Trouble staying under in my sugar??

zCarsAndCaloriesz
zCarsAndCaloriesz Posts: 348
in Health and Weight Loss
I check my daily macros or whatever you'd like to call them, and I am almost always over on my sugar.
Thing is, I don't get it from eating sweets and stuff. Like this morning for breakfast I made a smoothie with mango and a little bit of orange juice.

Is it okay if I am getting this sugar intake from fruits?
I actually never really eat candies and stuff.
I like my mango's, apple's, and oranges :(

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  • vicrandom
    vicrandom Posts: 80 Member
    Some people will say yes, some will say no - if you're diabetic, it matters a lot. If you're insulin resistant, it matters. How would you know if you're insulin resistant? A glucose tolerance test would actually tell you, but the Paleo people would tell you that if you tend to collect fat in the belly area, that's a big sign.

    Personally I think sugar's the devil (I eat fruit, but in fairly restricted amounts), but I'm diabetic so I'm biased.

    You can skip the OJ to trim the empty sugar a bit (you're getting tons of vitamins and fiber with the mango), or if you're seeing results with what you're doing now and you really like your smoothie as-is, hey, why worry?
  • zCarsAndCaloriesz
    zCarsAndCaloriesz Posts: 348
    I'm just starting over from scratch now, so I can't say I'm having results just yet. But I am not diabetic and have never had any problems with sugar. I try and have about one good serving of fruits a day, I hope this isn't going to ruin my efforts because of sugar content :(
  • seekingstrengthX2
    seekingstrengthX2 Posts: 771
    Remove sugar from your tracker. Problem solved!:smile:
  • JackKsavestheday
    JackKsavestheday Posts: 182 Member
    Remove sugar from your tracker. Problem solved!:smile:

    this
  • angelz_love
    angelz_love Posts: 36 Member
    You go over in sugar but does sugar have any other affect on you? If it doesnt impede your progress i wouldn't worry too much about it. I say that since you say it's coming from natural fructose. Personally I cut my sugar and I see it is TOTALLY helping my progress. I have one "cheat" meal a week and this week it was a root beer float! mmm so good! And one sugar loaded dessert ( portioned out- I won't eat all of it or I will get sick) won't effect me and I still meet my weekly goals sugar wise for the most part. If you are really concerned...or just really curious...cut the fruits for a week or 2 and see if you notice a difference in anything. How you look or how you feel or even how well you do your exersizes. good luck to ya!
  • Samantha44145
    Samantha44145 Posts: 66 Member
    If you're hungry and reaching for natural sugars, go for it. If you're making good progress, keep doing what you're doing.

    A lot of "diet" foods are really high in sugar/carbs. If you take fat out of a recipe, you have to add something to make it tasty. For example, some non-fat greek yogurts have an enormous amount of sugar in them.

    If you're overloading on sugar you may find yourself hitting a plateau as you get closer to your goal weight. If that happens re-assess the source the sugar in your meals. If you're overdoing it, cut from the processed foods first.

    I had a really ugly overage of sugar for months and I started going nowhere on the scale. On top of that, was always hungry. It turned out that I was way too low on natural fats and way too high in carbs. Now I limit the sugars to natural sugars and try to have the majority of my carbs in the morning. That helped me a lot.

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