Olive Oil is ruining my day

Presleyforpresident
Presleyforpresident Posts: 172
in Food and Nutrition
To make a long story short, I ended up ingesting food with approx. HALF A CUP of olive oil on it.
955 calories are now logged in for my food diary.
I'm kicking myself so badly right now, because this is entirely my fault.
I broke my cardinal rule and let someone else prepare my food.
I know Olive Oil is good for you- but I seriously doubt 1/2 a cup is healthy or normal.
Does Olive Oil evaporate at all when it's being cooked in a pan?
Even though 1/2 a cup was poured into the pan, do I have to count the entire half cup?
(my food diary is open to all!, so if anyone wants to take a look for themselves, feel free)
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  • xarge
    xarge Posts: 484 Member
    :noway: What did you cook in half a cup of oil? I use one to two tablespoons of olive oil while cooking vegetables and that's for a serving size of 6.
  • Presleyforpresident
    Presleyforpresident Posts: 172
    :noway: What did you cook in half a cup of oil? I use one to two tablespoons of olive oil while cooking vegetables and that's for a serving size of 6.

    Zucchini. My mom basically spilled Olive Oil into the pan and decided to just go with it.
  • skonly
    skonly Posts: 371
    Better to spill olive oil instead of lard!
  • GnochhiGnomes
    GnochhiGnomes Posts: 348 Member
    I would then say 1/4 of a cup since lots must of dripped off when eating/ taking it out off the pan.
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    I'm slightly confused, looked at your food diary for the last few days... ?
    I really don't think your zucchini absorbed 955 calories of olive oil.
  • BeantownSooner
    BeantownSooner Posts: 254
    How many people ate it? You have 6 cups of zucchini on your diary as well. Did you eat all 6 cups of that as well? (Not that it's bad to eat 6 cups of zucchini).

    If 2 ate the meal then cut everything in half, if 3 cut it in a 3rd, if 4 cut it in 4ths. Also, if the pan is still there any left over olive oil sitting in the bottom of the pan? If so, measure it! If there's 1/4 cup not consumed in the bottom of the pan then nobody ate it. Apply the math above.
  • kimmymayhall
    kimmymayhall Posts: 419 Member
    Zucchini and squash does soak stuff up a lot. Was the pan dry when she finished cooking or was there still oil in the bottom? I don't think oil evaporates like that, if the pan was dry it's because the oil soaked into the veg and you should count it, sorry :frown:
  • ronaldrichardson
    ronaldrichardson Posts: 4
    It's all good. Don't worry about it, olive oil is good for you.
  • runzalot81
    runzalot81 Posts: 782 Member
    You don't need to count the entire half cup. Just account for your portion.

    When I do a huge roasting pan (like for turkeys) full of veggies and meat, I use a half cup of olive oil. However, the pan full is probably 12 to 16 servings. Takes me over a week to it. I LOVE roasted veggies.
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    Better to spill olive oil instead of lard!

    Not necessarily true... lard is pork-belly fat... Ive used it plenty of times (olive oil, lard, butter) and Ive got extremely healthy cholesterol.

    Like Beantown mentions, if you do the math, I bet you it probably is alot better than you realize
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    :huh:
  • veganbaum
    veganbaum Posts: 1,865 Member
    First of all, you didn't eat all the zucchini by yourself, did you? Unless you did, you didn't get all the oil (and some of it likely would have been left in the pan). Second, it's one day. Continue on with your day and eat as you normally would, unless you can cut a bit of calories here and there. But I wouldn't starve myself for the day, it's only one day out of ONE week. You'll be fine.
  • xarge
    xarge Posts: 484 Member
    I don't think you are looking at more than 15-20 grams of oil there per serving~ half a cup of zucchini. But since you logged 6 cups of zucchinis (seriously? O.o That's more than two pounds of zucchini!)... Too much fat won't do you any bad for one day, convince your mother to measure with a tablespoon from now on ;) Don't let one high calorie day discourage you either.
  • Presleyforpresident
    Presleyforpresident Posts: 172
    I actually did eat 6 cups of Zucchini.
    I used to have BED (binge eating disorder) and sometimes i still have those tendencies. 6 cups of zucchini is seriously nothing to what i used to throw into my stomach.
    There was a bit left over in the pan, so I'll try to calculate how much I actually ate of the Olive Oil.
    Thanks so much, everyone!
  • xarge
    xarge Posts: 484 Member
    Eggplant and zucchini can absorb a lot of oil when fried and it's not palatable to pan fry them with little oil. Try them in soup or stew when you feel like you're on vegetable spree, or slice bake them with two-three tablespoons of oil <--- will be similar to frying them.
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    How much olive oil is left in the pan? You can take that off too. Good luck!
  • epmck11
    epmck11 Posts: 159 Member
    It's all good. Don't worry about it, olive oil is good for you.

    :huh:

    A small amount of olive oil is good for you, not a half of cup of it. Just because something is "good for you" does not mean it's good for you to consume an excessive amount of it.

