weigh your oils and fats!

Christine_72
Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
edited November 11 in Health and Weight Loss
I've never logged the oil I add when cooking. Today I discovered just 1 Tbs of oil is 120 calories :o I sometimes use up 3tbs in cooking, so that'd be 360 extra calories a day not accounted for! :'(
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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,226 Member
    Abso-fricken-lutely! Oils are pure fat, 9 calories per gram! It's one of the top things you should count.
  • Camo_xxx
    Camo_xxx Posts: 1,082 Member
    Yup, Discovery is definitely part of the process.
  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
    yep. I have a ton of recipes in the recipe builder for this very reason. that oil does add up!
  • Rebecca28186
    Rebecca28186 Posts: 9 Member
    Try cooking wine or vinegar less calories
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I'm on it guys. Admittedly I have been a bit lax in counting little bits and pieces. But from now on, every single thing I eat will be accounted for.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Rebecca28186 wrote: »
    Try cooking wine or vinegar less calories

    Yeah, it's a shame to waste so many calories on a few spoons of oil. So, cooking with vinegar is a substitute for oil? I never knew that
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    Yup. The only thing I don't do is spices (too fussy and my deficit is big). But oil? Definitely.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    Rebecca28186 wrote: »
    Try cooking wine or vinegar less calories

    Yeah, it's a shame to waste so many calories on a few spoons of oil. So, cooking with vinegar is a substitute for oil? I never knew that

    If I'm frying up veggies I usually just use water. I use oil for eggs though........ nom nom :) Always log the oil myself!
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    Yep. Definitely, a little goes a long way. I cook with much smaller amounts of oil now than I used to. The good news is that it lasts longer that way, which is great 'cause the good oils are expensive.

    Christine, I know you posted the other day about wanting to increase your calories after a while of doing IF. I hope you realize that if you were actually eating hundreds more than you thought you were each day all this time, you need to recalculate your numbers.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    Yep. Definitely, a little goes a long way. I cook with much smaller amounts of oil now than I used to. The good news is that it lasts longer that way, which is great 'cause the good oils are expensive.

    Christine, I know you posted the other day about wanting to increase your calories after a while of doing IF. I hope you realize that if you were actually eating hundreds more than you thought you were each day all this time, you need to recalculate your numbers.

    Yeah you're dead right! I'm doing a bit of experimenting at the moment. Will reassess in a few weeks. Thank you :) xx
  • Hollywood_Porky
    Hollywood_Porky Posts: 491 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    I've never logged the oil I add when cooking. Today I discovered just 1 Tbs of oil is 120 calories :o I sometimes use up 3tbs in cooking, so that'd be 360 extra calories a day not accounted for! :'(

    I thought we were not counting calories dang it!!! Christine!!!! LOL!
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    tedboosalis7 wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    I've never logged the oil I add when cooking. Today I discovered just 1 Tbs of oil is 120 calories :o I sometimes use up 3tbs in cooking, so that'd be 360 extra calories a day not accounted for! :'(

    I thought we were not counting calories dang it!!! Christine!!!! LOL!

    Lol sorry. Yeah I am. I'm in the midst of working out my maintenance calories etc. However if I'm low in fat on some days I'll have a couple of spoons of coconut oil etc which always bumps me over, which I don't stress too much about
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    I use a Misto spray bottle for EVOO and then wipe the oil around the pan with a pastry brush or paper towel. This makes a very thin coating for about a quarter of a tablespoon.
  • Cheriesaurus
    Cheriesaurus Posts: 92 Member
    Yeah oil is risky lol when I typed olive oil into MFP search though it did come up as 120 calories a tsp o:
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Cheriesaurus wrote: »
    Yeah oil is risky lol when I typed olive oil into MFP search though it did come up as 120 calories a tsp o:

    Oh crap! I'll go and recheck it
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    Cheriesaurus wrote: »
    Yeah oil is risky lol when I typed olive oil into MFP search though it did come up as 120 calories a tsp o:

    The olive oil I use is 120/Tbsp
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited January 2015
    1Tbs extra light olive oil comes up at 120 cals
  • jenglish712
    jenglish712 Posts: 497 Member
    When I first started logging I all but quit fats and oils for awhile because calorie wise, bacon grease or EVOO are both bombs. But in doing that I actually started getting too little fat. I now really try to hit that minimum fat macro.
  • Cheriesaurus
    Cheriesaurus Posts: 92 Member
    Oh it is tablespoon not teaspoon LOL maybe I've been over calcing it. Well yay.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Cheriesaurus wrote: »
    Oh it is tablespoon not teaspoon LOL maybe I've been over calcing it. Well yay.

