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Olive oil

LvanSchalkwyk
LvanSchalkwyk Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi
When cooking with olive oil should I log it in as a fat macro? I use it when cooking meat (chicken,steak) and vegetables in a pan.

Thanks

Replies

  • chrismellor01
    chrismellor01 Posts: 77 Member
    If I use oil or butter to cook with then I add the weight of the product I use. So if I use say a knob of butter for frying some eggs (best way I think :smile: ) then I will put down 15g. If all that ends up in the food or not, I'm not too worried about. Theory says it can't get more so I know I"m safe from that point...

    That said - I'm not always that obsessive about getting exact weights and am happy with approximations. Whilst I know that it's easy for things to slip in and go missed this way, I personally have no problems.

    Not sure if that helps?
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    Yes. If it goes in your mouth, you log it. And olive oil is 100% fat, so that's what you need to log it as.
  • CMNVA
    CMNVA Posts: 733 Member
    I definitely log my added fats for cooking. Olive oil is pretty high calories.
  • terbusha
    terbusha Posts: 1,483 Member
    Yeah, you should log the oils and such that you use for cooking. Those calories add up. As you log it, the macros will be allocated according to the foods.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Of course! If you eat it, you log it!
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