How on earth does anyone stay under the sugar goal?

I think if you're going to worry about anything, added sugar would be your focus - most of my "sugar" comes from vegetables, like sweet potato, carrot/beets, red peppers etc, some fruit and dairy. If I cared about the sugar id be restricting my fruit and vegie intake.

You know if you've eaten predominantly whole foods with sugar from natural sources, or if you've eaten foods with added sugar. For your condition, youre probably aware of what you can eat - I don't get too caught up in numbers that aren't overly relevant or important

Sugar isn't the end all be all enemy when it comes to diabetes, like the guy before me, diabetes is just your body's response to added sugar. You don't hear stories of fruit heavy eaters getting diabetes. It's from the added sugar and processed sugar. Keep eating your fruits, veggies, legumes and starches and get those vital nutrients!

I don't track sugar but I check on it every once in a while and I'm almost always at or under MFP's goal for me.

I do eat sweets but don't eat sugary fruit due to preference. My fruit sources are typically non-sugary foods like tomatoes, cucumbers and zucchini, bell peppers, etc.
The occasional banana, apple or orange can put me over if I don't compensate elsewhere.

I really don't believe there's much meaningful difference between sugar from fruit vs anywhere else. Most sugary fruit was bred to be sugary so to be more palatable to consumers. If you don't need to worry about sugar for health then have at it and ignore mfp's goal. But if you do need to worry about sugar, then you probably should be concerned about sugary fruit intake and not romanticize the produce section as having some kind of mysterious properties that negates their sugars effect like many tend to do.

I don't bother tracking my sugar intake.

NewyRob wrote: »

I don't drink orange juice. Most of us are brought up believing orange juice is healthy. It's basically a concentrated sugar hit. It's far better to eat an orange and take advantage of the fibre.

There are two occasions where I'll drink fruit juice, and only 99% or 100% pure fruit juice ...

1) When I have a cold.

2) When I have finished one of my ultra-distance bicycle rides.


In both cases, I crave it, and end up drinking quite large quantities of it. But the minute I feel better from my cold, or once about 2 days has passed since the end of the ride, I don't want it anymore.

I figure it's my body's way of telling me it needs hydration, energy, and vitamin C all at once in a quickly digestible format.

I'm usually under my sugar goal.
I prelog my food for the day every morning so I can meet my goals better.
I look at my calorie goal first and then meeting my protein goal. If I am getting those goals met then stuff like carbs, sugar, etc takes care of themselves.
I eat more vegetables than fruit.
I don't drink juice, sweetened drinks or shakes.

If you want to eat fruit you might make different fruit choices than bananas or grapes and reduce sugar. http://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/glycemic_index_and_glycemic_load_for_100_foods
http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/LabelingNutrition/ucm063482.htm
http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/understanding-carbohydrates/

i dont track sugar because i eat a lot of fruit... like watermelon and id go over everyday!

I only have a teaspoon of honey, and the rest of my sugar intake comes from fruits and vegetables. I still go over. Don't worry about it, just track your fiber intake Instead.

Another one that doesn't really track sugar. I track fiber instead and then check up on sugar from time to time.