Fruit sugars confusion

Fruits have more calories than veggies. Veggies generally have more vitamins and fiber. I wouldn't specifically worry about sugar (you actually CAN have chocolate if you want, if you stay under your calories and get adequate nutrition elsewhere) but finding some vegetables you like would be good for you. Doesn't have to be salad. What about raw cucumbers, pepers, sugar snap peas, carrots?

I don't track sugar, eat 2-3 servings of fruit daily and still lose weight. Sugar does NOT hinder weight loss as long as you're eating in a deficit.

Fructose is sugar, glucose is sugar, sucrose is sugar and sugar is a carbohydrate and is, in some amounts, in almost everything you eat. Unless you have some condition where you need to limit sugars or certain types of sugars, don't worry about it.

I'm currently on day 19 of Whole 30 and I eat 2-3 servings of fruit a day. I've lost 7 1/2 lbs so it doesn't hinder weight loss, as long as you keep it to a reasonable amount and make room for it in your day. I go for strawberries, pineapple, raspberries, blueberries and tangerines most often.

I never grew up with much vegetable beyond green beans, so I've done a lot of experimentation recently and found that I like some veggies raw only, spinach leaves and shredded brussel sprouts are great in a salad to me. But I do not like them cooked. I like salad, but in limited quantity so I don't push myself to exist on salad because I know I won't be happy. I eat them as a side with my protein only. I learned to roast green beans (so good and they reheat well the next day) for a change from steaming them and I like to make a "salad" of cucumbers, shredded carrot and avocado with a bit of balsamic vinegar with salt & pepper as a quick, on the go veggie for dinner or lunches if I'm tired of other veggies. Sometimes I just do a quick saute of snow peas in garlic as my veggie. It doesn't have to be elaborate and usually thats the best way for veggies I've found.

Also, try veggies prepared in other ways than you have tasted them before (ie, grilled if you've only had them steamed, ect) and you might find that a different texture of them works for you. I found that I love grilled or sauteed asperagus this way.

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If you don't have a medical condition where you have to limit sugars, such as diabetes, and you're under your calorie goal then you're fine. Granted, you don't want a majority of your calories to be related to sugar because it means you're not probably not getting other nutrients you body needs and your dentist will hate you, but having extra fruit gives you a boost in certain vitiams and is hydrating. So I wouldn't worry too much about it.

I found just two to three small/medium servings of fresh fruit daily, no added sweets at all, made my sugar number exceed the limit before I reached my calorie target. On the good advice here, I stopped tracking sugar as I am not diabetic and can safely ignore it in the context of what I eat. I track fibre now, it's much more helpful.

Fruits are really good for you. The sugars in dairy products are another kind of sugar not to worry about. The sugary chocolate is delicious but should be limited more than fruit and dairy, just like our mammas told us

ETA: Oh, fruit juices aren't nearly as good as the whole fruit that way, though. You get the vitamins but don't get the fiber, so count them a bit like a healthy sweetened drink, imho.