Sugar

Nope, I literally go over on my sugar on a daily basis and it hasn't affected my weigh-loss at all. Don't sweat it.

Yes it may. It does effect me...it may not effect you. I eat very little fruits bc of the high sugar content. Even though it is natural sugar it is still sugar. I believe that fructose in all forms should be limited. That is awesome that you cut out processed foods tho! That will help a ton.


What pp said. I am pretty low carb, high protien, and high fat for weight loss. If you are eating 50% carbs of your daily kcals your weight loss will be slow if any. Also, I'm a women and it is harder on us.

Yes it may. It does effect me...it may not effect you. I eat very little fruits bc of the high sugar content. Even though it is natural sugar it is still sugar. I believe that fructose in all forms should be limited. That is awesome that you cut out processed foods tho! That will help a ton.


What pp said. I am pretty low carb, high protien, and high fat for weight loss. If you are eating 50% carbs of your daily kcals your weight loss will be slow if any. Also, I'm a women and it is harder on us.

You do realize that low carb diets have absolutely no metabolic advantage in fat loss.

I don't track my sugars anymore. MFP sugar limit is very low. If you're eating whole quality foods, you'll be just fine. Just keep the total calories under control and try to hit your carb/fat/protein limits.

If you are diabetic or have some issue with sugar, then you should watch it. Otherwise, you should be fine by eating good quality foods.

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For weight loss, you should limit but definitley not cut out. You should always aim for 3-4 servings of fruit but go for low glycemic fruits. Just google a list of options (low glycemic fruits) and there are several to choose from. I love grapes and bananas but rarely eat them because they are very high in sugar, however I do eat them. Bananas are high in potasium and so if you are working out often they are ok to have. But in comparison to ANY food item proccessed with sugar go with the fruit of course.
Another thing I have read and even noticed is people that ate a high sugar diet before and were considered morbidly obese suffered from metabolic syndrome which means they can not get thier metabolism to fire up and loosing weight is extrememly difficult. It is best for those people to limit thier sugars no matter what because it takes several months even a year or more to get the insulin levels normal. So no need to be extreme and crazed over sugar unless you have that problem.
Dr Furhmans Eat to Live is a very good resource for weightloss, education on food, metabolism and your body in general. You in fact will be amazed at the knowledge provided about food in this book!
Good Luck!

As I have said before:

The FDA reccomends you watch your ADDED sugars (white refined sugar, high fructose corn syrup...), but natural sugars (like in fruits, etc) are ok. This is because natural sugars generally come with lots of fiber that take the body a lot longer to break down, thus limiting spikes in insulin (which can lead to diabetes).

So in other words, limit sugar in anything that comes in a package, but if it is in a skin you are ok. Be careful with some things though like fruit juice because even though you think it is just sugar from the fruits frequently it is added. :grumble: Check the ingredients, if sugar (sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, etc) is in the top five ingredients, BEWARE. "Healthy" fruit yogurts are NOTORIOUS for this.

Fruits and veggies, eat your heart out. Otherwise, watch your sugar. MFP's counter is a bit misleading for this but if you want I have seen people create a "food" that is negative sugars to subtract out the non-added ones. Or you can just keep an eye on it.

I try to stay at 15g sugar daily it can be very hard but worth it ♥