01gt4.6

We are working at being able to track sugar. Yes, it's taking longer than it should but I'm being told that it's being addressed. I can agree that sugar isn't the best thing for our bodies but I wouldn't say that it in itself is what makes us sick, fat, diseased or fatigued. Sugar (or any other food) doesn't cause ALL of our problems, as you claim. We have to accept responsibility for our own actions. Too much of many things can be bad, hell people have died from drinking too much water. If you feel like you will die or become ill because of sugar, then eliminate it. If it really disgusts you and you eliminate it then you won't need FitDay to tell you how much sugar is in your food? If not, nearly everything has a label these days. If you absolutely feel that you can't eliminate it and MUST track it, write it down, put it in a journal, whatever... until we can track it. I also think it's funny that you say "No one even knows what a healthy diet is." Yep, we are all stupid here, you have single handedly figured what a healthy diet is, while everyone else in the world is clueless.

What I think is amusing from reading your post, I'd bet that you had elevated blood pressure when you wrote that, maybe you should check your sodium intake... oh wait, sodium isn't on your short list of things that cause problems.

If I had to guess, you're the person that blames McDonalds b/c people get fat instead of blaming the person that chose to eat it...

cjohnson728

Amen!

Also, well said to Mike.

I definitely take things written about nutrition with a grain of salt and consider the source, but I highly doubt there's a conspiracy at FitDay to keep us in the dark about sugar content.

If you don't like the site for reasons that are important to you, just move on.

Kohsamui

Have to agree with you, Mike. I'm diabetic, so sugar is not high on my list of preferred foods, but my Doc, the diabetes educator, and my RN wife all say watch the carbs - ALL the carbs from whatever source, and you should be ok. And, so far, they've been right on the money. Fitday helps keep me aware of what I'm putting in my mouth and I'm responsible for anything with lots of carbs - sugars, refined grains, etc....

canary52

Just weighing in on being a person who would also like a sugar count on Fitday. Thanks for pursuing getting it done, Mike. There is obviously interest in having it. I hope it happens!

VitoVino

I'm confused about this. For custom foods, the alcohol must be entered in "grams". I'm trying to do a custom for Coors Light which has 4.15% alcohol.

What would I enter into the "Alcohol... grams" field?

VitoVino

I'd like to track just the sugar as well and it's good to know that this feature is in the works.

It always amuses me how people complain about things that are free, like this site. I'm new but this place has already has been a blessing for me and I'm sure I will use it the rest of my life to help maintain my weight once I achieve my goal.

handcycle2005

Try this site. It's a blood alcohol calculator but it does give the alcohol consumed in grams.

12 oz bottle/can = 354ml

VitoVino

That did the trick, handcycle2005. I came up with 11.61 grams. Thanks!

UnofficialVoice

I too would like a specific entry for Sugar, it seems odd that it was omitted from the format.

What I have been doing, when creating custom foods, is using "Alcohol" as my sugar. Since I rarely drink, I rarely use that category so filiing it in as sugar is no big deal. This allows me to track sugar in this fashion.

When using existing foods it becomes more problematic, but then I will often convert many existing foods to custom foods anyway as it gives me more control over the content, I feel I can be more accurate this way...

vabeachgirlNYC

It also can also cause loss of memory. Which is probably a good thing if you drank too much and got a little wild!