How on earth does anyone stay under the sugar goal?

I really don't worry about tracking sugar, since I'm already at a healthy BMI and I don't have any health problems that would require a restriction of it. But, I don't often drink sugar/calories, so fruit juice is mostly out for me. I'd rather eat the whole fruit and get all the nutrients (fiber.) I occasionally drink it, but I still consider juice to be kind of a waste - a waste of fruit's full nutrition and a waste of calories I could be eating instead.

I've found that if I keep myself from sweating the numbers and just focus on Carbs/fats/proteins, most days everything just falls in line and I have more peace of mind - important because I will drive myself freaking crazy with the numbers lol. If I go over here and there, oh well, tomorrow is another day.

jenilla1 wrote: »

I really don't worry about tracking sugar, since I'm already at a healthy BMI and I don't have any health problems that would require a restriction of it. But, I don't often drink sugar/calories, so fruit juice is mostly out for me. I'd rather eat the whole fruit and get all the nutrients (fiber.) I occasionally drink it, but I still consider juice to be kind of a waste - a waste of fruit's full nutrition and a waste of calories I could be eating instead.

This. I no longer drink my calories except for an occasional beer and low calorie hot cocoa

OP, thought you'd find this interesting ... following up on conversation above.

I made up a batch of Ina Garten's Butternut Squash-Apple soup yesterday. Contains lots of apples and some cider in addition to squash and onions. I ran the recipe through MFP to get my counts, found it somewhat high in sugar (13g per 1c serving, 32g carbs, 7g fiber). Otherwise, this is a delicious and healthy soup, and I'm not greatly concerned over a couple of bowls of this.