Seasonings and Herb mixes!

MarilynCurves

Hi everyone! So, I'm a few days into this WOE and I'm really enjoying it. Many thanks to you all for the help and advice I've gleaned not only from my previous post, but from this whole board! So so good!!

Anyhoo, my question is regarding supermarket-bought herb and seasoning packs. My favourite chicken seasoning (and pretty much all of the varieties I've been looking at) happens to contain starches and sugars. My question is - do you think the amount of carbs in these products would be detrimental, especially given how much is used in a meal (I only season one side of the meat to be cautious), or would it be such a small amount it wouldn't matter? Thoughts?

MyriiStorm

Since it doesn't show the nutritional information, it's hard to guess what impact it would have. Maybe you could try using it for a few weeks, then stopping for a few weeks and see if you notice a difference in how you feel or your weight loss.

Sunny_Bunny_

Honestly, since you're just getting started I wouldn't worry about this one and similar spices. It looks like it'll be pretty insignificant using the amount you're describing.
You can fuss over these small details later once you've become comfortable with all the changes. It could end up feeling like too much if you're aiming for too much perfection. It is smart to be aware though. You wouldn't want to be using a bunch of these small sources of questionable things every day, but you can get more picky as you get used to things.

MarilynCurves

Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »

Honestly, since you're just getting started I wouldn't worry about this one and similar spices. It looks like it'll be pretty insignificant using the amount you're describing.
You can fuss over these small details later once you've become comfortable with all the changes. It could end up feeling like too much if you're aiming for too much perfection. It is smart to be aware though. You wouldn't want to be using a bunch of these small sources of questionable things every day, but you can get more picky as you get used to things.

Thanks so much! You've got me pegged already! I have to analyse everything to the nth degree! Haha! I just really want this to work! I want to FINALLY reach my goal

LowCarbInScotland

Sugar is listed pretty high on that ingredient list and is often the primary ingredient in a lot of spice blends, as you noted. Look for ones without sugar and then you won't need to sweat the calories/macros much. You can also make your own blends at home to avoid the sugar. It definitely takes some shopping around, but I've found lots of blends with no sugar. I'd recommend some, but looks like you're in Australia, so it won't help you much but the ones I have are generic store brand, so not expensive at all.

cstehansen

Here is how I look at it: Look at the total weight of the container and then think about the number of servings. There is a high likelihood of each serving being less than a gram total, which means even if it was pure sugar, you would only have 1 g of carbs. I agree sugar is high on the list and that isn't necessarily a good thing, but let's say it is 30% and a serving is a full gram. In that case, you are still only having 0.3 g carb per serving.

kpk54

I wouldn't worry about a tiny amount of flour or sugar in something. At the extreme, I'd just pick a reasonable # and add it to my carb count. If you want to put it in your food diary to note the carbs there is already an entry in the database for just "carbs" (also true for "fat" and "protein").

What will derail you in weight loss is making a keto cheesecake, sneaking an extra piece, not accounting for it and thinking it is ok because "it's keto".