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What do you eat instead of sugars? I've been thinking about what you said in the calorie deprivation thread, about cutting out the sugars, but I really like fruit. I eat a lot of whole fruit. At least two pieces per day. Sometimes I'll make a smoothie with a base of 100% concord grape juice instead of milk, blueberries, raspberries, and spinach, but I haven't had that in a while.

I never did a calorie count of it, but what GLC said about drinking my calories - and thanks for mentioning that, GLC - really made me wonder. DD and I get a Jamba Juice every now and then as her after school snack on the way to martial arts, and it's a regular Friday treat because they do a fundraiser for her school every Friday at pickup. I get the 2 oz. Mango-a-go-go, which is about 150 calories.

Thank you, everyone else, for the additional comments and opinions. I really do appreciate all the input.

Roxy

You can't go wrong with a variety of fresh fruit daily (plus veggies)...any registered dietician would approve. I have to be careful of my purchased dessert thing..and for me, fruit is the way for me. It's not the natural sugar, but the fibre and other natural occurring nutrients that they offer over drinking too much natural fruit juice.


Even whatever is natural and whole, in moderation daily.

Good thing that you enjoy natural whole fruit.