watching my sugar and my sodium...now what?

I haven't eaten the orange on today's diary yet, but it was my planned afternoon snack (followed in an hour by some cheese, i think.) All of the sugar in my day has come from fruits and vegetables. yet i am clearly going to go over on sugar by the end of the day.

how do i eat tons of fruits and veggies (and 1,000+ calories) without going over on my sugar? should i change my settings?

i am watching my carbs, but even getting 5 servings of fruits/veggies a day is going to put me over on sugar at this rate...

I guess this drives home that there really isn't much room left for added sugars in a healthy diet. but dang! Besides the orange, the highest-sugar food in my day has been the celery. what gives?

Unless you have a specific medical reason for avoiding sugar, don't even bother to track it.
I tend to keep my sugar low without really trying, because if I'm going to eat enough food to satisfy me and stay under my total numbers, high calorie density foods with lots of sugar don't fit.
It's the total numbers that count.

That is the very reason why I only tracked sugar for a week! I love fruit and have no intention of stop eating it and it is all natural which is perfectly fine in my book. I do track sodium though and try hard to keep it under 1700 although I certainly have days where I am over that.

For me when my sugars run high my losses stop or I gain. (over Xmas I was under calorie goal most days but lots of sugar). I try to keep to 30g sugar, but it often creeps up to 40. Any fruit i have is generally berries. Veggies I eat tonnes and tonnes of anything green... Brocolli, cabbage, asparagus, green beans etc. Low carb and sugar. Salad doesn't seem to have much sugars.

I also do 120 carbs. Time after time when ever my carbs creep up. Further than that weight loss stops for me. Everyone is different... But this is what really works for me. It's taken me a long time to figure it all out. From what I've learnt a sugar is a sugar. Doesn't matter if it is natural or not.

I think amount of sugar effects different people in different ways on the losses. If your losing well keep with what your doing, but if those losses slow down or stop then look at it for sure...

If your worried about blood sugar levels... Look up goods low on the Glycemic Index. They effect your blood sugars less. Just because your mum has type 2 doesn't mean you have to have it if you eat right.

My mum is type 2... I did get type 2 diabetes and my doctor says I've now reversed it. Proving that it's not a ticking time bomb because it's in your family as long as you eat right and try to keep your weight reasonable. I'm still 50lbs over weight... But have managed to do it.

Zara.

Diabetes doesn't care if your sugar is natural, alien, or from a whole grain kaiser. All carbs turn into glucose. All of them. The more refined, the faster they break down.
If you are concerned, and want to eat more like you already have diabetes, you need to examine your carb intake as a whole, not just the sugars. The current recommendation for Insulin Resistance and pre-diabetes is 100 carbs (pre fiber) a day, or 20-30% of caloric intake. There is, like everything else, some varience depending on the study you read (the most generous ones are 100 net carbs, or minus fiber).
Most days I choose between fruit or grains. It's hard for me to fit in both. I love veggies, and would rather get the brunt of my carbs from them. (I also like having a big supper.. and 258g of mixed veggies and meat will do that).