I want to eat fruit and veg but keep maxing out sugars

carolinecarpenter
carolinecarpenter Posts: 9 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am struggling to eat my five portions a day of fruit and veg and not going over my suggested sugar goal of 24g. Sounds a huge amount but if I make a sweet potato and carrot soup and later have say a banana I have maxed out my sugar allowance. I am going wrong somewhere. I am losing weight but struggling to eat to my calorie allowance as I don't have the macros left to eat more. I want to lose weight but also train myself to maintain a healthy lifestyle with good food choices.

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  • Chadomaniac
    Chadomaniac Posts: 1,785 Member
    Don't worry about going over your sugars . it accounts for glucose , fructose , lactose , etc...

    The only time sugar will be an issue is if you have any medical issue like diabetes
  • amybu0
    amybu0 Posts: 2 Member
    Hi, Im finding the same problem,
    I generally eat well but am now eating small portions to lose weight and doing well but cant eat my fruit and veg portions because of the sugars,..... although always under my calorie count!
  • Donald_Dozier_50
    Donald_Dozier_50 Posts: 395 Member
    I am over on sugars just about every day and as long as it is because of fruits................. I DO NOT CARE
  • Maaike84
    Maaike84 Posts: 211 Member
    This really annoyed me, so I stopped tracking sugar here on MFP. I don't have any blood sugar issues and hardly eat any processed foods, no sodas, so I figure if all my sugar is from fruit and veg I don't need to worry about it.

    But if you want to keep tracking your sugar, there's websites where you can look up fruit and veg that are moderately low in sugar. Carrots and sweet potatoes are high, as are beets, off the top of my head. Googled this for you

    http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/fruits-vegtables-good-low-sugar-intake-2148.html

    Good luck!
  • amybu0
    amybu0 Posts: 2 Member
    Oops posted same time but good advice !
  • Snow3y
    Snow3y Posts: 1,412 Member
    it really doesn't matter if you're going over. They're not processed or refined sugars and they're within your macro needs.
  • jjrichard83
    jjrichard83 Posts: 483 Member
    I track sugars because of ketosis & low carb dieting. I do that because ketosis controls my hunger more than any other way... Eating fruit - I don't do much of it, and since doing that- I've been shedding weight like crazy.

    A calorie is not a calorie - eat 3000 calories of marshmellows or 3000 of veggies. Results will differ greatly.


    That being said - if you're not in low carb, then don't worry- thats what most will tell you on here anyway!
  • moglovesshoez
    moglovesshoez Posts: 83 Member
    Try eating more berries, green veg or salad, they are lower in carbs than banana's, carrots and sweet pots.
  • Corinne_Howland
    Corinne_Howland Posts: 158 Member
    I'm diabetic, so fruits add a lot of sugar to my daily allowance. I tend to do more veggies, so I get more bang for my buck. I've also changed my sugar macros to fiber. That's one that you WANT to go over on.

    If you're not diabetic, don't worry so much about the sugars from fuits. If you're staying away from simple sugars and processed foods, it's not really an issue.
  • Alpina483
    Alpina483 Posts: 246 Member
    Like many said before me (but I'm going to say it just once more all the same), it's not an issue unless you have to watch your blood sugar (in my mind, everyone has to), or try to keep your overall carbs low.
    If you are from the IIFYM camp, forget it.
  • paulperryman
    paulperryman Posts: 839 Member
    I agree if you lived by the sugars period almost everything would put you over, Fruit and Veggies are not really "bad" sugar unless, hell some animals live on diets of mostly fruit and they are ok. But moderation and the other macros are the key

    really Sugars and Sodium is meant to be added salts and sugars not total, everything has salt and sugar naturally that is ok the issue isit's when you add to naturally occuring stuff and eat processed foods that have had them added to bump up taste

    saying that some fruits are high in fructose and glucose which is not great and dried fruits are exceptionally high in added sugars/salts so eat them raringly
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Sugar is a carb. Track carbs, not sugar. Sugar is meaningless for the most part. Even diabetics track carbs rather than sugar.

    If you're under your carb goal, why waste your time worrying about sugar? You don't worry about individual amino acids do you? Or do you just make sure you get enough protein? Same concept.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Like many said before me (but I'm going to say it just once more all the same), it's not an issue unless you have to watch your blood sugar (in my mind, everyone has to), or try to keep your overall carbs low.
    If you are from the IIFYM camp, forget it.
    Why does everyone have to watch their blood sugar? That's what we have insulin and glucagon for. Their job is to maintain stable blood sugar. Unless you have a few specific medical conditions you will never feel changes in your blood sugar, as the body keeps it remarkably stable all by itself.
  • Alpina483
    Alpina483 Posts: 246 Member
    Like many said before me (but I'm going to say it just once more all the same), it's not an issue unless you have to watch your blood sugar (in my mind, everyone has to), or try to keep your overall carbs low.
    If you are from the IIFYM camp, forget it.
    Why does everyone have to watch their blood sugar? That's what we have insulin and glucagon for. Their job is to maintain stable blood sugar. Unless you have a few specific medical conditions you will never feel changes in your blood sugar, as the body keeps it remarkably stable all by itself.

    I meant if this wonderful self balancing system goes a little off, you wouldn't notice, so it's a good thing to get it checked every now and then. I did not mean everyone has to actually calculate simple carbs every day, I hate it myself, but I realise now it may have read this way.
  • Rosie958r
    Rosie958r Posts: 160 Member
    I have this problem as well!
    I'm always over on the sugars.
  • Shesaid_destroy
    Shesaid_destroy Posts: 128
    I am over on sugars just about every day and as long as it is because of fruits................. I DO NOT CARE

    Same here!
  • carolinecarpenter
    carolinecarpenter Posts: 9 Member
    Thanks for taking the trouble to do this.
  • carolinecarpenter
    carolinecarpenter Posts: 9 Member
    This really annoyed me, so I stopped tracking sugar here on MFP. I don't have any blood sugar issues and hardly eat any processed foods, no sodas, so I figure if all my sugar is from fruit and veg I don't need to worry about it.

    But if you want to keep tracking your sugar, there's websites where you can look up fruit and veg that are moderately low in sugar. Carrots and sweet potatoes are high, as are beets, off the top of my head. Googled this for you

    http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/fruits-vegtables-good-low-sugar-intake-2148.html

    Good luck!

    Thanks this will be very useful.

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