Need advice with sugar!

marymt86
marymt86 Posts: 40
in Health and Weight Loss
Okay! I need help here. I haven't even had dinner yet, I have 800 calories left, yet im already over my sugar intake. I had a banana at breakfast which gave me 14g, 2 servings of carrots which gave me 10g, half an orange which was 8.5 g...and a few misc. grams. Seriously, do we need to count the sugar in carrots? They're carrots! I guess im just confused, there is sugar in everything! If you workout pretty intense can you amp up some of the sugar intake as long as its natural?

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  • YorriaRaine
    YorriaRaine Posts: 370 Member
    To be honest sugars from fruits and veggies shouldn't be too much of a concern because they are wholeful foods. If your after weight loss (I'm assuming you are because you are in the weight loss section :P) all that really matters is that you don't go over your net calorie goal.

    That being said, if your finding your over on sugar but seriously lacking in another macronutrient (like protein), you may want to consider eating something else to get the macronutrients you need and cut back on the ones you have too much of.

    Again though, wholefoods, your getting sugar with fiber and all that, I wouldn't overly stress.
  • PinkCoconut
    PinkCoconut Posts: 655 Member
    My response to you didn't go through! Blarg!

    I agree with the last poster, I personally do not count veggie sugar at all and just limit my fruit to 2x per day. I really just pay attention to ADDED sugar more than anything!
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    If you are tracking carbs, you are already tracking sugar. No need to track it twice. MFP allotments are ridiculous for sugar.
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    unless you have a medical concern that requires you to limit your sugar intake, don't worry about it. I go over my sugar limit by a decent amount every day and it has not prevented me from losing almost 80 lbs. I don't even track sugar or sodium on my diary.
  • Aundrea242
    Aundrea242 Posts: 21
    I was wondering the same thing. I cannot seem to give up my coffee cream with cane sugar in it and I am staying underneath my goal calories, but going above my sugar.
  • da_bears10089
    da_bears10089 Posts: 1,791 Member
    Screw tracking sugar...

    Calories/Protein/Fat/Carbs is where it's at
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    This question gets asked like 10 times every single day.

    The answer is to stop tracking sugar entirely, as it has no relevance unless you have a medical condition like hypoglycemia or diabetes. There's nothing wrong with sugar. Track something else instead, like fiber or calcium.
  • marymt86
    marymt86 Posts: 40
    Thanks to everyone for all the helpful advice. I usually just track the carbs/protein/fat ratio. I noticed the sugar intake a couple days ago and started driving myself crazy! Now I can relax and enjoy my freaking carrots! :)

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