GOING OVER SUGAR DAILY GOAL
ButterflyGirl2002
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I have been with MyFitnessPal for 7 days and I like it. The issue I am having is that I keep over over my sugar daily goal but I am going under my calorie goal daily. Will this affect my weight loss? My goal is to lose 2 lbs a week.
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I go over my goal almost every day and I lose weight. Your deficit is what drives weight loss.0
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Being over on sugar is an issue if:
1) You have a medical condition that requires you to monitor your intake
2) You have personally chosen to cut back on sugar
It's not inherently bad. Try to reach your goal for calories each day, but if you're under by a little, that's OK
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Ok. Thanks guys.0
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Its possible to be in a calorie deficit and not lose weight if insulin is chronically high. It depends on how much sugar and when your eating it. Just try to keep the bulk of sugar consumption around workouts if you can 0
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I think it makes a difference too on where your sugar comes from (refined vs natural).0
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In general, unless you have a medical issue, when it comes to weight loss, the macros of what you eat are less important than how many total calories you end up absorbing!
Many people chose to monitor their macros so that they can hit specific targets. Examples are ensuring adequate protein for muscle retention. Ensuring certain amounts of fat and fiber and even carbohydrates for general health.
Some people chose to eat more protein and fat and carbs with less of a glycemic load in an attempt to not feel hungry during caloric restriction <-- that's me!
But, in terms of pure weight loss, total calories trump where the calories come from.0 -
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I keep going over on sodium
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In general, unless you have a medical issue, when it comes to weight loss, the macros of what you eat are less important than how many total calories you end up absorbing!
Many people chose to monitor their macros so that they can hit specific targets. Examples are ensuring adequate protein for muscle retention. Ensuring certain amounts of fat and fiber and even carbohydrates for general health.
Some people chose to eat more protein and fat and carbs with less of a glycemic load in an attempt to not feel hungry during caloric restriction <-- that's me!
But, in terms of pure weight loss, total calories trump where the calories come from.
Well put.0 -
ButterflyGirl2002 wrote: »I have been with MyFitnessPal for 7 days and I like it. The issue I am having is that I keep over over my sugar daily goal but I am going under my calorie goal daily. Will this affect my weight loss? My goal is to lose 2 lbs a week.
Nope. Calorie in/calorie out.0 -
Yep. Too much sugar is too much sugar--it doesn't matter where it comes from.
OP, we had a thread on this exact topic just a couple of days ago. You might want to scroll down a page or two.
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This is inaccurate. Different sugars have different chemical structures and are thus metabolized differently.0 -
i go over on sugar every single day its all good
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »
Yep. Too much sugar is too much sugar--it doesn't matter where it comes from.
OP, we had a thread on this exact topic just a couple of days ago. You might want to scroll down a page or two.
And, too much sugar is open to individual interpretation. 0 -
kriegmeister wrote: »
This is inaccurate. Different sugars have different chemical structures and are thus metabolized differently.
I disagree. However, please explain what you mean and share how this has anything to do with weight loss, because weight loss in strictly calories in/calories out.0 -
kriegmeister wrote: »
This is inaccurate. Different sugars have different chemical structures and are thus metabolized differently.
You can say the same for all food, but Regardless of what kind of sugar it is or where it came from at the end of the day a calorie is a calorie and 3500 of them = a pound of fat.
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I go over in sugar every day. Most of it is fruit, but I do have a bit of dark chocolate or another small treat most days. I've been at my goal weight for over two years and have no health issues. Sugar is not the devil.0
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I always thought that sugars from fruit were somehow "less bad" for you than refined sugar? I eat SO much fruit its redic... but I've still been losing, (only a month in though...) Anyway, I guess its just your calories in/out?0
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I stopped tracking sugar after my first week here. I reached my goal weight approximately 6 months later (-37 lbs) and am now in maintenance. I eat a lot of sugar from both fruits, dairy, and actual sugar, each and every day.0
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kriegmeister wrote: »
This is inaccurate. Different sugars have different chemical structures and are thus metabolized differently.
