Olive oil screws up my calorie data. Is it fair?

grinning_chick

MrsTomato wrote: »

Correct. It's the amount I use to make the salad. But I don't eat the whole salad myself, nor I soak bread in it. For me it's not the oil, I never had weight problems before. My problem is sugar (I had gestational diabetes in both pregnancies in fact, and family history) and nowadays I can't even leave the house as often as I used to. I normally walk absolutely everywhere and I guess all these years that alone helped so I didn't have weight issues.

Consuming sugar, even excessive sugar, alone when pregnant does not cause gestational diabetes. The woman has to have insulin resistance issues develop. You became too insulin resistant when you were pregnant compared to the level of insulin resistance other pregnant woman normally experience. Then your pancreas couldn't keep up with the demand of insulin production for both you in your excessively insulin resistant state and your fetus. As a result of not enough insulin secretion to overcome it you could not process the excess glucose out of your blood and so your blood glucose levels rose to health threatening levels. That's gestational diabetes.

lorrpb

Every culture and ethnicity has calorie dense, high fat food. And it's always being posted about here on MFP. There are ways modify every recipe to make it more calorie-friendly. #1, use less fat, in this case, olive oil.

WickAndArtoo

I totally know your pain with the olive oil! I love olive oil and use it in/on everything, I have definitely learned to cut it back or even go without often. There are many things we cook with oils that actually can be cooked "dry" it's just a trial and error what needs it and what doesn't.

I'm sorry to hear about your GD, but congratulations on your new baby and for working so hard to provide it with the healthiest food source available (your mamas milk!!). Could you take the littles on walks with a stroller or a wrap for the infant?

I am a little confused about whether you are trying to lose weight or not? Because that definitely changes how much you need to even worry about the oil calories or not.

JeromeBarry1

mfp tracks saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and trans fats. All are 9 calories per gram. Trans are bad bad bad don't let any trans into your diet bad. Saturated are middling between good and bad. Monouns and polyuns are good uns, and that's where olive oil resides. Continue enjoying olive oil.