Sugars

bringingsexyback2007
bringingsexyback2007 Posts: 79 Member
edited November 20 in Food and Nutrition
If staying under calorie but over sugar, will that cause me to not lose weight? 90% of my sugar comes from natural sources such as fruit.

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  • Sp1tfire
    Sp1tfire Posts: 1,120 Member
    As long as you're under calories then you're good!
  • jordandills
    jordandills Posts: 103 Member
    Nope, your calorie limit is the only thing that matters for weight loss.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    No
  • OliveGirl128
    OliveGirl128 Posts: 801 Member
    Calories, and being at the correct calorie deficit for your weight loss goals, is what matters for weight loss.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    bringingsexyback2007 wrote: »
    If staying under calorie but over sugar, will that cause me to not lose weight?

    No.

    There are some benefits from getting enough protein for muscle maintenance, so I'd only be concerned if I were low on protein or, perhaps, shortchanging other things that are nutritionally beneficial (like vegetables, healthy fats) for fruits, which are otherwise great.

    But for weight loss doesn't matter, and if your diet is nutritionally balanced, you are good for nutrition too.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    umayster wrote: »
    Your body uses up its blood glucose first for energy & prior to using fats. Maybe try using up all the glucose (from carbohydrates), stop replenishing and let your body get to the using fats up part of the process? Just a suggestion to try.

    Nope - that's not how your body works.
    If you are in a calorie deficit you will lose fat, simple as that.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,622 Member
    I went way over my MFP default sugar goal every single day, when the only added sugar I ate was a bit of concentrated fruit juice (not even the first ingredient) in a daily 30-calorie serving of all fruit spread. (The rest was from whole fruit & no-sugar-added dairy foods).

    I lost a third of my body weight anyway.

    Somewhere along the way, I customized my MFP diary page to display fiber instead of sugar, because IMO when you eat only negligible added sugar, there's no reason to track sugar, unless a medical condition requires it.
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