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added sugar help

darkangelz
darkangelz Posts: 17
edited January 24 in Health and Weight Loss
I find it really easy (most days) to stay within a 1200 calorie limit even though its been a bit of a battle learning to eat regularly and not have days where I don't eat at all, but my problem is I always seem too go over my sugar limit just from drinking coffee! I have gone from 1 teaspoon of sugar to half and have around 4 tablespoons of milk but along with sugar thats already in food I always seem to go over, is this going to affect weight loss? I really can't give it up all together.... can anyone view my food log and offer suggestions?

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  • Giovannismom
    Giovannismom Posts: 24 Member
    That's a great question.... BUMP
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,571 Member
    Everybody has different things that are hard or easy to drop from their diet.

    A few teaspoons of sugar isn't that much on your coffee. That milk actually probably has more calories.

    However . . .

    Easy things I dropped from my regular diet were sugar and cream in my coffee (I went for good black espresso at home or diner coffee a few times a week with 1 teaspoon of sugar for however many cups I drank and a creamer).

    I substituted Fit and Delicious torillas (50 calories) for bread on sandwiches (200 calories). I dropped butter for most things. I drink water instead of milk most of the time. I went to skim milk when I drink it.

    I rarely eat rice or potatoes or salad dressing or mayo or cheese

    Things I didn't drop . . .

    1/4 cup of ice cream when I want it
    Nuts
    Meat (I eat more now than I used to because I dropped other carbs)
    High quality deserts a few times a month
    Alcohol once a week or so

    I'm planning on doing this the rest of my life. I eat what I want, but I pick what I REALLY want first and work the rest of my diet around that.
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