Maximum Sugar Intake
 
 

Daily Calorie Intake	Grams of Sugar	Teaspoons
1,200	21	5
1,500	26	6
1,800	31	7
2,100	36	9
2,400	42	10
2,700	47	12

THESE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON PERSON NOT HAVING WLS

Hidden Sugars in Foods

Food	Serving Size	Added Sugar
Cakes and Cookies
Angel food cake	4 oz piece	7 tsp
Banana Cake	4 oz piece	2 tsp
Brownie, no icing	1 oz piece	4 tsp
Cheesecake	4 oz piece	2 tsp
Chocolate cake, iced	4 oz piece	10 tsp
Chocolate chip cookie	1 cookie	2 tsp
Coffee cake	4 oz piece	5 tsp
Cupcake, iced	4 oz piece	6 tsp
Fig Newtons	1 cookie	5 tsp
Gingersnaps	1 cookie	3 tsp
Glazed doughnut	1 doughnut	6 tsp
Oatmeal cookie	1 cookie	2 tsp
Candies
Chocolate candy bar	1 bar	7 tsp
Chocolate mint	1 piece	2 tsp

What are Sugar Alcohols?

What You Need to Know

-- By Becky Hand, Licensed & Registered Dietitian

SparkPeople Sponsors help keep the site free! If you spend any time looking at nutrition labels, you’ve probably noticed some intriguing ingredients in sweet foods that are touted as diet-friendly, sugar-free, or even low-carb. One ingredient, known as "sugar alcohol," is a special type of sugar replacement that is frequently found in soft drinks, gums, cookies, and sugar-free candy. Ever wonder what sugar alcohol is doing in these supposedly healthy foods? You're not alone!

What are Sugar Alcohols?
The term “sugar alcohol? is very misleading. Sugar alcohols get their name from their unique chemical structure, which resembles both sugar and alcohol. But they're neither sugars nor alcohols. In fact, sugar alcohols are a type of carbohydrate that sweetens foods, but with half the calories of sugar. There are several specific types of sugar alcohols (usually ending with the letters "-ol"). When reading a food label, the following ingredients are actually sugar alcohols:

• Erythritol
• Hydrogenated starch hydrolysates
• Isomalt
• Lactitol
• Maltitol
• Mannitol
• Sorbitol
• Xylitol

Look familiar? You'll find sugar alcohols in a wide variety of foods (gums, candies, ice creams, baked goods, and fruit spreads), health and beauty products (toothpastes, mouthwashes and breath mints), and even medicines (cough syrups, cough drops and throat lozenges). In the near future they may be found in pie fillings, cake frostings, canned fruit, beverages, yogurt and tabletop sweeteners.

5 Years ago , I had no idea how to measure myself as I was losing weight. I kept trying to add all my totals up ... measuring the wrong girths. I have been talking to some in my group to find that they did not know what to measure either . So I have provided a link for you that may help you for those just starting out your journey.

While we rely on the scale to monitor our weight loss , measuring is a great tool as well . You may not see any thing move on the scale for days , but measuring your body can also show where you have had weight loss .
So do not dispare ... weigh on the scale , but break out that measuring tape as well . You will be surprised .
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id=1281

I hope this helps you and if you need me .. I am always here for you .

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