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Black Olives?

mkatc87
mkatc87 Posts: 6
edited February 20 in Getting Started
Hi! I have just started trying to lose weight (again).

I have been pretty good this week, but I've been reading some conflicting stuff about black olives. I have read that they contain a lot of fat, supposedly it's the "good" kind. However, is this fat going to hurt me, even though I am staying within my daily caloric allotment?

I don't want my snack to derail my efforts! Lol

CW: 137
GW: 118
I'm 5'7".

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  • cnl91_W
    cnl91_W Posts: 89 Member
    If you're within your calories, that's all that matters. I love black olives, I eat them at least once a week as a snack :) They're super low-calorie and taaaasty
  • mkatc87
    mkatc87 Posts: 6
    They are amazing! :)
  • Gramps251
    Gramps251 Posts: 738 Member
    I count the calories as I gobble them up. Lots of flavor for a small item. (I'm into bitter flavors)
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    olives are the devil send them to me.
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Marry me! (The black olives, not you)
  • askimgeorge
    askimgeorge Posts: 9 Member
    do black olives and green olives have the same calories ?

    i love green olives i could eat them all hahahhah
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Hi! I have just started trying to lose weight (again).

    I have been pretty good this week, but I've been reading some conflicting stuff about black olives. I have read that they contain a lot of fat, supposedly it's the "good" kind. However, is this fat going to hurt me, even though I am staying within my daily caloric allotment?

    I don't want my snack to derail my efforts! Lol

    CW: 137
    GW: 118
    I'm 5'7".

    Fat doesn't make you fat. Eating at a surplus makes you fat. So as long as you keep at a calorie deficit from what you would need to maintain...then no, eating olives isn't going to derail you losing weight.
  • wonderwoman234
    wonderwoman234 Posts: 551 Member
    Black olives are yummy and healthy. Fat isn't bad...especially in olives.

    BTW, you are 5'7 and want to weigh 118 lbs. ???? Good lord......
  • mkatc87
    mkatc87 Posts: 6
    They are delicious! I have weighed less and that is where I was the happiest. :)
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    is this even serious…?

    a serving of black olives has what, 25 calories????
  • NadzSPaul
    NadzSPaul Posts: 6
    I looooooooooove Black Olives...this is great news....I'm gonna include as a snack....
  • AtticWindow
    AtticWindow Posts: 295 Member
    do black olives and green olives have the same calories ?

    i love green olives i could eat them all hahahhah

    They're essentially the same in calories, but the green ones (as well as Kalamata, etc.) are usually brinier, so the sodium is undoubtedly higher.
  • mkatc87
    mkatc87 Posts: 6
    is this even serious…?

    a serving of black olives has what, 25 calories????

    Yes. I'm completely serious.
  • askimgeorge
    askimgeorge Posts: 9 Member
    They're essentially the same in calories, but the green ones (as well as Kalamata, etc.) are usually brinier, so the sodium is undoubtedly higher.

    thanks thats good because i prefer the green ones :-)
  • JeffTCole
    JeffTCole Posts: 140 Member
    I love olives both black and green. I have a few nearly everyday. They are a great snack for me.
  • Bapo622
    Bapo622 Posts: 13 Member
    Olives have mono unsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) which is the good kind of fat that will help lose belly fat.
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