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    how the heck do i say under my sugar goal??

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    • Posts: 730 Member
      The sugar limit is for added sugar, not naturally occurring sugars in produce.
    • Posts: 916 Member
      The sugar limit is for added sugar, not naturally occurring sugars in produce.
      Sorry, but sugar is sugar....
    • Posts: 154 Member
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      Sorry, but sugar is sugar....
      I agree with this, and if you don't see the results you want you have to be aware of this and choose for example berries instead.
      If you see the results you want, then don't worry and eat fruit because it's good for you. But it's still sugar!
    • Posts: 1,029 Member
      Agree with Meggles. Sugar is sugar.
    • Posts: 247
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      Sorry, but sugar is sugar....

      This has been said 10 million times on MFP, and will be said 100 more...people just don't get it.
    • Posts: 8,059 Member
      Try to ignore the fruit "contribution" to the sugar bucket... easier said than done, but MFP doesn't distinguish between banana sugar and bonbon sugar...
      Interestingly enough, the human body doesn't differentiate between them either.
    • Posts: 736
      I go WAY over mine everyday.. Usually because I replace a meal with a fruit smoothie. It isn't that big of a deal if all of the sugar is coming from good places.
    • Posts: 197 Member
      I hid it from my diary settings so that I wouldn't see the red number! I too eat fruit that always puts me over.
    • Posts: 8,980 Member
      First, ensure you're hitting calorie, protein, fat target. Let the sugar fall where it may.
    • Posts: 10 Member
      This! Great advice.
    • Posts: 8,059 Member
      dont worry about the sugar in fruit....it is completely natural, and if you worry about diabetes, natural food that comes from the earth cant give you an illness like that, only processed food can. i suggest that you dont worry about the sugar in fruit, but make sure you dont eat too much processed sugar. good luck (:
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      Diabetes has nothing to do with processed vs non-processed food. Food doesn't cause diabetes at all, and a diabetic can go into a sugar coma just as easily from eating fruit as from a candy bar. You might want to educate yourself before you spread around dangerous myths that could kill someone.
    • Posts: 10 Member
      That's completely incorrect. Not sure what source you got that from. Your body handles natural sugar completely differently from refined sugar.
    • Posts: 3,024 Member
      I stopped tracking it. I have gone over every single day. I have more important things to worry about. Worry about your fat/carb/protein/fiber intake.
    • Posts: 8,059 Member
      That's completely incorrect. Not sure what source you got that from. Your body handles natural sugar completely differently from refined sugar.
      Um, no it doesn't. The human body doesn't recognize or differentiate the source of sugar. It only recognizes sugar molecules, whether it's fructose, glucose, sucrose, lactose, or maltose from an apple, or fructose, sucrose, glucose, lactose, or maltose from a candy bar, they are digested the exact same way, as they are the exact same molecules.
    • Posts: 23
      I also do not worry about my sugar. I know I don't go crazy on my sugar, but I was still going over every day. As long as you aren't eating a bag of candy everyday, I personally wouldn't worry about it.
    • Posts: 432 Member
      I wouldn't worry about fruit sugar if you aren't overdoing it. And if you are sacrificing everywhere else, so what. Are you getting to your weight goal? Thats the important thing!!

      Basil
    • Posts: 5,310 Member
      I am the same. I am always way over on sugar, even though I don't have refined sugar in anything. I find just milk/plain yoghurt and a couple of apples a day puts me over.
    • Posts: 432 Member
      You are absolutely correct Alyana !!
    • Posts: 484 Member
      Sugar goal is for processed sugars, not natural ones. Even for many diabetic people, fruits of low GI are safe to consume.
    • Posts: 601 Member
      Simple answer: I ignore it. Haha. The way I see it, fruit is super healthy, and that always puts me over. I just try to limit myself to one real goodie per week and avoid high fructose corn syrup in everything else. As long as I'm doing that, I don't seem to see sugar affecting my weight loss.
      ^^^ this..my beloved jellybeans are loaded with corn syrup :( cutting back
    • Posts: 61 Member
      Ignore sugar from Fruit. Only count added sugar.
    • Posts: 161
      I <i>do</i> have a major sweet tooth, and i haven't been able to log a single day without blowing over my sugar limit since i started last month. I've been practically living on sugar for the last four or five years, and it's been an incredibly difficult thing to break. I make sweets for a living, and it's difficult to avoid a bit of quality control here and there.