    Anyway, to the OP, just get over it and do better next time. I don't think oil "evaporates" like that though.
  • dixiewhiskey
    dixiewhiskey Posts: 3,333 Member
    I doubt you consumed half a cup of olive oil... just count what was your portion. So if your cook used 1/2 a cup and theres still most of it in the pan, you probably didn't have any worth crying over.. however, if the plate is dripping full of oil, you probably had more than you should have. Olive oil is great for cooking but of course in moderation

    I generally use 2 tsps
  • LokiOfAsgard
    LokiOfAsgard Posts: 378 Member
    I doubt you'd have to count it all. Even deep fried food (if fried correctly) have less than 2 tablespoons of oil in them.

    If I remember that episode of Good Eats correctly, that is.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Better to over estimate than under estimate. Food diaries are subjective it's not going to be 100% perfect.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    That's disgusting. Your vegetables would be literally floating in oil. I doubt anyone would serve food that way, even less eat it.
  • andrewlazenby
    andrewlazenby Posts: 151
    That's disgusting. Your vegetables would be literally floating in oil. I doubt anyone would serve food that way, even less eat it.

    Your not from the deep south are you...... Fried okra is the bomb....
  • monicalosesweight
    monicalosesweight Posts: 1,173 Member
    Hi there. At least it was a large amount of veggies and not something really heavy like fried chicken. In that sense, you made a decent choice. It's just this once and tomorrow is another day. What you could do today is go for a nice long walk (if you don't want to walk outdoors go to a local mall and just circle it a few times). That might burn off some of those calories. FYI - You might want to look into a support group to help you with the binge eating. You could even invite your mom so she's aware of what she needs to do to help you loose weight and stay confident. College will be pretty stressful, but they may even have a group that you could join there that's willing to support you while your on your own. Now, what you could do is provide your mom with some healthy ways to cook some of your veggies so that she'll know what you like. This is a neat website and the cook talks about how she prepares certain veggies. I'm sure there are tons out there in addition to this website. I would get her to steam all your veggies in the future which means you could eat a ton without worrying so much. :) Either way, don't stress yourself. At least you ate veggies which are really good for you.

    Here's the website: http://bakeoff-flunkie.blogspot.com/2010/02/rescuing-frozen-broccoli.html

    Does anyone else have some great websites for cooking veggies? They might be a great tool to help her educate her mom. Sometimes mom's don't realize the amount of calories in stuff so we have to gently help them. I've been working on that by creating cheat cards to tell my mom calories for items she uses regularly. It's changing her cooking habits. Grin.
  • Usnae10
    Usnae10 Posts: 2
    :flowerforyou: You don't have to count the Olive oil completely, the best way to average is to weigh the oil before and after. That will give you a good starting point. Of course there is oil that getss leaked into the paperclothes but you can always weigh them before and after as well. The fact that you are aware of the dangers of frying and that you watch that intake is a Koodos for you. You are on the right track. Don't go too hard on yourself, weight loss is a step by step transformation. Keep up the good work. And just as a side note, this oil problem is actually an algebra question, so our math teachers were correct! Thanks for posting this, it made me loook the info up and use my brain today!
  • Brenda_1965
    Brenda_1965 Posts: 314 Member
    Ok. Here is what I did, and I hope it makes sense to you. Go into your goal settings and change your goal weight to your current weight. Then click maintain weight (instead of lose 2 lbs a week), then click calculate, or whatever the button is to move on. This will tell you your calorie total you can eat each day WITHOUT gaining weight.. When I have a bad day, I look at this number and if I haven't gone too far over, I feel pretty good about it. Don't worry about the fat, you will get the runs and lose most of it tomorrow or the next day!

    You are only 350 over right now. I'm sure you will find your maintenance calorie intake (as you figure it above) WILL allow you to eat this evening! 350 over, after lunch isn't bad. Just do some exercise and then have a light supper.

    ADD ME! Brenda_1965

    Does anyone think that sodium goal is high? 2500?
  • xarge
    xarge Posts: 484 Member
    Does anyone think that sodium goal is high? 2500?

    It indeed is. Take it as the maximum limit for sodium. It's better to keep it around 1500mg.
  • GnochhiGnomes
    GnochhiGnomes Posts: 348 Member
    Does anyone think that sodium goal is high? 2500?

    Not really. That's the recommended intake by the NHS in the UK.
  • JosieRawr
    JosieRawr Posts: 788 Member
    That's disgusting. Your vegetables would be literally floating in oil. I doubt anyone would serve food that way, even less eat it.

    Your not from the deep south are you...... Fried okra is the bomb....
    mmm okra!
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    I think the average oil absorption during frying is 10%? I'd say 25% of the used amount is the absolute most that would make it onto your plate, and that's if it was overcooked and left to sit for a while before serving. You definitely didn't have half a cup of olive oil. Don't worry.
  • Irish_eyes75
    Irish_eyes75 Posts: 475
    There's no use crying over spilled.....olive oil :huh:

    Don't let it get inside your head or else you may binge on something else.
    I know exactly how you feel right now.

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