How do you log cooking spray?

CoachJen71

I log olive oil Pam as a 10 second spray, then add 54 cals to account for the fat.

Pamtho2015

I use FryLight "One Cal" spray which is one calorie per squeeze and MFP has it stored as a product. I usually use 5-15 sprays for most things.

Daiako

This is a case of what we like to call "Majoring in the Minors."

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

I don't log it. That falls under margin of error to me. Usually when I use it it's because I'm roasting veggies and I've already put the veggies in a bowl with some oil and tossed them. There's some oil left on the inside of the bowl and I don't try to "get back" those calories either. For me that goes over the line of what I'm willing to do for accuracy, especially in maintenance.

williams969

I don't use spray oil. But if I did, I don't think I'd log it, as I don't log "zero calorie" sweeteners, nor my 1-2 pieces of daily sugar free gum and daily Diet Coke/Pepsi. If it says "zero calories" on the package, and I'm using single servings at a time (and only one or two servings daily, not 20 Splendas at a time or something), to me that means "zero calories" in the grand scheme of things. I don't give it another thought.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

HappyCampr1 wrote: »

ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »

There's some oil left on the inside of the bowl and I don't try to "get back" those calories either. For me that goes over the line of what I'm willing to do for accuracy, especially in maintenance.

Lol^^^. This reminded me of myself making sure I ate every drop of syrup I'd measured for my pancakes because I'd already "paid" for it by logging it. It's a fine line between pouring too much and not enough. It never occurred to me to try to get back oil calories from coating veggies though-that's a good one.

I *may* lick my plate after I eat pancakes (assuming I'm not in restaurant) for that very reason.

williams969

ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »

HappyCampr1 wrote: »

ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »

There's some oil left on the inside of the bowl and I don't try to "get back" those calories either. For me that goes over the line of what I'm willing to do for accuracy, especially in maintenance.

Lol^^^. This reminded me of myself making sure I ate every drop of syrup I'd measured for my pancakes because I'd already "paid" for it by logging it. It's a fine line between pouring too much and not enough. It never occurred to me to try to get back oil calories from coating veggies though-that's a good one.

I *may* lick my plate after I eat pancakes (assuming I'm not in restaurant) for that very reason.

I totally lick the peanut butter/honey/yogurt knife/spoon for this reason, too! I "reverse" weigh those items so I can--place jar on scale, hit "tare", remove your portion, scale reads "- XX grams"--that's your serving, including all the delicious left on the utensil.

tigersword

MoiAussi93 wrote: »

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!

False. It could be up to 12 calories per second due to rounding (anything under 5 calories can be rounded down to zero.)

Wheelhouse15

I don't think I would log it unless you are cooking with it several times a day and then I would just add maybe 20 cals of oil and move on. You might be eating 50% of the calories in the end so it's not going to make or break your diary. You have to remember that there is always a margin of error and I always assume that I'm off by around 5%, and usually over by that amount, so this is just another part of that margin of error in my books.