You ladies are doing great! Keep it up!
Everybody here has chosen their individual path. If you look in the original challenge thread on this board, you'll see where everyone checks in with what they'd like to do. Feel free to join in.
Unless the sushi was made with brown rice, the white rice can cause cravings. Also, imitation crab does contain sugar (most of it has HFCS), and that is usually what's being used in items like California Rolls.
Don't forget that some of those 30g of "sugars" are actually lactose, so even plain will show "sugars". My container of plain yogurt shows 7g of sugar per 1c serving. If you enjoy yogurt, I would recommend making it yourself. Fermenting yogurt for 24 hours removes most of the lactose, whereas commercial yogurts are only fermented something like 4 hours, which leaves quite a bit of lactose in there.
Something else to consider. If you regularly drink skim or low-fat milk, those both have higher sugars than whole milk. Think about switching. Whole milk has higher fat content, lower sugar content, so it can help with cravings, and not stimulate your sugar receptors like skim can. We actually drink half-and-half here. (I say drink, but neither of us is a milk drinker... it goes in coffee, yogurt or other recipes.)
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Originally Posted by GenB
 Can someone tell me what guidelines you are using for this challenge? What is acceptable and what types of sweeteners are the healthiest?
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Originally Posted by jalilah
Today I had sushi. I think there might have been a little sugar in it. I tell you sugar is difficult to avoid! But at least I have been good about no sweets!
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Originally Posted by lemongrass
Then this morning I realized that I accidentally bought vanilla yogurt instead of plain (30g of sugar per serving!).
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Something else to consider. If you regularly drink skim or low-fat milk, those both have higher sugars than whole milk. Think about switching. Whole milk has higher fat content, lower sugar content, so it can help with cravings, and not stimulate your sugar receptors like skim can. We actually drink half-and-half here. (I say drink, but neither of us is a milk drinker... it goes in coffee, yogurt or other recipes.)
and we don't drink milk. We do have some whole milk for other uses, however. I'd love to make my own yogurt...been toying with the idea for a while but haven't had the nerve to try. I either need to get a thermometer or a yogurt maker first. Anyway, yeah, I'm aware that some of the sugars in yogurt are lactose - those aren't the ones I'm worried about - it's all the added sugar in the vanilla flavor that I'm avoiding. Thanks for the advice - we're on the same page. 
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