How do you log cooking spray?

Francl27 · January 2015

I'm starting to think I should just quick add 10 calories or something every time I use it...

Ready2Rock206 · January 2015

Scan the bar code? But I don't use so much that it would add up to anything.

MarciBkonTrk · January 2015

If you are logging on here type in whatever cooking spray you are using and generally the stats are done by how many seconds that you spray it.

flabassmcgee · January 2015

I don't log it. I think it's silly to log something that menial.

FaylinaMeir · January 2015

depends on how much you use. If you do it for 1 second like the bottle says then don't bother but if you don't then you can quickly get tsp to a tablespoon of oil. Just type in the product name and it should come up?
me personally i would just log it as like 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil or whatever and call it done.

CarrieCans · January 2015

The kind i use is in the database and i log it by guessing however long i think i sprayed it. I use it often enough that every little bit will eventually add up.

Francl27 · January 2015

Well the problem is that they are supposedly 0 calories for 1/3 second spray, but who uses 1/3 second spray? And how many calories are in a, say, 1 second spray?

I hate those '0 calories' things. Impossible to find the real calorie content when you use more than serving.

kommodevaran · January 2015

I tried the spray, but hated it, now I'm back to old fashioned oil in bottle and measuring spoon.

randomtai · January 2015

This definitely qualifies as overthinking it. /nod

avskk · January 2015

I'll be honest, I just don't log it. I've considered putting the pan on my scale, spraying, and logging it by weight, but the problem is that when I use it I'm spraying it on a hot pan -- it burns if I spray it in a cold pan and then heat it. I do use more than a fraction of a second's worth and I know it has calories, but I'm usually running an extra deficit and so I figure the extra 10 or 20 calories won't do me much harm (until I lose a lot and have a smaller deficit, anyway).

Francl27 · January 2015

I'm asking because I have a small deficit overall, lol.

randomtai · January 2015

Francl27 wrote: »

I'm asking because I have a small deficit overall, lol.

This would be considered cutting it too close. /nod

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Liftng4Lis · January 2015

Um

WinoGelato · January 2015

randomtai wrote: »

This definitely qualifies as overthinking it. /nod

This. Or every time you use it just walk a lap around your kitchen while the pan is heating up.

RachelYun27 · January 2015

Francl27 wrote: »

Well the problem is that they are supposedly 0 calories for 1/3 second spray, but who uses 1/3 second spray? And how many calories are in a, say, 1 second spray?

I hate those '0 calories' things. Impossible to find the real calorie content when you use more than serving.

I read on this website that a 1 second spray has about 7 calories.

http://www.eatouteatwell.com/if-cooking-spray-is-made-with-oil-how-can-it-be-calorie-free/

prattiger65 · January 2015

I dont

amusedmonkey · January 2015

I don't like these sprays. In cases where I need the pan well oiled but do not want much actual oil in it I just use a bit of measured oil and smear it around the whole pan with a paper tissue or a pastry brush. I think you can log a spray as 1/2 a teaspoon of oil as stated above.

avskk · January 2015

If you have a small deficit overall I'd say put the pan on the scale, spray, and log by weight. If there isn't a database entry for the spray by weight, look at the ingredients and log it as whatever kind of oil the first ingredient is.

Derp_Diggler · January 2015

This is like asking if you should wear more sunscreen in your neighbour's yard than in yours because she lives on the south side of the street. As other's have said, don't over think it. It's an insignificant amount. It's all an estimation anyway.

Lourdesong · January 2015

I don't log it, but I have a large deficit. If my deficit was small, I'd probably do a quick-add like you're considering doing.
I spray my pan for several seconds. I can't count to 1/3 of a second so I don't know how I'm supposed to know how to measure 1/3 of a second.

Francl27 · January 2015

Well my question to all of you is... do you log oil? Because you should. It adds up. So I don't see how I'm really overthinking it that much, considering that most people use more than one spray to coat a pan anyway...

But thanks. I guess I'll just add 10 calories or something.

lemurcat12 · January 2015

Francl27 wrote: »

I'm starting to think I should just quick add 10 calories or something every time I use it...

I add .1 tbsp, which comes to just over that.

randomtai · January 2015

Francl27 wrote: »

Well my question to all of you is... do you log oil? Because you should. It adds up. So I don't see how I'm really overthinking it that much, considering that most people use more than one spray to coat a pan anyway...

But thanks. I guess I'll just add 10 calories or something.

Plain oil is different from an actual "0 calorie" spray. I measure and log oil accordingly.

Lourdesong · January 2015

Even with my sprays of several seconds, much less oil is used than even the smallest measure I could get from bottled oil and measuring spoons or brushing the pan with an oil dipped silicone brush.
I do log oil, but that's because I find it difficult to measure such a conservative amount of it where it wouldn't be worth the bother of logging it. It's always worth the bother.

I don't think you're over thinking it given you have a small deficit and keeping your logging as tight as possible is the best way to ensure you don't accidentally slip into maintenance.

GiveMeCoffee · January 2015

How did you lose 80 pounds?

MoiAussi93 · January 2015

Francl27 wrote: »

Well the problem is that they are supposedly 0 calories for 1/3 second spray, but who uses 1/3 second spray? And how many calories are in a, say, 1 second spray?

If 1/3 second is 0, then one second MUST be less than 3 calories. This is so trivial that it is effectively meaningless. You don't even know what your total daily calories burned is with 3 calories accuracy. Unless you are using half the bottle in a single spray, ignore it!