TOO much sugar

mgaither
mgaither Posts: 115
edited September 22 in Food and Nutrition
I can't seem to get my sugar under control. My daily calorie allowance is pretty low (1200) since I'm a pretty short woman who doesn't have a lot of weight to lose. I 'm over on my sugar each day. Any tips on how to reduce the sugar intake?

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  • Naomi91
    Naomi91 Posts: 892 Member
    I am always over on sugar too. i can barely wat like any fruit because of it! I stopp[ed paying attention to it because I switched to only eating natural sugars
  • HealthyishWithMaggieG
    HealthyishWithMaggieG Posts: 397 Member
    I don't know what to tell you since I'm in a similar situation... 1200 calories to begin with daily. I have noticed that as I add my exercise for the day, it not only increases the calories I can consume, but sugar level too. I think it's more important to concentrate on what types of sugars we're consuming. Most of mine is coming from things like carrots and tomatoes (usually). So, it's not processed sugars. My downfall is yogurt and milk. Both are high in sugar content. So, I try to only have them on days I'm working out or getting some kind of exercise.

    Good luck!
  • patsaffo
    patsaffo Posts: 20
    I do not eat processed sugar, and the only "sweet" things I eat are fruit and things like that. I am addicted to processed sugar, and once I start with that, and lots of bad type carbs, I can't stop. But if you can get through a few days, you won't even miss it. I am trying to eat most of my foods that have less processing and less ingredients. I am not great at it, but I am trying.
  • lordofultima
    lordofultima Posts: 293
    eat whole-unprocessed grains, and less simple carbs with sugar. Pretty simple answer.
  • 1Steph1
    1Steph1 Posts: 145
    Reducing the amount of packaged food you eat can help. A lot of them have lots of added sugar. If my sugar is over but its mostly all fruit I dont worry about it.
  • STR0NGisSEXY
    STR0NGisSEXY Posts: 128 Member
    watch the amount of fruit and milk / yogurt you are eating. also, limit anything with processed sugar. a lot of people don't realize that there are so many grams of sugar in things like milk.

    take a look at your food diary, and see what you are spending a lot of your sugar calories on, and see which of those you can reduce or cut out.
  • mgaither
    mgaither Posts: 115
    Looks like you're right. I've been pretty clean when it comes to packaged foods, but upon closer inspection, I see that the sugar is coming from the milk I drink (which is essentially the only non-water drink I consume lately)!

    Thanks for the input everyone!
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    The sugar limit is ridiculously low. Two pieces of fruit and I'm over. One bowl of cereal and I'm over. It's just not realistic. So I don't worry about my sugar as long as it's not coming from refined sugar. If it's fructose and lactose it's not a big deal to be over a little.
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