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Sugar limit so low!

ClearNotCloudyMind

Hi. Never calorie counted before so please forgive obvious ignorance! Was surprised to see I was blowing the sugar goal for each day. When I explored why it turns out that a few pieces of fruit blow the budget out of the water! Surely fruit is a good thing to eat? Do others hit their sugar target? How do you do it eating a normal diet? I have to fit in with family meals

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ColleenRoss50

Although I do usually limit my fruits to two servings a day and concentrate on having more vegetable servings, I really don't worry too much about sugar if it is coming from fruits. Fruits have a lot of other important and beneficial nutrients. The sugars that I try to stay away from are the empty sugars and hidden sugars found in baked goods and many processed foods. If you like fruits don't sweat it too much. A calorie is a calorie and, wherever your calories are coming from, as long as you are maintaining a calorie deficit you should lose weight.

rebrcca3434

If the sugar is coming from fruit I wouldn't worry about it unless you are diabetic or something. I'm always I little over in the sugar department but Id try to cut back other sugary snacks foods as needed. Fruits have so many nutrients that you need.

ClearNotCloudyMind

Thanks. Always either ate what I wanted before or starved myself thin so abysmally ignorant on all this stuff. Thanks for answers!

LouisaMoo

I've noticed the same thing, and I've basically concluded that if I think my diet that day has been healthy, then as long as I'm within my calories I don't really care what the others say. You will know whether something has lots of bad sugar, as in processed, or good sugar, as in natural. The site just sees a number - it can't tell the difference between high fructose corn syrup and a banana.

shbretired

Well your diary is private so all I can say is with added activity you earn more sugar, and I rarely go over or use all I earn, and I eat fruit daily.