worry about it

The fruit is fine. Yes, fruit has sugar. Your yogurt has a ton as well as the starbucks caramel.

If it is important to you then that's where I would cut. But it is not imperative.

Good luck!!

I'm not crazy all the time you know some people, some people, some people call me insane. yeah they call me insane.

That's pretty low sugar target. I'm diabetic and my daily goal is higher than that!

I've had your same question for the past 3 years on MFP. I used to get so irritated by people who said "fruit is sugar...sugar is sugar, doesn't matter, cut it out" But I've been looking into evolutionary/alternative approaches toward health (not government funded weight loss crap haha) and it's interesting what they say...

Obviously our ancestors didn't have sugar cane processed the way we do. If you were eating sugar, you were likely eating other "nutrients" around it like chips of wood and plant material. Fruit was rare to come by, and certainly hadn't gone through the genetic selection to be as sweet as it is now. Our taste buds were more sensitive though, so to them is was sweet enough. Our fruit has so much more sugar now, and we're led to believe we need to eat 4 servings of it a day!

Who says we need to eat so much sugar? The same people that tells us to eat 7 servings of toxic GMO treated wheat, and sneaks high fructose corn syrup into a large fraction of our food. "Diet" foods are the worst as far as toxic GMO corn products, and this is exactly why our country is as unhealthy, allergically reactive, and addicted to food! Okay okay okay, off my soapbox, had to throw that out there...

BASICALLY you DO need to question everything you have learned your whole life. Including fruit needing to be in your diet every day. We do not need so much fruit!

Why are we told we need it? Well, for nutrients...but you can get the same nutrients in fruit as you can in vegetables. Consider fruit to be dessert. Smooties--I know can be packed with great protein--also have a ridiculous amount of sugar. They are packed with nutrients, but they don't have the fiber to break down the sugar as efficiently. And I'm not talking flaxseed, I'm saying it's different to eat berries whole, as opposed to berries already blended (pre-digested) for you.

And Luna Bars....oh how I love them so.... Sadly they're just a nutritious candy bar. They don't have a lot of protein. I don't know about you, but I realized they don't really fill me up that much, its just a psychological thing because they are tasty and have protein. The good news is, when I have a sweet craving, I have Luna/Clif bars to go to instead of a snickers. But there is no nutritional reason why you should have one every day.

I'm so sorry break it down like this...I used to think people would create these replies to rain on your parade and make you feel stupid. I was just in your same exact boat, and I still struggle with this. Make it a goal to not buy fruit, maybe just for daily smoothies if you must...and only eat luna bars in replacement for candy. 11% is very accommodating to a serving of fruit, some yogurt, and other sugars that (...mysteriously...) slip into American foods.

Almost forgot! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Trader Joe's 100% Stevia, their stevia packets would do too. But its the most amazing replacement for sugar that isn't Splenda. Good for your coffee :-) Don't get Truvia because it is stevia plus GMO corn chemicals.

Everyone should read Eating for Beauty by David Wolfe, and Lights Out: Sleep Sugar and Survival by TS Wiley.

It can be hard if you just look at the total sugar intake. But I wouldn't worry so much about your sugar as long as most of it is coming from natural sources such a fruit and veggies then I wouldn't worry I would focus more on your carbs and such!

I am quite healthy and active, but do have reactive hypoglycemia. My nutritionist has me working with 35 g sugar a day, which is conveniently what MFP has set my sugar metrics at (34g/day). I consume 1600 calories/day for .5 lb weight loss per week.

I was told that the type of sugar in my case doesn't matter. Sugar is sugar as far as my body is concerned. So 'healthy' sugar goes into the same bucket as 'bad' sugar. I cut the sugar out of my coffee (switched to stevia), cut back on the fruits a bit (maybe switch from bananas and apples to melons - less sugar there, or only eat fruit a couple days a week instead of every day), and started eating plain greek yogurt instead of the flavored ones (6g sugar versus 20g!). You can add some almonds, splenda or stevia and cinnamon to your yogurt and it still tastes good without all that sugar.

Good luck!