I am under my calories but over my sugar...

I'm having the same problem.

Stick with it lady! you'll get there. Just keep making the effort. and remember, it's about changing the way you eat for ever, not until <enter your goal here>, once you commit to the lifestyle change, this becomes easier. Trust me, 4 years in, and it's not even something I think about any more, I just eat that way!

I ate ice cre am alot all summer! But I worked it off with biking! I still lost 35 pounds! Not what you eat each day it just has to be in your calorie intake. Calories are calories

I agree and disagree with this statement. A calorie is not a calorie. While I agree that in order to lose weight you need to create a deficit, not all calories are created equal.

For instance, protein takes about 3 times as long to be converted from food into energy in the body. Sucrose and/or HFCS are converted to glucose within 5 minutes of digestion, while fructose can take up to 45 minutes, both are simple sugars, but they take two different metabolic pathways. Glycemic index is a valuable tool you should learn about. Once you approach your goals, what you eat is ultimately just as important for a healthy body as how much you eat. Being out of balance can inhibit you from muscle growth, bone growth, and it can increase fat storage.

Unfortunately, things like sugar and HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) are very tasty and very easy to add to other foods, which makes them more desirable, which means it's harder to find processed foods without them. This means eating clean, unprocessed foods is far better for your body. It's why I generally don't recommend things like healthy choice and Weight Watchers dinners, there's a lot of processed foods in there, even though the calorie count is the same, the rate of digestion differs.

When i have a craving for chocolate that is once a month! My Husband will split one snickers with me. Not a king size then I record it. And it hepls and also if it is in the house I will eat it. So we eat it in the car on the way home from the store!

I think I will probably be in the same boat. The last few days I can't seem to get enough of tangerines. I ate 6 small ones the other day. I was still way under my calories, but now I am worried about the sugar. I am craving them. I am wondering if it is because this week I gave up sweet tea (it was my last downfall), for unsweetened tea with splenda. Hoping it will stop soon because I am really nervous about it.

I think it is different with natural sugars. You have the fiber in the orange to help slow down the sugar uptake. I try to avoid sugar at all costs when losing weight, but not natural sugar. I have 1/2 banana, clementine, 4 strawberries and 25 blueberries.......yum!!

I think I will probably be in the same boat. The last few days I can't seem to get enough of tangerines. I ate 6 small ones the other day. I was still way under my calories, but now I am worried about the sugar. I am craving them. I am wondering if it is because this week I gave up sweet tea (it was my last downfall), for unsweetened tea with splenda. Hoping it will stop soon because I am really nervous about it.

I think it is different with natural sugars. You have the fiber in the orange to help slow down the sugar uptake. I try to avoid sugar at all costs when losing weight, but not natural sugar. I have 1/2 banana, clementine, 4 strawberries and 25 blueberries.......yum!!

Yeah I have given up sugar completely. I have lost 85 lbs so and usually I will eat a banana for breakfast, but lately it's been those darn tangerines. I even thought I might be needing Vitamin C so I went and bought some vitamins, but still am craving them. It is my monthly time, so maybe thats why. I try to keep fruit in the house so when I want something I will go for the healthy instead of the chips, etc...I do pretty good most days but having a 13 year old who is rail thin, I have loads of snacks in my house. So far I haven't got into them. Yea Me! LOL