daily sugar intake

Personally, I wouldn't care if you went over your sugar goal every day if you were losing weight.

But, there is absolutely no reason to feel bad if most days you are under 66g of sugar and you go over on a few days. One day doesn't matter, the recent average does.

I also have trouble with my sugar limit of 83 grams. 40g are used in my morning Orange Juice (20.8g) and Banana (19).

I only worry about added sugar. Sugars that occur naturally in fruit and dairy don't worry me. It's the sugar from like the twinkies and stuff that I'm concerned with.

Sugar is a carb and, as long as you have no medical reasons to avoid it as listed above, your body treats it as such. Ultimately it's calories in vs calories out - the sugar doesn't really matter.

That being said, complex carb items (sugar is a simple carbohydrate source) tend to help people feel more satiated generally which is helpful for some when losing weight. But really that's a personal thing as well. As long as you're comfortable it's totally fine to have the sugary carbs.

Stick with your deficit and you'll lose weight. Don't worry about the finer details too much

Congrats on the loss so far--that's wonderful.

wayne206 wrote: »

i may have missed a previous post. my mfp sugar limit daily is 66g. its 11am and i've already ate some healthy planters mixed nuts and an apple and that's half of the sugar limit for the day. should i feel bad when i go over 66g for the day? most days i dont exceed.

saucesofit wrote: »

Sugar is a carb and, as long as you have no medical reasons to avoid it as listed above, your body treats it as such. Ultimately it's calories in vs calories out - the sugar doesn't really matter.

That being said, complex carb items (sugar is a simple carbohydrate source) tend to help people feel more satiated generally which is helpful for some when losing weight. But really that's a personal thing as well. As long as you're comfortable it's totally fine to have the sugary carbs.

sydsgaga wrote: »

I have just been diagnosed with diabetes. My a1c is 6.5 which is just over the line. I'm trying to watch my carbs and sugar. Does anyone know what is a safe amount of carbs and sugar to injest daily or how I can find out?

Your Dr. Should be able to refer you to a diabetic nutritionist/dietitian (I think there is a difference between the two, but don't know what) who could give you more info. My mom was diagnosed about 10 years ago and was told to do 45 carbs per meal. This might change depending on your age, sex, weight - I don't know. She is 5'4" and 79 yo. She has kept her blood sugar in good control all these years with diet and exercise. No mess for diabetes.

I got a pre diabetic diagnosis last year with an a1c of 5.9 this year it was at 6.0, but I worked on losing weight and walking and just got a retest after 3 months and it is now a 5.7, so just barely pre-diabetic. My Dr. Wasn't sure the insurance would cover diabetic counseling unless/until I was actually diabetic. I'm trying to see if they will because I'd like to stave off diabetes as long as possible.

flamingblades wrote: »

I have had much success in limiting my sugars by making fruit smoothies ( strawberries, raspberries and blueberries in different combos). 2X a day. My problem is limiting carbs. GAWD! They are everywhere!

...What? Wouldn't fruit smoothies contain, like... a whole load of sugar? Because there's sugar in fruit? The sugar in fruit and added sugar are processed by the body in the same way. Neither are necessarily bad.