Calorie Count vs Sugar Intake

If most of your sugar is coming from fruit, it's not a problem. Sugar intake is only an issue really if you're downing like 10 pixie stix a day or something.

I got annoyed with my sugar always being over, so I set my sugar goal manually to 100g just to stop getting annoyed with it.

Calories, Protein, Carbs, and Fat are your biggest factors to worry about, I think.

I have the same issue. I do believe that sugar does affect the body systems like the liver, thyroid, and such. I have been trying to just make sure my sugars are at least lower than what they have been in the past and not from processed foods. I also try to stay away from sugar alcohols and artificial sweeteners. But if I don't eat fruit, I end up being sugar deprived and I dive into a box of my husband's sugary cereal head first.


Oh and when you eat fruit, try to eat a little protein with it. You stay fuller longer.

I'm almost always over on sugar and good on calories. Have been losing weight, plus fruit is good for you

I don't count sugars. The sugars I eat are 99% natural. I rarely eat any processed sugar so I just don't worry about it! I've lost 56lbs this way so I wouldnt worry! X

Very cool, thanks so much for the info!

I got a little paranoid because my co-worker was surprised I was eating 2 apples. He said that it was a lot of sugar to take in for just one meal.

Yea but they are APPLES!!!! Good for you! not to worry!

I was also going over on my sugar counts because of fruits and occasional dairy. So I increased my allowable sugar for the same reason Becca did. I think a lot of people start out on MFP eating a lot of processed foods and added sugars (Isn't that part of how we became overweight to begin with?) So I used the sugar tracking early on to learn how much sugar was in the foods I ate. After I stopped eating processed sugar, I was surprised to find how much sugar there could be in something like a glass of milk. So I began considering that when I planned meals so I never got too much sugar at once (those blood sugar spikes can put me at a higher risk for diabetes, and with my genetic makeup, I don't need any help with that!).

Now I don't need to look at the sugar much at all, and when I consciously choose a meal with lots of natural sugar/carbs, it is usually the pre-workout meal, and I have done it for a reason.

i'm always way over on my sugar but I only get my sugar from fruits and veggies so I just stopped tracking it. Although it did make me aware of a yogurt I was eating that happened to be higher in sugar then I had thought. So I switched it up for a non-sugar one