      Switching to sugar-free chocolate and soda at home has been an overall bummer, but i figure that some small change is better than nothing at all. Adding fresh fruit into things has made my diet a little livelier, but it still keeps that number in the red every day.

      my diary is open as well, if anyone cares to suggest something else to try.
    • Posts: 461 Member
      Your nutrition is exemplary. Your sugars are good carbs. You can always go in and raise the sugar target to realistic levels to allow your current rate of consumption. A nutritionist has been on here before who said that the sugar targets were way too low. This can cause people to skip fruits which is bad, because fruits have important disease-fighting properties.

      I want what she's eating!!!!
    • Posts: 25
      I have type 2 diabetes and the doctor has ordered me to not eat sugar unless it comes from fruit. The caveat for my diabetes is I have to eat a protein with it to slow it down entering my system so a piece of low fat string cheese or almonds. I miss my sugar but I can live without it-or i could die with it-Congrats to all on here for your dedication
    • Posts: 101
      Sugar is the hardest thing for me too. I swear I am addicted to it! Even when I only eat fruit I go over on my sugar. I really don't count the fruit though because it is not processed sugar like you would get from a candy bar. I believe that the more natural food you eat the better. : )
    • Posts: 81 Member
      Interesting conversation about diabetes and processed v refined sugar...I am type 2. All carbs break down to sugars in the body, that's basic metabolism. I'll stay out of the argument about HFCS, but for a diabetic, it's all the same. Personally, I eat fruit every day for the nutrients and fiber. I keep below the overall carb macro (which of course I had to lower) and remember that includes your fruits. so, as long as you stay under your carb total, you are fine, and if it's fruit that's taking you over the sugar limit, don't sweat it but don't eat cookies or sugar-filled jam along with it.
    • Posts: 154 Member
      I <i>do</i> have a major sweet tooth, and i haven't been able to log a single day without blowing over my sugar limit since i started last month. I've been practically living on sugar for the last four or five years, and it's been an incredibly difficult thing to break. I make sweets for a living, and it's difficult to avoid a bit of quality control here and there.

      Switching to sugar-free chocolate and soda at home has been an overall bummer, but i figure that some small change is better than nothing at all. Adding fresh fruit into things has made my diet a little livelier, but it still keeps that number in the red every day.

      my diary is open as well, if anyone cares to suggest something else to try.

      When you eat bread, go for wholegrain alternatives.
      Eat more protein (that will help you stay full longer and is good for other reasons too)
      When you have yogurt, go for unsweetened greek yogurt and add fresh or frozen berries and if you need something sweeter drizzle some honey over it.
      To drink diet sodas is not a great alternative, unfortunately, so if you feel up to it try to cut them out too.
      Good luck!!!!
    • Posts: 122 Member
      First, ensure you're hitting calorie, protein, fat target. Let the sugar fall where it may.

      Agree, I focus on Protein mostly and then fat & calories.
      My protein focus helped me to loose the first 10-13 lbs steadily and so far it is the track I want to be on.
    • Posts: 110 Member
      You have one good looking diet! Woo hoo! Unless you are stalled- I really wouldn't worry about what you are over on sugars.

      Sugars in fruit make me stall so I watch that like a hawk... If I use bananas at all (while losing) I use half of one and just cut it in smaller pieces. I avoid dried fruit because it is high in sugars. I eat alot of apples, cantaloupe, blueberries, mixed fruits.

      I buy the Dannon nonfat plain yogurt and add a tiny bit of stevia (if needed) and add my own fruit- that way I can control for sugar content.

      But, again- you have a nice healthy diet. If you aren't stalled- no worries.
    • Posts: 99 Member
      Unless you have a medical condition that affects your ability, sugar is only 'bad' if it's the added kind. Sucrose added to food is a source of empty calories- it has absolutely no positive nutritional value, and can really up your total calories consumed. For example, one can of non-diet soda has about 8 teaspoons of sugar, and at 16 calories per teaspoon, that's a lot of essentially wasted calories. Sugar from fruit cames along with fiber and other positive nutrients (vitamins, minerals, etc), so according to most nutrition studies, fruit sugar (or veggie sugar, or anything else that's NATURALLY occuring in food) doesn't count when limiting sugar.

      For the MFP sugar limits, ignore fruit. I go over mine every day (I eat a lot of fruits and veggies), and I'm losing weight steadily. There isn't a whole lot of research (valid or otherwise) supporting COMPLETELY eliminating sugar to enhance weight loss.
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