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MFP & Sugar levels

maribeth721maribeth721
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Ok Ladies, I know I've sort of posed this question before (not exactly but kind of). I stopped eating canned fruit, I only whole fruit. I eat nothing white (no white rice, white pasta, white potatoes, etc), I only eat whole grains. And I do not use regular white sugar, I have been using Truvia in my coffee, which is the only time I ever add sweetener to anything (I know we're all divided on the fake sugars issue). My sugar levels are consistently way high when I log in my foods on MFP. MFP gives me a daily allowance of 24g of sugar. Even though I don't use any of the above mentioned things I find myself consistently going 10-15 (sometimes 20!) grams over a day. With that being said I do make sure to eat one piece of fruit everyday as a snack, which more often than not ends up being 2 pieces through out the day. I am seeing results everywhere except my tummy and I am worried it is due to these high sugar levels. Today I think I am at 34g for the whole day. I know sugar from fruit is "better" that processed sugar, but really it's still sugar. Any ideas on how to reduce my sugar intakes? Thank you!
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  • DoyleNYCfitnessDoyleNYCfitness
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    I honestly don't think that its the sugar levels that are keeping you from losing that last "tummy" fat.  MFP, while awesome for keeping track of calories, has many faults,  I know this might sound sacriligious to bad mouth MFP,  But I keep finding many flaws with this app.  

    Theres no way you can eat more than 2 pieces of fruit and NOT go over 24 grams of sugar.  For a "Fitness" app to tell you not to eat fruit is not only ridiculous, but irresponsible.  Look out for my new post about the calorie estimation I'm about to post

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  • anna.oskaranna.oskar member
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    I don't know that you really do need to reduce.

    Do me a favor, please hop onto SparkPeople.com and set up a frofile over there 9quick and free) and then compare the stats between that and MFP.  I've heard a lot of people lately complaining about daily goal numbers that just seem a bit off on MFP.
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  • maribeth721maribeth721
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    I do actually have a spark people account, I just don't ever use it. For me MFP has been easier to use. Spark People doesn't appear to have sugar tracking as an option, at least that I have been able to find. I went to select other nutrients to keep track of (other than the pre selected fat, protein, and carbs) and sugar doesn't appear to be an option. I very well may be looking in the wrong place.
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  • bertke10bertke10
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    edited March 2012
    I went consistently double or triple on my allowed sugars, so I think MFP's estimates are way low on that. I drink a ton of milk which is a natural sugar bomb, apparantly, as well as fruit. I'd examine what you are eating that is contributing the most sugar. If it's fruit and dairy, I wouldn't worry about it so much. If it's gatorade/vitamin water or your protein shakes, look at changing formulas. But I would also do some research on a daily sugar goal separate from MFP, because mine was just unrealistic.
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  • DoyleNYCfitnessDoyleNYCfitness
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    edited March 2012
    Yep, MFP estimates are low for most of the nutrients,  including total amount of calories in some cases.  Like I wrote in the other post,  you want to check what MFP tells you calorie wise, and compare it using some more accurate formulas.

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  • casims3casims3 member
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    I am in the same boat. I am always WAY over on my sugar levels, usually double what MFP gives me. I drink milk every day and eat a lot of fruit which is where it mostly comes from. I ended up just changing my settings and taking the sugar tracking off, because it just didn't seem right to me.
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