    Lol you made my heart skip a beat then :o:p

  • Hollywood_Porky
    Hollywood_Porky Posts: 491 Member
    Yeah the one thing about oils - it's liquid - liquid absorbs faster than a solid, even... errrmm... sugar, so with liquid, you do have to be careful if you are monitoring intake and you are trying to cut. I was steaming a lot when I was losing the bulk of the fat I took off over the past year.
  • mynameisnotemily
    mynameisnotemily Posts: 42 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    1Tbs extra light olive oil comes up at 120 cals

    You may already know this, but just in case: 'light' olive oil refers to a lighter taste, not caloric content. So you can use the really good stuff (extra virgin olive oil) if you like, or the cheapest stuff, or whatever--as far as kcals go, they're essentially the same.
  • Codilee87
    Codilee87 Posts: 509 Member
    Yeah oil is a tricky one - especially when I am cooking up a big batch of something because it becomes even harder to judge how many calories from oil will actually end up in your food. For example, I sauteed 1lb of ground moose in 1 tbsp of coconut oil and the meat ended up being enough for about 10 servings - so do I divide the oil calories by 10 and hope its relatively accurate or do I just not count it at all? (I usually end up logging it as 1tsp of oil, which is probably a lot higher than the reality)
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    ALL oils are pure fat, so they have 1 gram of fat per gram. Since there are 9 calories in a gram of fat, then a teaspoon (4.5g) has about 40 calories. That's true for all oil varieties: olive, canola, sesame, vegetable, whatever. "Light" olive oil isn't lower calorie; it's just lighter in flavour.

  • ahoier
    ahoier Posts: 312 Member
    this isn't to say oils are bad......some of you are making it sound like oil is bad.......they are not. oil adds flavor, makes the food taste better......also fills you up. but yes, definitely weigh your oils.......especially coconut oil.....lol. it is delicious.....but yes, 1 tablespoon is like 100+ calories.....
  • dougpconnell219
    dougpconnell219 Posts: 566 Member
    I shudder to think how many calories the "butter flavored kaola gold" we cook with at work has.

    I keep a can of cooking spray to grease the pans when I cook for my own consumption there, but for example, and omelette has three or four small ladles of oil in it!
  • jenglish712
    jenglish712 Posts: 497 Member
    ahoier wrote: »
    this isn't to say oils are bad......some of you are making it sound like oil is bad.......they are not. oil adds flavor, makes the food taste better......also fills you up. but yes, definitely weigh your oils.......especially coconut oil.....lol. it is delicious.....but yes, 1 tablespoon is like 100+ calories.....

    ^ This, as well as fats are needed by your body for several functions. From a flavor perspective, the was a lipid melts on your tongue helps it to deliver the flavors of other ingredients to taste buds. And fat soluble vitamins... require fat for absorption. So be mindful of the calories, but don't avoid fat all together.
  • Sydking
    Sydking Posts: 317 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    I've never logged the oil I add when cooking. Today I discovered just 1 Tbs of oil is 120 calories :o I sometimes use up 3tbs in cooking, so that'd be 360 extra calories a day not accounted for! :'(

    haha yer i got easy on the stuff - Hard being Italian we cover everything with a splash of Olive oil

    also use you scales on liquid setting or use a proper liquid measuring spoon, and dinner table spoon is very different in measuring. same with teaspoon ect
  • Sydking
    Sydking Posts: 317 Member
    dougpconnell219 wrote: »
    I shudder to think how many calories the "butter flavored kaola gold" we cook with at work has.

    I keep a can of cooking spray to grease the pans when I cook for my own consumption there, but for example, and omelette has three or four small ladles of oil in it!

    Dam no wonder they taste so good when i get an omelette in a restaurant or cafe, lucky its only once a year if that. probably 600cal just in oil
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    I never understood what part of "Weigh All The Things" was that hard to figure out ...
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