FRUIT+ HIGH SUGAR= No WEIGHT LOSS?????

buttab10
buttab10 Posts: 1
edited November 11 in Health and Weight Loss
I just barely joined, and so far I am loving the program. I have noticed that my sugar intake is quadrupled what it should be, and i am wondering if it is from all the fruit I eat. i do not drink soda, juice, bread or candy, i eat a pretty clean diet but I can NOT lose a single pound. I exercise daily and have been coming in under my goal, with no improvement. i was talking to my mom, she is a diabetic and she told me all the sugar in fruit spikes my insulin too high and it can get turned into fat. So i am wondering even if fruit is a natural sugar, is to much of it bad for your diet?!?!?

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  • JayPeazy
    JayPeazy Posts: 89 Member
    Mom knows best.
  • Dexy_
    Dexy_ Posts: 593 Member
    If you're on 1200 calories RAISE IT.

    If you're weighing yourself daily, don't. Weekly, or better yet, monthly.

    Watching sugar is good, but keep this in mind: no one ever got fat eating only fruit. I've lost 18kgs so far, and have eaten a lot of fruit almost every day.

    As your mother is diabetic, you may have different issues when it comes to sugar. I would discuss it with your doctor.
  • godslilgerl
    godslilgerl Posts: 64 Member
    WHILE EATING A LOT OF FRUIT IS WAY BETTER THAN EATING A BUNCH OF PROCESSED THINGS IT CAN STALL YOUR WEIGHTLOSS BECAUSE OF THE SUGAR...I WOULD TRY ONLY HAVE 1 OR 2 SERVINGS AND PREFERRABLY ONLY EAT THEM IN THE MORNING AND SEE IF THAT HELPS...OR YOU CAN TRY EATING DIFFERENT FRUITS...BERRIES HAVE LESS SUGAR AND ARE LOW ON THE GLYCEMIC INDEX SO THEY DON'T EFFECT UR INSULIN AS MUCH
  • georgina1970
    georgina1970 Posts: 333 Member
    As long as your not Pre-diabetic or Diabetic fruit shouldn't be a problem. May depend on how much of it your're eating though. If your Mum's diabetic I suggest you go see your Doctor for a check-up. The New Zealand National Heart Foundation has a great booklet called Heart Healthy Eating - it talks about numbers of serves of each food group you should be eating based on activity levels, height and weight, take a look :-)
  • godslilgerl
    godslilgerl Posts: 64 Member
    oops sorry about the all caps...habit:blushing:
  • LabRat529
    LabRat529 Posts: 1,323 Member
    I just barely joined, and so far I am loving the program. I have noticed that my sugar intake is quadrupled what it should be, and i am wondering if it is from all the fruit I eat. i do not drink soda, juice, bread or candy, i eat a pretty clean diet but I can NOT lose a single pound. I exercise daily and have been coming in under my goal, with no improvement. i was talking to my mom, she is a diabetic and she told me all the sugar in fruit spikes my insulin too high and it can get turned into fat. So i am wondering even if fruit is a natural sugar, is to much of it bad for your diet?!?!?

    Your mother is not completely correct. Contrary to what you may hear (cue the carbophobes), you will not gain fat on a calorie deficit because you are eating too much fructose, especially if that fructose is from fruit.

    Yes, insulin does promote fat storage. HOWEVER, fruit really doesn't "spike" the insulin that high- some protein rich meals will send insulin levels higher than fruit. More importantly, if you're in a calorie deficit, you might temporarily store fat after a meal, but since you're in a deficit, you'll just burn the fat again later and the result will be a net fat loss.

    So eat the fruit. :D

    As for you not losing weight... other factors likely come into play.
  • suziecue66
    suziecue66 Posts: 1,312 Member
    If you are not losing just cut out some of the fruit. Make sure you are getting sufficient protein and some good fat then the rest carbs.
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    WHILE EATING A LOT OF FRUIT IS WAY BETTER THAN EATING A BUNCH OF PROCESSED THINGS IT CAN STALL YOUR WEIGHTLOSS BECAUSE OF THE SUGAR...I WOULD TRY ONLY HAVE 1 OR 2 SERVINGS AND PREFERRABLY ONLY EAT THEM IN THE MORNING AND SEE IF THAT HELPS...OR YOU CAN TRY EATING DIFFERENT FRUITS...BERRIES HAVE LESS SUGAR AND ARE LOW ON THE GLYCEMIC INDEX SO THEY DON'T EFFECT UR INSULIN AS MUCH
    Strong caps.

    Sugar is sugar. The glycemic index is next to useless unless the person is a diabetic.
  • LabRat529
    LabRat529 Posts: 1,323 Member
    I suppose I should also add the obvious: Insulin does so much more than promote fat storage. It really gets a bad rap, and undeservedly so. Insulin "spikes" are just not a problem, especially not for a non-diabetic person.

    If you're type II diabetic or pre-diabetic, then you might have chronically high insulin levels because you're body is trying to compensate for low insulin sensitivity (though in advanced stages of diabetes, your pancreas stops producing insulin). The chronic high levels might promote excessive fat storage even if you're eating a calorie deficit, but it's still not the 'spikes' that are the issue (in my opinion). The problem is that insulin remains high even between meals because your blood glucose stays high because your cells can't use the glucose because they can't respond to insulin.
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    I suppose I should also add the obvious: Insulin does so much more than promote fat storage. It really gets a bad rap, and undeservedly so. Insulin "spikes" are just not a problem, especially not for a non-diabetic person.

    If you're type II diabetic or pre-diabetic, then you might have chronically high insulin levels because you're body is trying to compensate for low insulin sensitivity (though in advanced stages of diabetes, your pancreas stops producing insulin). The chronic high levels might promote excessive fat storage even if you're eating a calorie deficit, but it's still not the 'spikes' that are the issue (in my opinion). The problem is that insulin remains high even between meals because your blood glucose stays high because your cells can't use the glucose because they can't respond to insulin.
    True.
  • suziecue66
    suziecue66 Posts: 1,312 Member
    If you have a diabetic mother it may be something you need to watch out for.
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