? re sugar per day

[carilyn]

I'm using MFP for tracking my food. It says I should have 31g of sugar a day. My breakfast was two eggs scrambled with mushrooms an onions and two slices of watermelon. This totaled 21g of sugar. The watermelon alone was 18g. I've already totaled about 50g for the day with my mango Greek yogurt and two tsp of sugar in my coffee. Also, I'm having beets with dinner, which I'm sure have some sugar as well.

Do you only pay attention to white sugar, or all sugar? 31g/d seems super low when you include fruit and dairy.

[kimsy]

I only count added sugar. So when I look at my report on MFP at the end of a day, I subtract fruit/veggie sugars.
By the way, if you are keeping an eye on your sugar, watch out for flavored yogurt. It's one of the worst offenders as far as hidden sugars (which is a bummer, because it's so delicious).

[ckinla]

For the most part, I ignore natural sugars, but I will limit intake on things like grapefruit and such. Berries are the lowest in sugar.

And watch out for sugars from carbs… that's easy to forget (I'm not sure that it counts the conversions when you're tracking… just the added sugar) and it adds up quick! Low GI breads, like Ezekiel are great.

[blinkinglight1]

I limit all sugars (for now) so I try to stay under 30g. Fruit is a treat and I typically only eat it once per day because of it's high sugar content. The WEIRDEST stuff has sugar in it. It always amazes me when I enter it into MFP.

[emyinpink]

I completely ignore my fitness pal's recommendation, but really, there are no reasons to differentiate between "sugars" and just "carbs." (with the exception of avoiding added sugar).

[Reem]

Sugar is sugar whether it's natural or not, so I do try to keep within those limits. Fruit, like another mentioned, is just a treat. If weight loss is your goal, limiting sugars is going to help you quite a bit because in addition to keeping your insulin levels more level, it's better for cravings to limit it as well. When you eat sugar, you crave more sugar.