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How on earth does anyone stay under the sugar goal?

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  • simonytin24
    simonytin24 Posts: 6 Member
    I don't eat anything with added sugars but I eat lots of fruit and vegetables and also dairy which is high in natural sugars and I don't care cause it's fibers!
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    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. ;)
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,574 Member
    I ignore sugar on MFP. ...don't pay any attention to it whatsoever...
  • Cylphin60
    Cylphin60 Posts: 863 Member
    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.
  • Cylphin60
    Cylphin60 Posts: 863 Member
    simonytin24 wrote: »
    I don't eat anything with added sugars but I eat lots of fruit and vegetables and also dairy which is high in natural sugars and I don't care cause it's fibers!

    And this!
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    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 :)
  • WayTooHonest
    WayTooHonest Posts: 144 Member
    I subtract the sugar from fruits and don't worry about it.
  • mjbnj0001
    mjbnj0001 Posts: 1,285 Member
    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.
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