fruit or no fruit?

You're better off cutting off your other sources of sugar rather than the fruit.

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I agree with everyone else...it's perfectly okay to enjoy some fruit in MODERATION. Too much of ANYTHING can hurt your weight loss. Balance is the key.

I have insulin resistance (PCOS), and I still eat fruit. The main thing I have to watch is to not eat fruit by itself. If I do, I get an energy spike, then crash. But if I eat some protein with it, I do just fine.

Some fruits are higher in sugar, but I find that if I allow some of those, too, it helps me not crave the really bad sugars (cake, cookies, candy, etc.). Those sugars should be cut altogether except for special occasions (obviously you should be able to have a piece of birthday cake on your birthday!).

Fruit in moderation....Yummmm

Well, to put it nicely, I didn't get fat eating fruit. :laugh:

Fruits are natural sugars which are good food you. Cut out the processed sugars instead.

Absolutely you should eat fruit. 2 portions a day.

It irritates me to distraction that people worry about the sugar in fruit but every day I see a load of low fat, high sugar cakes and biscuit recipes on here.

Fruit has tonnes of fibre, as well as vitamins. It's good!

for the most part, I'm on board with eating fruit and the idea that natural sugar from fruit is fine. My only reservation is that I don't know who told you to limit sugar to under 30 grams per day. If your doctor told you this, then you should ask your doctor about eating fruit. Don't rely on a random group of folks to override any medical advice you were given.

No it was by a person on MFP.

Ok, having skimmed through this:

I would do the following:

Establish your caloric intake, and establish your pro/carb/fat goals.

Select mostly whole foods such as fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, nuts, etc as the majortiy of your diet.
Incorporate a limited amount of "junk" as you see fit, provided you can do so with the following conditions:

1) You are capable of doing this in moderation.
2) You still hit your numbers at the end of the day. In other words, the limited amount of "treats" or processed stuff doesn't put you over.

Beyond that and assuming you have no relevant medical conditions, I don't see a need to track sugar at all, given the above conditions.

You are in a calorie deficit and as long as you stay that way, any potential lipogenesis during periods of high insulin will be burned as energy anyways and you'll have a net fat loss, not gain.

Fruit has calories too, as does veg. Like ANYTHING else, if you eat a calorie excess, you'll gain weight...

^ This.

I guess it depends who told you to limit your sugar intake to 30g a day. If it was your doctor, you should probably listen to her/him...

You're not gonna get fat from eating fruits and veges. At the time I wanted to cleanse my system. The more fruit and veges you eat the better off you are.

Orly?

So if i eat 50 bananas a day, I wont gain weight?

Fruit has calories too, as does veg. Like ANYTHING else, if you eat a calorie excess, you'll gain weight...

If you ate 50 bananas a day you probably wouldn't gain weight, as you'd have the squits permanently.