How do I cut down on sugar?

Unless you have a medical condition that requires you to monitor it, I'd ignore it. Especially when it's coming from fruits that have awesome nutrient profiles. I consistently go over my sugar goal, so I chose to track fiber in its place. If you're getting a balanced diet, I wouldn't be overly concerned.

MFP does not distinguish between added sugar and naturally-occurring sugar in a food (neither do food labels), so unless you have a reason to track sugars, you can ignore it or track something else.

Cut out the smoothie and just have a banana. There's only a small amount of sugar in a banana, they other stuff your using isn't great in my opinion (except milk although you could find yourself consuming too much). Other stuff to look at is do you drink hot drinks like coffee or tea? if so try it without sugar and milk etc.

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LINIA wrote: »

Just a suggestion, two bananas is a bit much, i'd substitute one of them for Kale or Spinach.

WTF is that... something nasty...

Skip the honey? Ripe bananas are already pretty sweet. How about frozen blueberries instead of banana (or as an alternative to honey)? Bananas are higher in carbs/sugar than blueberries. Blueberries + Greek 2% (or 6% if you want) yoghurt is pretty good, no need for sweetening.

You won't find any 0% fat dairy products in this house. If you are getting exercise it's just not necessary. Healthy dietary fats do not make you fat.

Too many calories for a given activity level make you fat. Trust me, I'm a recovering expert on that.

Nothing wrong with sugar-you can track fiber or a micro-nutrient in your MFP diary instead of sugar

bethkay2 wrote: »

I've just added my recipe for a banana smoothie, which I thought was pretty healthy, consisting of 2 bananas, honey, cinnamon and skinny milk, but it's already put me over my sugar goal for the day. Where is the sugar coming from and how do I cut it down? 52g for a day is turning out to be not much at all.

If it were me? I'd dump the honey (the bananas are sweet) and I'd maybe go for a higher fat milk (assuming by "skinny milk" you mean non fat), that way you'd have a more satisfying smoothie. I'd add other kinds of fat and protein as well.

I add hemp hearts, flax seeds, sometimes avocado.... and soy milk, sometimes nuts.... I try to have very balanced and hearty smoothie.

long story short: who needs honey in a good smoothie?

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

Banana and honey = sugar. The milk probably has some sugar too.

If you don't have a medical issue that requires you to track sugar try switching to tracking fiber. I find it much more useful.

Is what I do. I think fibre is an importnat and informative one to track.

Sarasmaintaining wrote: »

Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »

bethkay2 wrote: »

I've just added my recipe for a banana smoothie, which I thought was pretty healthy, consisting of 2 bananas, honey, cinnamon and skinny milk, but it's already put me over my sugar goal for the day. Where is the sugar coming from and how do I cut it down? 52g for a day is turning out to be not much at all.

If it were me? I'd dump the honey (the bananas are sweet) and I'd maybe go for a higher fat milk (assuming by "skinny milk" you mean non fat), that way you'd have a more satisfying smoothie. I'd add other kinds of fat and protein as well.


long story short: who needs honey in a good smoothie?

I had that thought too-two bananas is going to make it really sweet already, the honey isn't really doing anything at that point.

OP-my all time favorite smoothie is one banana, plain yogurt, kale, spinach, blueberries, flax seed and ice-tastes great and it looks cool

Yup, my favorite is kale/spinach, hemp hearts, flax seeds, banana, berries, ginger, turmeric, soy milk and water.
Sometimes with avocado. Oh My.