Low Sugar/Sugar Free Diet Help

How much weight are you trying to lose?
What rate of loss did you select?
What calorie goal did MFP provide?

Disregard whatever you heard about needing to cut carbs in order to lose weight. The only thing requires to lose weight is to cut calories, you can do that and still eat fruit, peanut butter, drink milk and even beer (you're in college right?!).

Set a reasonable calorie goal for how much weight you have to lose. It should not be more than 1 lb/week. Eat a variety of foods you enjoy within that calorie target. If your university meal program is run by a company like Aramark or Eurest then many of the foods may already be in the database. If you exercise, log and eat those calories back.

I'm a 5'2 female over forty and I lose weight eating 2000 calories. There's no reason a young male needs to cut to 1200 or lower to lose. You've been absorbing a lot of misinformation, disregard it and start all over. Read the stickied most helpful forum posts at the top of the getting started section on these boards.