Sugar

terisohl
terisohl Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am surprised at how little natural sugar is allowed natural fruit wise. I realize the system may not be able to tell the difference but I would suggest that it be able to recognize a minimum amount of fruits and veggies. Am I missing something? Am I eating too much bread which counts towards it? I'm confused. I come to myfitnesspal not knowing much about nutrition.

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  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    I stopped tracking sugar for this reason. It was driving me nuts that some fruit would put me over.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    how do u stop tracking sugar???????
    when u are supposed to tracck evrything u eat
    sugar is sugar
  • shayleac
    shayleac Posts: 76 Member
    I wouldn't worry about the daily amounts of sugar too much, if it is natural sugar.
    I go over everyday in the sugar category just by eating two fruits.
    Even milk has lots of sugar in it! But it is healthy to have 2 glasses a day.
    I also go over in cholesteral instantly by eating eggs in the morning...
    That's why I do not worry about the amounts too much if I know i'm eating healthy.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    how do u stop tracking sugar???????
    when u are supposed to tracck evrything u eat
    sugar is sugar

    Easy. By removing sugar from the list of nutrients/macros that my diary tracks for me. Hasn't stopped me from losing.
  • lcfairbairn74
    lcfairbairn74 Posts: 412 Member
    The sugar settings on mfp do not differentiate between natural sugars in fruit and vegetables for example, and added sugars. 2 pieces of fruit can make me go over my sugar allowance. I wouldn't pay any attention to it if I were you. Be aware of trying to take in less sugar from processed food etc, but don't worry about the number from natural sources.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    The recommendation for sugar is based on the American Heart Associations recommendation for ADDED sugar. There is no formal recommendation for total sugar that I am aware of. Eat your fruit, it's good for you...and hardly the cause of the obesity epidemic.
  • petemcdonnell
    petemcdonnell Posts: 1
    I'm fairly new to MFP and thought I'd check the forums about the sugar counter. I eat almost no added sugar and the fact that I was going over on sugar every day got me questioning the methodology behind this. Glad to see I'm not the only person with the same concerns!

    Thanks for the info, folks!
  • terisohl
    terisohl Posts: 4 Member
    Thanks! I feel much better now.
  • Madsocks
    Madsocks Posts: 54 Member
    As a sugar junkie, it's one of the first things that I do track! However, over the last 2 weeks, I have rarey drank a fizzy drink which is pretty darn good for me considering I usually go through about 3 bottles a day! I always find it useful to track because I feel it's the reason why I've been gaining weight and not losing it.
  • Skyeegan90
    Skyeegan90 Posts: 1
    I am trying to lose 20kgs by March next year! and its so hard to keep under the sugar limits and I also have PCOS so aslong as I keep it under -30 I am fine :)

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