Do you log your cooking fat?

annalisbeth74

Just wondering how scrupulous some of you are about logging. I tend to log butter, but if I use coconut oil or bacon fat to cook with I tend not to, and I'm wondering if I should start.

What does everyone else do?

macchiatto

I do.

PrimalJillian

I also log them. I am fairly new to this, so I can only speak of my own experience vs some of the highly knowledgeable members here, but I look at coconut oil and bacon grease as concentrated fat sources that I don't want to omit from my food diary.

ladipoet

If I am frying something in olive oil, coconut oil, lard or bacon fat I will log it; however, if I'm just greasing a baking pan with lard, I don't.

lowjax75

I don't log what I cook with, but do log what I put on my food. If I use Coconut Oil to saute some chicken or veggies, I don't count that, but if I throw a big pat of butter on it when I am eating, I count the butter.

ettaterrell

Unless it's just cooking spray for pan I measure and log but I want them fats listed so I know I'm getting enough

KarlaYP

I do.

Phrick

yes, I do log it. I even will go to the extent of weighing the pan first and again after cooking (and cooling) to see how much of the oil/fat was left in the pan vs what i actually ate (only sometimes, and more for curiosity's sake than to be super strict about it!)

bumblebeecone

I do too unless it is cooking spray

SuesNewImage

I do. Need to have calories count as they are normally low

LowCarbInScotland

I do, I measure and weigh everything, but I'm just a little uptight like that by nature And I don't deep fry anything, so I don't have that math challenge to worry about. However, sometimes I use more fat than is necessary and it doesn't all get absorbed by my food, I do not deduct that. Likewise, I don't deduct the amount of rendered bacon fat that I don't eat when I cook bacon. I don't sweat the deductions because I know calories are really just estimates, so I'd rather overestimate my day's consumption than underestimate.

joey4014

Why would you not? Coconut oil has the same amount of calories as butter.

HollandOats

If I'm say cooking onions in butter and going to add them to an omelet, I'll create a recipe with the measured onion and butter, then log that. I'll create a recipe for the egg/milk/butter that is the base for the omelet, and log that. that way, if I only eat half or something, it's easier to track what portion of the butter ended up on my plate, rather than adjusting several individual entries.

eeejer

log it

Sunny_Bunny_

I log it, but in general I'm adding the butter or coconut oil for the specific purpose of adding fat to whatever I'm cooking. Like sautéed vegetables, lean meat.. Whatever. I typically add enough that I am pouring it from the pan on top of my food on my plate.
If for some reason I am not adding that much and it's just the most minimal amount to keep something from sticking, then I'd skip it.

annalisbeth74

Okay thanks guys! It hasn't made a difference so far in my weight loss, but as I get closer to goal (and I'm leaning more toward zero carb these days) I need to get more strict about it.

Although the past few days I've been cooking everything in the bacon grease that's rendered off the bacon as I cook it, so that should already be factored in right?

KenSmith108

annalisbeth74 wrote: »

Okay thanks guys! It hasn't made a difference so far in my weight loss, but as I get closer to goal (and I'm leaning more toward zero carb these days) I need to get more strict about it.

Although the past few days I've been cooking everything in the bacon grease that's rendered off the bacon as I cook it, so that should already be factored in right?

I like that thinking. That would mean the bacon fat we save would be free.

We count only the bacon on the first fry, anything else in the fat counts again.

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nicsflyingcircus

KenSmith108 wrote: »

annalisbeth74 wrote: »

Okay thanks guys! It hasn't made a difference so far in my weight loss, but as I get closer to goal (and I'm leaning more toward zero carb these days) I need to get more strict about it.

Although the past few days I've been cooking everything in the bacon grease that's rendered off the bacon as I cook it, so that should already be factored in right?

I like that thinking. That would mean the bacon fat we save would be free.

We count only the bacon on the first fry, anything else in the fat counts again.

or

Yeah most bacon nutrition facts account for the cooked bacon by itself, not the fat left in the pan. I use a different entry to track the bacon fat I use from the jar in the fridge.

annalisbeth74

Ah! I see. I didn't know that!

KarlaYP

Yes, I will log bacon fat separately.

DianaElena76

I do log what I cook with, but I just guesstimate.

daylitemag

I don't if using EVOO in a pan but do log bacon grease. I usually cook my bacon and drain all but on tbsp of it before cooking my eggs. I just eyeball it. I will do the same with butter. Prob should with the EVOO but I just don't.

SamandaIndia

Log anything I consume. Guess that oil is added to food that I eat out n pan fried. Do count what I asd to pan regardlees of how much I eat of that. Overcautious CICO habit?

KnitOrMiss

I'm not as strict about this as most, mainly because I don't care as much about the fats/calories... I may if I ever decide that counting/restricting calories forever is going to be a thing, but I know me, it will never be a thing, so no...I just don't. I generally know if I am adding something I'm going to pour back over my food, otherwise it's all estimates. Since what I cook with isn't carby - and I'm not having to super-tight track fats, I don't mess with the headache of it all.