You can say the same for all food, but Regardless of what kind of sugar it is or where it came from at the end of the day a calorie is a calorie and 3500 of them = a pound of fat.
I'm 33 grams over in sugar today. I am doomed. So doomed.
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sushi4days wrote: »I always thought that sugars from fruit were somehow "less bad" for you than refined sugar? I eat SO much fruit its redic... but I've still been losing, (only a month in though...) Anyway, I guess its just your calories in/out?
For fat loss it doesn't matter. However there are other reasons to limit sugar.0 -
For the next couple of days, I am going to work on not going over my sugar. I went over my sodium yesterday. Will work on that too. 0
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ButterflyGirl2002 wrote: »For the next couple of days, I am going to work on not going over my sugar. I went over my sodium yesterday. Will work on that too.
So basically everyone here advised you to not stress about going over your minimum sugar requirements, and you're still choosing to focus on it? Sounds legit.
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lemonsnowdrop wrote: »ButterflyGirl2002 wrote: »For the next couple of days, I am going to work on not going over my sugar. I went over my sodium yesterday. Will work on that too.
So basically everyone here advised you to not stress about going over your minimum sugar requirements, and you're still choosing to focus on it? Sounds legit.
Perhaps she isn't stressed about it at all but just wants to she how it may or may not affect her personally. There are plenty of other legitimate reasons to limit your sugar.
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kriegmeister wrote: »
This is inaccurate. Different sugars have different chemical structures and are thus metabolized differently.
I disagree. However, please explain what you mean and share how this has anything to do with weight loss, because weight loss in strictly calories in/calories out.
Sure, if weight loss is your goal, keep eating whatever you want and do as much exercise to ensure your in deficit. You'll end up skinny fat like most distance runners. If body fat is what you want to lose while maximizing muscle retention (much better for all reasons) it can get a little bit more detailed than CICO.
Glucose is a monosaccharide that often combines with and creates other forms of sugar (e.g. sucrose, lactose)
Fructose is an isomer of glucose. Some people have a harder time digesting fructose than others. Fructose (in the form of certain fruits, corn syrup, etc.) can cause everything from bloating to diarrhea in these folks. Some experts argue that fructose is a better choice for those with diabetes/insulin resistance because it’s more densely sweet, which encourages people to use less. It also has a lower glycemic value than glucose or sucrose reducing spikes in insulin (which promotes the storage of excess sugars in adipose tissue).
Sucrose is a disaccharide sugar comprised of fructose and glucose in a 1:1 ratio. Given that sucrose contains a large amount of fructose, it shows similar metabolic patterns to the monosaccharide fructose and particularly to high fructose corn syrup, which is commonly blended to an approximate 55% fructose: 45% glucose mixture.
Raw Honey consists of dextrose and fructose (broken down from sucrose through honey bee’s digestion) in a nearly 1:1 ratio (with other components such as water, wax, nutrients, etc.). Raw honey has a glycemic index of about 30, but processed honey clocks in around 75.
Palm Sugar & Coconut Sugar is largely sucrose-based and registers in the 30s/40s on the GI.
As I said originally, going over an arbitrary sugar goal isn't the end of the world and its effects can be mitigated by consuming them around workouts. But to say all sugars are equal and it doesn't matter is somewhat irresponsible.0 -
The diffrent types of sugars do not alter CICO or how you lose body fat.
They diffrent types of sugars and their metabolic rates simply determine how quickly your body processes them and how quickly your body turns them into glycogen or fat for use as energy. skinny fat is a result of BF to muscle mass ratios. Distance runners tend to not add muscle mass as endurance and not muscle mass is their goal. But not all or even most distance runners are skinny fat though.
Losing muscle mass during calorie deficit is a matter of the rate at which you can burn body fat and the rate at which use and repair muscle.0
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