Sugar

worry about the calorie goal and use the sugar as a guideline, not a hard fast rule.
in this case, I wouldn't worry unless you have a medical condition

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I eat a lot of fruit and tired of MFP indicating I was consuming too much sugar. I switched the macros to track fiber instead of sugar.

I am T2Dm and I don't track sugars, I track fiber instead. For most people, tracking sugars is unnecessary. Even many diabetics are told to just track total carbs and not worry about sugars as a separate unit since sugars are carbs and included in the total carb count. There are exceptions (especially those on insulin) and each diabetic needs to follow the recommendation of their doctor.

For everyone else, try to eat a balanced diet of primarily nutrient dense foods and don't sweat the small stuff.

jaquelinededwards wrote: »

Thank you all! Also are you out there using the 50 20 30? Or did you guys adjusted? I am new switching from weight watchers and 50 carbs seems like a big number I am 49 yo 5.2 h and at 150 ?

Hi, I have my macros set to 35% protein, 35% fat, and 30% carbs. I found that 50% carbs was way too high for me. I'm almost 66 yo, 5'2.5 and started at 179. With the 30% carbs I dropped weight very steadily, no plateaus, and lost 48/49 lbs to date. It did take time. I track the carbs not the sugar.

I switched from WW to MFP. I was eating too many carbs on WW and didn't understand why my weight loss was so slow. Once I began counting calories in / calories out and adjusted my macros to fewer carbs the weight fell off but it's all personal preference and what you find works for you.

You can change from tracking sugar....to tracking something else instead. I now track fiber.

Changing macros are in the same area........lower carbs won't help/or prevent you from losing weight. I bumped up protein a bit, and treat protein & fat as minimums. It's your personal preference.

jaquelinededwards wrote: »

Hi everybody! Long story short , how do you guys handle the sugar stuff if my goal is 58gr if banana has 16.6 gr milk 12 you get where I am going so sugar is everywhere and I am not talking refined pressed treat kinda stuff. Today I am over 8 g sugar 2g polyunsaturated fat 5g monounsaturated 138 mg cholesterol still have 276 calories remaining but whatever I eat will put me over my already over sugar goal? Any suggestions? Thank you!

Don't eat things high in sugar if you want to stay under the number - banana is the highest sugar fruit, an apple has less than half.