Suga, Suga, SUGA!

jess9897
jess9897 Posts: 30
edited September 30 in Food and Nutrition
I seem to ALWAYS be over on sugar on my daily intake. I mean, I know sugar is important when it comes to weight loss, but it's been close to impossible for me to stay under my 20g/day intake that MFP suggest for me. Suggestions? Help please!

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  • sharoniballoni
    sharoniballoni Posts: 163 Member
    I don't know anyone who can come in under. I just did a 21 day detox that didn't allow me to have sugar and processed foods. But all the vegetables I ate made me go over every time anyway. So I decided to stop tracking it. Unless your diabetic, you might want to just note the quality of the sugar vs. the amount. Sugar from veggies is not the same as sugar from a candy bar.
  • foremant86
    foremant86 Posts: 1,115 Member
    unless the sugar is coming from candy and other garbage then i wouldn't worry about it.
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
    This site has a way of making people crazy. Pesonally, I think you should take it one step at a time. For now, only look at calories. If that is not helping you reach your goals, then maybe you need to look at the other "macros" but I am going to ignore sugar and sodium, I don't care what anyone says, you could develop an eating disorder where you have people who stop eating for the day even when they have only eaten 700 calories because they are so scared of going over on this or that.
    So, I started with calories. Then I tried to eat more vegetables, then I tried to eat 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass, and I find that when I do that, I eat better and am less hungry overall.
    Sorry to go on, I just had to share...
  • elsieshaye
    elsieshaye Posts: 9 Member
    I'm diabetic, and I just count carbs. I'm not sure what distinction MFP makes between "sugar" and "carbs" - there are lots of different sugars, so it's kind of a meaningless data point, IMO. Carbs are what get quickly turned into glucose, regardless of whether the carb is in the form of simple sugars or in starches, so I'd focus on that.
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