Don't get this, sugar levels

MFP does not seperate natural sugar and added sugar. I took sugar off my list because I was ALWAYS over - even a plateful of carrots & bell peppers put me over for the day.

don't worry about it too much. the sugar found in whole foods (though you did pick two very sweet ones) are usually paired with a lot of fiber so it's not as big of a deal.

for future ref, though, you might want to consider having something savory along with one of them or space them out through the day.

not the end of the world. i had this same concern a little while back and started tracking my fiber to sugar ratio and have found that i'm well under desirable goals, despite being "over" in my sugar count because mfp doesn't separate table sugar from food sugar.

Check out the glycemic index....It is what I use to eat fruit. Some are much lower and don't spike your blood sugar, along with other foods.

Dont be so hard on yourself for losing slowly, it is frustrating, but why get too upset if the scale is going down and not up? I have had some weeks where I lose 0 and I was getting so irritated that I worked so hard and nothing to show. But I have learned that success is not always on the scale. i am very happy I am taking control of my life and moving in the right direction that I now tell myself when the scale says 0 at the end of a week that I am doing this right. I didn't get overweight overnight and I wont lose it that way either!

Been active here for a month now, sporting, tracking food, but not losing weight. So this morning I thought I would eat fruit for breakfast. 1 apple and 100 grams grapes. And what do I see, I already have all my sugar intake for the day with those 2 fruits. How is that possible? I thought sugar was healthy for you?

Anyone any insight in this?

In my twisted nutritional world fruit is treated like a desert, the amounts of fructose in fruit means it has be that way, for me anyway.

I would dispute the idea that any kind of sugar (either sucrose or fructose) or anything that metabolises down to glucose is inherently healthy for you.

And this includes all the well-cited theories such as the body needing glucose to function optimally, it doesn't.

You may want to spend 15 minutes watching "Sugar, The Bitter Truth (Short Version)" on YouTube. This is where I started this journey some months ago (on a weight loss plateau, hungry, feeling deprived and sick ... all sorted now).

If this gets your interest then I can point you towards other resources that have resulted in me minimising my sugar intake and setting myself a daily carbohydrate limit of 30g, mostly coming from vegetables.

You may also want to check my MFP blog, if only to laugh at my delusions.

Having said all this, if you are going to consume carbohydrate then breakfast is probably the best time, at least the body will burn all that quick energy through the morning ... especially if, as you say, you are 'sporty'.

People can either be sugar burners or fat burners during the day and I know which one I like best.