I ALWAYS Go Over On My Sugar...

I have the same problem, and I really think that is where my biggest problem lies. I have even started to set daily goals for myself and today was no sweets.

If you're eating fruit and going over on your sugar, you're eating the wrong kind. Try berries. Raspberries. Blueberries. Blackberries. Boisenberries. Strawberries are higher on the sugar count but they're still great. You could also have your sugar set pretty low. I use dietitian.com/calcbody.php and they say my sugar intake should be about 60, whereas MFP told me it was 40. I've been set at 60 or a little higher for well over a year and have done fine even going over a little on sugar. Also just try not to buy things with fake sugar in it. Most breads have high fructose corn syrup, everything has added sugar. Don't buy that stuff. If you eat yogurt such as yoplait or dannon, switch to greek or nonfat plain yogurt and mix it with honey or fruit. Also, sugar-free is probably the worst stuff you could buy. You want to look for "no sugar added" stuff because you know it only has the sugar that is NATURALLY in whatever the product is... sugar-free is going to be more fattening so stay away from that stuff!

Me too! I even made a conscious effort today to try to eat less sugar and went over with just my raisin bran and orange juice this morning!

I don't even eat sweets and I still go over LOL - I'm guessing sugar in fruit is better for u than sugar in cookies or sweets... I hope, anyway!

Your body processes sugar the same way whether from fruit or cookies. SUGAR = SUGAR.

fruits have a lot of natural sugar but so does milk and I notice you drink that pretty often I switched to unsweetened almond milk, much lower in calories and sugar and it taste pretty good too once you get use to it.

EXACTLY. I wish MFP would find a way to distinguish between the two. All you have to do to go over on sugar is eat an apple. It's pretty frustrating, but my nutritionist told me to more or less "ignore" the naturally occuring sugar when counting that part of my diet.

Well MFP doesn't differentiate between cake sugar and fruit sugar even though they are different and your body can tell the difference. So be focusing on how much junk food sugar you are taking in and don't liisten to MFP on that one...

This has been my main problem too. It hasn't gotten in the way of my losing weight, but its so easy to go over. After breakfast, I'm already -11g over. I sit there thinking, jeez what is it going to look like at the end of the day? I've been trying new things and I notice there's some changes that need to be made. It's still annoying though.

Y'all should check out a book called "The Belly Fat Cure". He recommends only eating 15 grams of sugar a day. I'm not sure if that really is the best level or not but it's helped my diet and I feel so much better after cutting out most of the sugar I used to eat. He has a ton of low sugar/carb recipes and tells you what products are almost the same as the sugary ones that you've been using. It's amazing and I recommend y'all checking it out : )

It either sugar or sodium with me. One of those are always in the red. I pretty much just accept that about myself. I try to have only one. But it really hard. Not sure how on earth to keep that under 38 grams.