Is anyone else going over in sugars?

I ignore sugars from dairy, fruit, and vegetables. As long as you don't have health issues I really don;t think it matters very much. Just my opinion.

I go over in protein and sugars most days too. I will be looking forward to a response from this question. Thanks for posting it.

MFP's protein is really a minimum, i eat anywhere from 95-120 grams of protein daily.

I deliberately and happily go over every day.

For me I usually end up eating 2-3, sometimes 4x over my sugar goal, even though its not really "added sugars" lol.

I guess the best thing to do is be careful where you are getting the sugar from though...like, for instance, you could pick a different brand of yogurt or something. (Oikos nonfat plain has 7g sugar/cup - I think. So do some of Yoplait's 100-calorie cup packs.)

But just in general, look for lower-sugar options where you can...for instance, berries generally have much less sugar than bananas, grapes, and dried fruit. and, of course, avoid processed and refined stuff. like don't add extra sugar to coffee, don't eat stuff like pop tarts or jolly ranchers or things like that, etc. hope this helps!

It's my understanding that it's the added sugars that you should worry about.

We go over in sugar because life today is chalk full of refined sugar in the majority of our foods. Probably a hundred years ago or maybe more before the making of sugar in Europe we didn't consume as much, but unfortunately if we were to eat like that now we wouldn't like our food very much. There probably wasn't any chocolate or candy bars or ice cream. Nope I wouldn't like.

Often if I'm over in sugar it's because of fruit. Which I always counted as "good" sugar. So unless I eat a tub of Ben and Jerrys and taht causes me to go over, I'm generally OK with a little over.

Glad Im not the only one! It's almost impossible for me to not go over on sugar. I HATE seeing the red negative numbers, even on vitamins lol. Just makes me feel bad. I try to only focus on fat,cals and sodium.

Regardless of how healthy fruit is, your body still registers sugar from fruit as sugar. So it will stick react the same way.
Sugar is sugar.

I disagree. It may be just me, but...
See my post above: 100g apple, 10g sugar, or so.
When I eat 10g refined sugar in, say, pastry, or with fat, it makes me crave more. The theory is: insulin levels up, sugar stored as fat, more hunger....
When I eat said apple, I am full, quite totally, no craving for more. No, it keeps me full for 1-2 hours or at least can significantly reduce my hunger.
Of course, in the apple, the sugar is mixed with pectin, a fibre that makes me feel full.
That apple is a gorgeous concoction... The sugar is distributed to perfect sweetness with minimum actual sugar.
And in that sense... Not all sugars are equal; it matters how and with what they come....

Over daily, as long as I hit my protein target the rest can fall where they may.

I eat a lot of fruit during the week and I ain't listening to anyone who tells me this is bad.

If I go over in things like sugars or carbs I don't really mind much, because 95% of the time I know I'm getting it from healthy sources.

I like using my food log to see patterns & find what I'm low in or need to eat more of. For example if I'm halfway through my day or wondering what to eat for dinner & notice I'm low in protein, or only 1/2 my goal of fiber for the day, etc., I'll think of foods that have those particular nutrients & choose from there.

Beware of added sugars! Particularly High Fructose Corn Syrup... Studies have shown that it causes weight gain and a craving for more. It is in about 90% of processed foods that you find in a typical grocery store! Why on earth whole wheat bread needs corn syrup in it is beyond me! When I'm eating mostly whole foods, I have no problem staying close to sugar goal. As for yogurt... I eat plain nonfat Greek and cut up apples (or pears, or add berries) and add cinnamon for flavor w a light drizzle of agave! Yum!!! Way less sugar than your standard fruit on the bottom.

I manually adjusted my sugar goal to 55g, and it goes up when my calorie goal goes up. Honestly, I still go over, though, even if I don't add sugar/honey etc. to anything for the day or eat sweetened processed foods. I may up it again just so I don't see the red number. Incidentally, I also upped my goal for fiber to 30g based on a recommendation I read somewhere.

I try to have two servings of fruit per day - not more or less so I get the benefits of the fruit with a reasonable amount of sugar. I eat a lot of onion, and that's high in sugar, too. Oh, and tomatoes which I don't count as serving of fruit. And sweet potatoes, which are great for you.

If I'm under 100g of sugar (on a 1900 calorie day) and under my goal for total carbs I feel OK about it, though I know it sounds high. I did some research and there's no RDA minimum for sugar - it's not considered necessary. I did find some recommendations about total daily percent of calories from sugar - one said no more than 10% of your calories should come from sugar, another said 25% and I'm still not positive if they were talking refined sugar or all dietary sugars.

Edit to add: I found a website with a calculator for sugar. Of course every recommendation is a bit different, but assuming 25% of all calories can be from sugar (and that's quite a bit), this website said I could have 475 calories from sugar if I eat 1900 calories. At 3.8 calories per gram, that's 125 grams. Of course the 10% recommendation puts it quite a bit less, but OP if you are under 60 grams per day you are absolutely fine.

http://www.webcalcsolutions.com/Nutrition-Calculators/Calorie-Breakdown.asp?AcctNum=3

i've been driving myself insane for a couple of months trying to stay under on my sugar levels, i was going over every single day (fruit, fruit juice) now i've stopped tracking it completely and have got a better grip on my diet