Sugar is destryoying my diet! Help!

I was getting ready to post the exact same question!!! How on earth am I supposed to eat that few grams of sugar and still have my calories for the day? I have been under on my calories but over, extremely over on my sugar!!

This does not take much time and is high in protein and fiber
1 Thomas's Wheat lite english muffin (split and toasted)
2. 1/4 cup of South western eggbeaters You may want more than 1/4 cup (nuke 11/2 minutes)
3. one slice of fat free cheese
It makes a good egg muffin
I also eat activa yogart with grapenut cereal mixed in it.
My problem is cake and cookies
I so not have to worry about sugar. So I concentrate on calories

Question: When you say sugar are you talking Carbs?

OMG: Just checked out how much sugar I was eating. TOO much like the rest of you. Only have seven grams left and I have not had lunch.

mine has been WAY over also, due to the milk and grapes...even fat free milk has 12 gr of sugar!

Com'on banks tell us eager learners what to do!

I am up for the challenge!!!! :explode:

Most of my sugars are from my fruits and veggies also. I am alotted 24 grams a day, but one of my healthy choice meals had 25 grams of sugar!!!! :noway:

I would question how healthy that healthy choice meal really is if it contains that much sugar. It doesn't taste sweet either does it? Usually those meals replace the fat with the sugar. So that they can say it's "low fat" and people will usually fall for it. Fat is not the enemy! I rather have the full fat version of something rather than the processed version. Also eat less processed packaged meals and more whole foods. Eat less yogurts with fruit in them (20+ grams of sugar a pop). Any sugary cereals, etc etc.

For breakfast:

I eat 1 egg (scrambled /friedwith pam or hard-boiled), 3 slices of Oscar Meyer ready to serve bacon, one slice of whole wheat low carb toast with 'I can't believe it's not butter' and sugar free Orange Marmalade, and 1 cup of melon (honey dew or cantelope). Could also substitute berries or nectarine. This is 258 calories, 27 carbs, 12 fat, 16 protein and 14 sugar and 472 sodium.

Sometimes I have a peanut butter sandwich with fruit - 2 slices of whole wheat low carb bread, reduced fat Peanut Butter (natural would be even better), sugar free Marmalade and melon. This is 255 calories, 36 carbs, 9 fat, 15 protein, 7 sugar and 465 sodium.

So I was looking at my sugar. it seems that the only time I go over in my sugar is when I snack. Damn those tasty tasty snacks. Oh there is the occasional orange juice. I must quit that also I guess. its simply orange so.....maybe....Im not going to give it up. Ill just drink less. I love orange juice

Youre more than welocme to look at my diary if you would like. Just not the snack part. Ok Ok I guess.

Quoted from http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/nutrition/sugar.html#

Sugars: Also listed under Total Carbohydrate on food labels, sugars are found in most foods. However, the Nutrition Facts label doesn't make the distinction between natural sugars and added sugars. Natural sugars are found in many foods, including fruit and dairy products. Snack foods, candy, and soda often have large amounts of added sugars. To find out if a food has added sugar, you need to look at the ingredient list for sugar, corn syrup or sweetener, dextrose, fructose, honey, or molasses, to name just a few. Avoid products that have sugar or other sweeteners high on the ingredient list.

Quoted from http://www.cspinet.org/new/sugar.html

USDA advises people who eat a 2,000-calorie healthful diet to try to limit themselves to about 10 teaspoons of added sugars per day. In fact, the average American does not eat a healthful diet, but consumes 20 teaspoons of added sugars per day.

Quoted from http://www.reducetriglycerides.com/lifestyle_triglycerides_sugar.htm

Consumption of “added sugars” includes:

table sugar (refined, processed sugars from cane, beet - sucrose - added to foods by the manufacturer, cook or consumer)
corn sugar (glucose)
corn syrup
high-fructose corn syrup commonly added to fruit juices
sugars naturally present in fruint juices
honey, and
other syrups, like molasses and maple syrup.

The term “added sugars” does not include the sugars naturally present in:

milk (lactose)
fruit (fructose, sucrose), and
vegetables.

A report released in 2006 by the World Health Organization (WHO) urges people to limit their daily consumption of free (added) sugars to less than 10 percent of their total energy intake (Diet Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases; TRS916). This recommendation adds up to approximately 12 teaspoons (48 grams) of added (free) sugar a day based on an average 2000-calorie diet.

Found this table at http://www.fitsugar.com/3035229



This was too much to copy and paste, but is very informative. http://www.pamf.org/diabetes/basics/diet.html

I'm never going to cut out fruits or milk from my diet, because there are many more benefits, and the sugar in them is natural. I do however, read labels more often, and look to see what the added sugars are, and if they are within the top 3 to 5 of the list, I don't buy it, or I look for a better version.

I don't know if this will help or not, but I never even look at the amount of sugar I intake a day

I just try to eat clean whole foods

My carbs are generally from whole grains, fruit, veggies. Just try to watch out for processed foods and eat clean.


certain fruits are high in sugar, but fruits are good for you....don't stop eating them, but don't eat 10 bananas a day

My thoughts exactly--I think if one is diabetic it's important to limit high sugar fruits, but otherwise they offer so many other nutrional benefits like fiber, vitamins & minerals, that it seems unreasonable to severely limit or cut them out.

Phew, thanks!

I had just recently also added "Sugar" to my tracking and my morning banana with 2 Weetabix biscuits and half cup of 1% milk almost put me out of the park AND THAT WAS JUST BREAKFAST!!!

Makes sense we keep an eye on the source of the sugar.

I also like the "Don't eat 12 bananas a day"

:flowerforyou:

I think all the low carb diets have really made us over conscious on sugar. You're not going to convince me that a tomato is bad for me because it is high in sugar. I'm not going to deprive myself of yummy fruits and veggies because they happen to contain natural sugar. I think refined sugar and sweets should be cut out but not fruits and veggies. My motto is "all things in moderation" and I just ate 3 hershey's kisses and I'm not going to beat myself up about it.


Also, fortunately for me, I don't ever crave sweets in the AM! I usually have coffee with milk, whole toast, and peanut butter with a tiny bit of honey on it. Keeps me full for a long time!

Also, for you yogurt lovers, eat Greek yogurt as it is naturally lower in sugar and much higher in protein that other yogurts out there! To sweeten it up, add fresh berries and enjoy!!

But how much fat?

So I was looking at my sugar. it seems that the only time I go over in my sugar is when I snack. Damn those tasty tasty snacks. Oh there is the occasional orange juice. I must quit that also I guess. its simply orange so.....maybe....Im not going to give it up. Ill just drink less. I love orange juice

Youre more than welocme to look at my diary if you would like. Just not the snack part. Ok Ok I guess.

Eat oranges instead, there's more fiber and other nutrients you can benefit from!

Demetria