Let's talk sugar grams or who else goes over everyday?

I'm ALWAYS going over my daily goal for sugar intake! It was actually making me mad so I changed it to "protein" so that I don't have to see that annoying bright red "-45" again! (I do try to watch it though.)

I always go over on sugar!

Pretty sure Paula Dean does.

The truth. Sugar is underrated by a lot of people. The more sugar you eat the more you addictively crave it and will binge on it.































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I always go over a little almost every day with my sugar. I use stevia a lot to try and keep that figure low

I bust my sugar carbs each day, but i still lost 50+ lbs and never gained weight whilst on my diet, so don't fret.

Yep, everyday...not by 10 or 15 grams, more like 30-40 grams. It is discouraging to see how much sugar I'm taking in. I have a horrible sweet tooth. I too, am more focused on my calories than most other things. I don't really like the taste of artificial sweetners either. I have stopped using sugar in my coffee and now only use a tablespoon of flavored creamer. I also crave sweet cereals, like Captain Crunch and Fruity Pebbles. I'm trying to work on it, but it is really hard, considering there seems to be sugar in everything. I wish MFP would break down the sugars that are in fruits and other healthy choices and the sugars that come from processed foods.

I always go over my sugar...............I , like you, use real sugar in my coffee...............other stuff just doesn't taste the same............I switched my yogurt over to plain greek yogurt to lessen mine and just add a few tbs of sugar free jam.............

Personally I don't worry about it.

Mine will go over with my milk and fruit intake alone. I have swithched to almond milk to give myself less sugar with that and I try to stay away from the procesed sugar foods, but usually cheat daily with a cookie or something. I will get "sugar free' ice cream and puddings. I also do us Splenda or Truvia as well.

Go over everyday. Most is from natural sources so I don't worry about it. Doesn't seem to hinder my weight loss.

I go over daily too, because I have fruit with every meal. Don't care. Only looking at calories in, calories out.

I too worry about it. It seems you have 1 yogurt and a fruit and you hit your mark the day. I don't really eat a lot of other sweets but tend to go over 20 grams a day. I feel better knowing it is natural sources other than candy or junk... so I guess it is ok. I am glad to see others having the same issues.

Sugar is really hard to keep within the set limits. I don't eat much in the way of processed food and I don't add any actual sugar to ANYTHING. I really limit my fruit and I in general don't eat anything "white", and still I go over every day.
I agree that fake sweeteners taste awful and the future health risks possibly assiciated with them keep me from using any of them liberally. Some good choices that are (so far) safe are: Stevia, Truvia, Agave and Coconut Palm -if you need to have sweetener.
That said, I've learned that most food actually tastes good if you reprogram your taste buds to actually taste what (for instance) milk, tastes like. It's actually really sweet!
From what I understand though if you do eat too much sugar, whether it's from fruit, or full sugar pop, or processed grains, your body will first use the lean protein that you put in as energy and if it needs more will use sugar. Any left over sugars in your body will turn to fat. For most people here who are exercising and watching what they eat aren't going to have a problem, but if you are pre-disposed to diabetes, well that's another story.

I wish the separated natural sugar and refined sugar. I stopped eating fruit because a banana would take me over, and then I was like, this is crazy! So now I just don't track sugar!