*RANT* Sugar, sugar, sugar!

I thought that too initially. Instead, I switched out my banana for blueberries or something way less sweet in the morning. I still will have lots of sugar if I do a smoothie in the morning, so I ultimately had to stop. But I am prediabetic, so I needed to watch my sugars. Unless you have medical issues, this shouldn't really be a problem for you.

Stop tracking sugar. Fixed!

I have to try to get over 20g of sugar a day. I avoid fruit unless I am in an emergency right before a workout and need fuel!

I get my vitamins & minerals through vegetables. There is hardly anything you can get from fruit that you can't get from a veggie!

Peque1130 wrote: »

wkwebby wrote: »

I thought that too initially. Instead, I switched out my banana for blueberries or something way less sweet in the morning. I still will have lots of sugar if I do a smoothie in the morning, so I ultimately had to stop. But I am prediabetic, so I needed to watch my sugars. Unless you have medical issues, this shouldn't really be a problem for you.

I have also been pre-diabetic and have PCOS so I do "try" to eat less sugar, but it isn't my main concern when losing weight because the sugar I do consume is mostly natural, so I figure shouldn't be as bad as let's say, a bag of M&M's...

I normally don't do shakes in the morning, and I do use different foods when available, it just caught my eye this morning when it lit up in red lol

Sugar in milk is lactose sugar, slow digestion, low GI index, should be much better than other forms of sugar for your condition. Sugar in banana is regular sugar, GI index is actually higher than milk, and more than half of you 28 grams of sugar is from banana. As other poster pointed out, try switch to other lower sugar fruits if possible.

Since you are pre-diabetic, I recommend milk with oatmeal or maybe even some chia seed. Should feel much more fullness and they are great for keeping your blood glucose in control.

MFP's sugar recommendation is pretty low, all things considered. No sugar is bad unless, as others have stated, you have a medical condition that requires you to watch the amount of sugar you consume. I notice you said you are pre-diabetic and have PCOS, so perhaps that would be a reason to reconsider some choices, but regardless, bananas are delicious and a fine choice, and so is milk. There's no reason to worry about sugar, whether it be from fruit, milk, candy, or anything else.

ndj1979 wrote: »

martyqueen52 wrote: »

Unless you have medical issues with sugar, don't worry about it.

this..

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now...

please...?

We aren't that lucky.

Yep. Sounds like me.

Peque1130 wrote: »

So according to MFP, I should only take in 27g of sugar a day. For breakfast I had a banana shake (1 cup of 2% milk, 1 banana) that put me at 28g....how am I supposed to NOT consume any more sugar when it is only 9am????

Yes, I know I should worry more about eating my calories and not under eating...and that is what I do, but it just made me realize how...unrealistic?...some things can be. Fruit has so much sugar in it yet we are supposed to base our 'healthy diets' on fruits and vegetables.

I do not base my eating on the grams of sugar I consume, but when it is only 9am and it is starring at me in bright red letters, it catches my eye.

I am eating my calories as I should, I try to eat them all and not go over, which this time around doesn't seem as hard...been losing slowly but surely and I feel good.

Ok, all done!

Anyone else feel the same way?

Happy eating!

This doesn't really help you out with much, but for smoothies I typically do the 30 calorie almond milk or soy milk. I love my morning smoothies with fruit and spinach and protein powder, so this really helped cut back on calories and sugar, but keep the smooth consistency. I also don't use banana, but frozen mixed berries (not sure if that'll help with sugar or not).

Why is my daily sugar goal at 75g on my MFP?... seems overly much now that I am reading this thread where people have a set amount of 20-25g. (I also do not want Liam Neeson to come after me.)

I had a banana and a cookie yesterday

It looks like the MFP guidelines are in line with the new draft recommendations from the WHO. I would probably shoot for the max of 25g (particularly since you have PCOS) but really try not to go over 50g to stay with the guidelines.

"WHO’s current recommendation, from 2002, is that sugars should make up less than 10% of total energy intake per day. The new draft guideline also proposes that sugars should be less than 10% of total energy intake per day. It further suggests that a reduction to below 5% of total energy intake per day would have additional benefits. Five per cent of total energy intake is equivalent to around 25 grams (around 6 teaspoons) of sugar per day for an adult of normal Body Mass Index (BMI).

The suggested limits on intake of sugars in the draft guideline apply to all monosaccharides (such as glucose, fructose) and disaccharides (such as sucrose or table sugar) that are added to food by the manufacturer, the cook or the consumer, as well as sugars that are naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and fruit concentrates."

I'm trying to limit the amount of sugar in my diet - in my opinion there does appear to be enough of a relationship between sugar consumption and diabetes/metabolic syndrome disease (from an epidemiological standpoint) for me to try and make some changes.

It will be interesting to see what the final guidelines say when they are published.

MFP's sugar recommendations allow for 15% of your calories to come from sugar. Even if you were only eating 1,200 a day your total sugar would allow 45g wouldn't it? Maybe you can recalculate your goals to fix it. Since it's important for you not to overdo it on the sugar (if your new sugar goal still isn't enough) I'd customize your sugar goal to something you think is more appropriate so you don't get discouraged going into the red rather than not track it all.

Also, a cup of whole milk and strawberries might be a better option (assuming you like berries) since it would have 192 calories and 20g of sugar vs. 232 calories and 27g of sugar. Best wishes.