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    Does Coconut oil applied topically count as calories ?

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    • Posts: 94 Member
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      I LOVE THIS!!!! :laugh: :laugh:
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      Where do you buy your coconut oil? i would like to use something less harsh than lotions

      Sometimes I'll use almond oil on my skin, it's widely available. I get mine from an ethnic grocer, it's much less expensive.

      Re: coconut oil calories, I'm hoping this means I gained weight from lipstick rather than potato chips. Lipstick will be so easy to give up.
    • Posts: 1,837 Member
      Just curious, does the coconut oil I use for dry skin, and in my hair, .... count toward calories?

      Are you serious?
    • Posts: 6,800 Member
      omg never do that, lick those calories off your arm and quick!

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    • Posts: 1,934 Member
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      Most awesome response evar.
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      I think it does. That's why a lot of times chefs get so fat. They are touching all that food.



      ^^ :laugh: Exactly! I knew there was a logical explanation.
    • Posts: 322 Member
      really? Really? REALLY?
    • Posts: 975 Member
      Come now. I understand the reasoning behing this question. It is absorbed by the skin. It is actually much more of an intelligent thought than all of you making fun of the OP.
    • Posts: 2,917 Member
      Just curious, does the coconut oil I use for dry skin, and in my hair, .... count toward calories?

      you are kidding....right?
    • Posts: 2,505 Member
      I'm so glad I read this. Now I know that I don't have to log my vaseline! But seriously, there is no dumb question, only questions that are not asked! That's how you learn. :flowerforyou:
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      :laugh: :drinker:
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      Wait! I just read my shampoo bottle and it says ADDS BODY!!!!! Now I know why I am overweight! It's my shampoo and coconut oil!:noway:
    • Posts: 1,219 Member
      If it does than I should be a few hundred pounds because slather tons upon tons of coco butter all over my body every day.....:bigsmile: :blushing:
    • Posts: 8,897 Member
      Come now. I understand the reasoning behing this question. It is absorbed by the skin. It is actually much more of an intelligent thought than all of you making fun of the OP.

      So the next time I slather myself with spaghetti sauce, should I log it?
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      My EXACT reaction loool
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      Only if you topically apply it to your tongue. :smile:

      ^^^ HAHAH amazing
    • Posts: 975 Member
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      So the next time I slather myself with spaghetti sauce, should I log it?
      No. The OP's question is a thinking question. If you were not familiar with the science of calorie intake, then this is a very valid question. Those that are mocking the OP, certainly are not as adequate at reasoning as the OP is, in my opinion.
    • Posts: 18,781 Member
      Wait! I just read my shampoo bottle and it says ADDS BODY!!!!! Now I know why I am overweight! It's my shampoo and coconut oil!:noway:

      That's why I shower with Dawn. The bottle says it cuts through fat!
    • Posts: 1,188 Member
      I just wanted to post a gif

      But no it doesn't.

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    • Posts: 34,971 Member
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      No. The OP's question is a thinking question. If you were not familiar with the science of calorie intake, then this is a very valid question. Those that are mocking the OP, certainly are not as adequate at reasoning as the OP is, in my opinion.

      Two words:

      Google search.

      Not saying that questions aren't welcomed, but there are some things that you can search before you come onto a forum to ask something. In fact, searching might either answer your questions from more reliable sources, or it might allow you to better understand what you are asking.

      And logically speaking, if applying such things as coconut oil added to our caloric intake, you'd see the nutritional breakdown on the bottle along with the ingredients.
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      Hahaha ^
    • Posts: 3,195 Member
      ....what? Is this a serious question?

      No, of course it doesn't. Unless you eat through osmosis.

      AHHHH, Make it stop. Im peeing my pants laughing
    • Posts: 8,897 Member
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      Two words:

      Google search.

      Not saying that questions aren't welcomed, but there are some things that you can search before you come onto a forum to ask something. In fact, searching might either answer your questions from more reliable sources, or it might allow you to better understand what you are asking.

      And logically speaking, if applying such things as coconut oil added to our caloric intake, you'd see the nutritional breakdown on the bottle along with the ingredients.

      BOOM! thank you for saying what I was too lazy to type.
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      BOOM! thank you for saying what I was too lazy to type.

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    • Posts: 975 Member
      And logically speaking, if applying such things as coconut oil added to our caloric intake, you'd see the nutritional breakdown on the bottle along with the ingredients.
      That would depend on how much information was available, or, to put it differently, how much knowledge the OP had on the subject of calories. You and I know that calories are energy which fuels our body. Often, people talk about calories as weight. If there was a slight misunderstanding of what calories exactly are, as was obviously the case here, and there was a presumption that calories are simply weight, then the runner guys vasaline may very well have calories whith which to add to a calorie log. We have more information than that, and so we know that this idea is false. As I said, it is a thinking question.
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    • Posts: 8,897 Member
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      That would depend on how much information was available, or, to put it differently, how much knowledge the OP had on the subject of calories. You and I know that calories are energy which fuels our body. Often, people talk about calories as weight. If there was a slight misunderstanding of what calories exactly are, as was obviously the case here, and there was a presumption that calories are simply weight, then the runner guys vasaline may very well have calories whith which to add to a calorie log. We have more information than that, and so we know that this idea is false. As I said, it is a thinking question.

      After your multiple replies on this being a thinking question, I finally get it. People over think things way too often which is why so many people fail at weight loss because they complicate it too much!
    • Posts: 34,971 Member
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      That would depend on how much information was available, or, to put it differently, how much knowledge the OP had on the subject of calories. You and I know that calories are energy which fuels our body. Often, people talk about calories as weight. If there was a slight misunderstanding of what calories exactly are, as was obviously the case here, and there was a presumption that calories are simply weight, then the runner guys vasaline may very well have calories whith which to add to a calorie log. We have more information than that, and so we know that this idea is false. As I said, it is a thinking question.

      And as I said before, which you cut out - google search. Finding answers that may be more reliable. This wasn't a question to spark a debate or intricate thinking.

      Here's what I found after 5 minutes of searching...

      http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/questions/qotw/question/3393/
      http://www.oliveoilsource.com/asktheexpert/can-you-gain-weight-olive-oil-lotion
      http://www.kgbanswers.com/can-u-absorb-calories-thru-your-skin-for-example-using-olive-oil-as-moisturizer-tiff/10360673


      This would have answered the OP's question pretty quickly. And no, these aren't scientific studies..but as I said..would have just answered the question with the first page...2 or 3 if you wanted more opinions or info.
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