I have been really controlling my calorie intake through Sugar (both artificial and natural) and fats since the last few months. Lately I have started feeling tired, experiencing trouble in remembering and understanding things and have become irritable. I think this can be due to poor nutrition. I am thinking of increasing my sugar intake a little bit as I feel that may help.

Right now my sugar is only from fruits (mostly non pulpy fruits like apples, pomegranate etc.,) and Bran biscuits which I eat with tea in the morning and the evenings.

I am thinking of adding some extra natural sugar in my diet in the following way:
Adding Honey in Milk (not more than 2 teaspoons in a day)
Replacing Bran biscuits that I have with my tea with Dry fruits like Dates, figs, Prunes (the ones which do not have any added sugar) etc., (not more than 4 pieces of any dry fruit in a day)
I don't know if I should increase natural sugar or refined sugar as I have heard that refined sugar has less calories as compared to natural sugar like Honey and all. I know that natural sugar is healthier (as it has more nutrients than refined sugar) but in the end I don't want to start having anything that will increase my weight.

how many calories are you eating as a whole per day in general? perhaps you are eating too few?

How do I check that.

go somewhere like fitday.com and signup.
Enter all your foods you eat in a day, it SHOULD be more than 1500 calories a day at least.

also check you are having enough iron

I checked my calorie intake and it comes out to be more than 3000 calories

depending on your current weight and activity level -that could be a problem...

here's what it says:

Calories Eaten Today
grams cals %total
Total: 3684
Fat: 107 962 27%
Sat: 36 321 9%
Poly: 33 293 8%
Mono: 30 274 8%
Carbs: 413 1343 38%
Fiber: 77 0 0%
Protein: 299 1195 34%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

are you sure you entered your meals accurately?
especially if you're using any home made foods....

have you used the harris benedict formula to determine your actual calories you'd need in day to lose weight?

having a startinb point is good - becuase you know what you're eating and youknow where to start cutting back- too many people think they're eating healthy and not all that much (I was oone of them) until they start writing it down, you don't know..

Yes that could be and I rechecked but all the data seems to be correct.

Nope, have not tried harris benedict formula. Will find out more about it.
Yes writing what you eat sounds like a fool proof plan..will try that out too.

check the stickied thread in this forum and you'll find a link to it...

Thanks! I was finally able to find the time to search for that post and calculate my calorie intake as per harris benedict formula. As per my current BMI and activity level I should be consuming 3089 calories everyday. As per fitday.com my calorie intake of a given day was 3684 (which is in excess by 595).

As per Harris Benedict Formula, to loose weight, it says:
"If you want to lose fat, a useful guideline for lowering your calorie intake is to reduce your calories by at least 500, but not more than 1000 below your maintenance level."

Does this mean that I have to actually lower my calorie intake by 1095? (595 extra daily calorie intake that i am already taking + 500 less calories than my recommended calorie intake).

BTW does anyone know what does "2x training" mean?