How Many Grams Of Sugar Daily

Hrussian wrote: »

Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »

How many calories are you eating on average daily?

I have been trying to up my calorie intake and been averaging around 1700

Are you exercising, and if so, do you eat enough to fuel your workouts?

Are you getting enough sleep? Do you eat an adequate amount of protein and fat and enough hydration?

I only ask because a lot of factors can play into your energy levels, and varying your sugar intake one way or the other probably won't make much difference if you're otherwise eating enough overall and eating a balanced and varied diet.

As for a specific target for sugar in grams, I'm in the camp that as long as you're getting adequate nutrition and staying within your calorie goals, and as long as you're not a diabetic, sugar itself doesn't really matter. Many of us don't even track sugar intake, because if you're already tracking carbohydrates, it's kind of redundant.

You can up it or stick with MFP's suggestions (which are on the low side, IMO, because I love ice cream and I'll be darned if some stupid app is going to yell at me for eating ice cream), but I think you'll find as long as you're sticking to your goals it won't really matter.

If you have low energy and it's impacting your quality of life, and you're otherwise getting enough sleep and nutrition, maybe talk to your doctor and see if there's an underlying cause.

Back when I was first really successfully losing weight (2015), I realized MFP said I was eating 60-80g of sugar every day - way over the default goal - when most days the only added sugar I was eating was a tiny bit of concentrated fruit juice well down the ingredient list in a single 30-calorie tablespoon of all-fruit spread. The rest of the sugar was from whole fruit, veggies, and no-sugar-added dairy. I was hitting my (thoughtfully selected) protein and fat goals - pretty high protein, moderate fats, and sticking to my calorie goal. With this realization, I stopped tracking sugar on MFP, and tracked fiber instead. Problem solved.