How do I keep below my sugar allowance?

heatherlcarey426
heatherlcarey426 Posts: 28 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi everyone :) I am struggling at the moment to keep below my sugar allowance whilst having the right amount of calories. For example today I had 2 coffees with 1 sugar, a roast chicken breast with salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, green pepper), some blueberries and raspberries with no fat Greek yoghurt and some cheese with the rest of the salad for my dinner but I am only at 700 calories and 5 grams away from having my whole sugar allowance. Any tips for upping the calories and keeping my sugar down? Thanks

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Do you have a medical reason to track your sugar?
  • heatherlcarey426
    heatherlcarey426 Posts: 28 Member
    No I don't, I've just read that sugar turns into stored fat?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    heatherlcarey426 wrote: »
    No I don't, I've just read that sugar turns into stored fat?

    Nope. Excess calories turn into fat.
  • heatherlcarey426
    heatherlcarey426 Posts: 28 Member
    Ok, so it is alright to have more sugar?
  • heatherlcarey426
    heatherlcarey426 Posts: 28 Member
    It seems to be in everything!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    heatherlcarey426 wrote: »
    No I don't, I've just read that sugar turns into stored fat?

    excess energy (calories) are stored as fat...sugar isn't directly stored as fat.

    also, are you sure your entries are correct from the database...like how are you logging your salad and stuff...I find it odd that you would be that close to your sugar target just eating what you listed unless your entries are erroneous entries from the database (there are a lot of them)

    excessive amounts of sugar isn't good for anyone, but I'd hardly call what you listed as being even close.

    I don't eat much in the way of added sugars so I really don't worry about tracking sugar. If I was someone who had a problem with sweets and whatnot I'd think differently, but I'm not really into sweets and I seriously doubt my couple servings of fruit and my veg are an issue...I mean just logically and coming from a common sense perspective.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I don't track sugar, it's never affected my weight loss.
  • heatherlcarey426
    heatherlcarey426 Posts: 28 Member
    Ok thanks
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    The sugar you want to track is added sugar, like what you put in your coffee or what is added to bake something, not the natural sugars found in your fruits and vegetables.
  • heatherlcarey426
    heatherlcarey426 Posts: 28 Member
    Ok that makes sense :) so no more tracking fruit and veggies!
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited July 2016
    You'll probably still want to log fruit and vegetables - they do have calories.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    vOv, my sugar intake is never over 5g/day, and rarely over 3g. It doesn't really matter though. Just how I roll.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I switched from tracking sugar to tracking fiber. Much more useful info to me. If you eat any fruit you're probably over your sugar "limit"
  • berolcolour
    berolcolour Posts: 140 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    heatherlcarey426 wrote: »
    No I don't, I've just read that sugar turns into stored fat?

    Nope. Excess calories turn into fat.

    It's a bit of both! Excess calories from sugars and carbohydrates are stored as fat. There's a lot of factors in play and not all carbohydrates or sugars you eat will be stored as fat (little if you are in a deficit). This article explains it well:

    http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/answered-questions/does-carbohydrate-become-body-fat

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