Sugar?! HELP!

Kezzanna
Kezzanna Posts: 45 Member
edited September 23 in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone know what the deal is with sugar? I added it to tracking and found that I often triple the recommended amount! Most of the sugar I have is 'natural' ie. in fruit and at this point in my journey is highly necessary as it's stopping me from attacking the confectionary aisle at the supermarket, but will this hinder my weight loss dramatically??? My calories, fat, carbs, sodium and protein are fine (most of the time - I sometimes go over on the protein), but the 30g of sugar????

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  • losingheyhey
    losingheyhey Posts: 14
    instead of the sugar.. eat a piece of pineapple.. it will kill the chemical in your brain that craves it
  • chrish1981
    chrish1981 Posts: 156
    I have the same issue. I'm over on sugar and sodium every SINGLE day, and I'm not eating foods loaded with sugar, either.

    Listen: you can't drive yourself crazy doing low-cal, low-carb, low-fat, and low-sodium all at once (I'm sure someone on here will disagree! LOL).

    But honestly: do what you can, make small changes, be sure to exercise and get enough water, and you'll see results. If you try to take all of it on at once, you'll go nuts.

    If you're always going over on sugar, let the focus be on your fat and cals then.

    Just my opinion. Lost 5 pounds in two weeks, so must be doing something right! :wink:
  • sarapratt
    sarapratt Posts: 1
    but...pineapple (along with every other kind of fruit) has sugar. and lots of it. i always go over in sugar too because i eat so much fruit.
  • td_ssam
    td_ssam Posts: 32
    I swear I have the exact problem. I just figured that I was intaking good sugars and I wouldn't worry about it. Unfortunately that was just an assumption and I'm not sure what should be done, if anything. Anyone have any ideas?
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    You don't count sugar in fruit, milk, veggies, etc. It's natural. You only worry about added sugars, like those candy, pastries, barbecue sauce, ketchup, etc. etc. etc.
  • rhodes2b
    rhodes2b Posts: 304 Member
    I don't eat sugar unless it is natural form. All processed sugar is off my list. In fact I limit natural sugar too. I don't eat melons, pineapple, carrots, corn, or bananas. Too much sugar!
  • Amber824
    Amber824 Posts: 51 Member
    I only focus on my calories. It seems to be working pretty good...
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    Same here.
  • jessieleah
    jessieleah Posts: 204 Member
    Yeah I went waaay way over today on sugar, but a lot of it was from a clementine, banana and my pepperidge farm whole grain oatmeal bread.. so idk. I don't worry about it TOO much.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    I personally prefer to eat my fruit earlier in the day, because they're high in sugar (even though they're natural), and get my veggies in in the evening. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
  • Kezzanna
    Kezzanna Posts: 45 Member
    I have the same issue. I'm over on sugar and sodium every SINGLE day, and I'm not eating foods loaded with sugar, either.

    Listen: you can't drive yourself crazy doing low-cal, low-carb, low-fat, and low-sodium all at once (I'm sure someone on here will disagree! LOL).

    But honestly: do what you can, make small changes, be sure to exercise and get enough water, and you'll see results. If you try to take all of it on at once, you'll go nuts.

    If you're always going over on sugar, let the focus be on your fat and cals then.

    Just my opinion. Lost 5 pounds in two weeks, so must be doing something right! :wink:

    Thank you - I wanted to make sure I'm not sabotaging myself inadvertently, but I do have a habit of trying to do everything at once and it being too overwhelming and unsustainable (and then off the wagon I fall...), but it's good to know that other people are in the same situation and are still continuing to lose weight. Thank you!
  • btrflyflutter
    btrflyflutter Posts: 68 Member
    If the sugar is coming from fruit ...don't worry about it. It's the sugar you ADD to things to worry about not the natural sugars already in the food.

    All sugars from fresh fruit are fine but say you ate a can of peaches in heavy syrup...not fine.


    I am watching my sugar too but I minus those numbers that come from fruit ...so when I'm in the red ...im not really in the red :)
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