I just estimate based on the recipe. If I use 3 tbsp olive oil to make marinara and have 1/3 of the sauce as a serving, then that’s one tablespoon.

Anonymous wrote:It is empty calories, I use it for flavor only. It has no nutrition, so if you can use less to one, do it.

Huh? Olive oil is very nutritious.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t fathom this making a difference in the real world unless you’re just upending the bottle into the food.

If you are watching your weight/cutting calories, beware of this attitude!

So how do you explain those of us who are thin and don’t measure things like this, or salad dressing or whatever?

It’s metabolism. My dh and my 17 year old dd eat whatever they want and stay thin. And no it’s not because they’re regulating their calories more naturally than I am or they’re more active than I am. My ds and I are not as lucky.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t fathom this making a difference in the real world unless you’re just upending the bottle into the food.

If you are watching your weight/cutting calories, beware of this attitude!

So how do you explain those of us who are thin and don’t measure things like this, or salad dressing or whatever?

Then it doesn’t sound like you’re watching your weight or cutting calories.

The only thing I think is useful about measuring evoo is to actually know how much you’re using. We say “oh it was about a tbsp” when it was closer to 3. Once you get a better idea of how much you’re actually using you’ll be able to estimate calories a lot better.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t fathom this making a difference in the real world unless you’re just upending the bottle into the food.

If you are watching your weight/cutting calories, beware of this attitude!

So how do you explain those of us who are thin and don’t measure things like this, or salad dressing or whatever?

You get the award for the most moronic question. I'd explain, but there is no way you would understand.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t fathom this making a difference in the real world unless you’re just upending the bottle into the food.

If you are watching your weight/cutting calories, beware of this attitude!

So how do you explain those of us who are thin and don’t measure things like this, or salad dressing or whatever?

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Anonymous wrote:You marinate meat in olive oil?? Is that a thing?

I sometimes marinate chicken in olive oil, pickle juice, and whatever spices I'm feeling that day. It does make it taste much better. No other meat gets marinated in olive oil.

And yes, you do need to account for any olive oil you use. Olive oil is one of the worst offenders for hidden calories.

Lots of "other meat" marinade recipes include olive oil.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t fathom this making a difference in the real world unless you’re just upending the bottle into the food.

If you are watching your weight/cutting calories, beware of this attitude!

This is why you should just take a glp. Counting calories is a PITA.

I’ll remember this next time one of you GLP users takes umbrage to being called lazy.

Anonymous wrote:Yes absolutely - about 120 cal per tablespoon!!

This. You kind of estimate the total number of rice servings and divide the total amount of calories from oil by that. For a quick back of the envelope, add about 25-45 oil calories to your rice (depending how much rice your eat). So if you make 2 cups dry rice, add to it 1/4 cup olive oil, that’s about 412 calories (rice) and 480 calories (oil). So the whole dish is about 1000 calories. You freeze half. That’s 500 left. And depending on how much of that you eat, you calculate.

Another easy way, but could be less accurate, is just to add about 45 calories to rice calories per portion.

Yes you do and yes it’s a pain in the butt.

I’ve done weight watchers on and off and olive oil is high in points. I estimate best I can.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t fathom this making a difference in the real world unless you’re just upending the bottle into the food.

If you are watching your weight/cutting calories, beware of this attitude!

This is why you should just take a glp. Counting calories is a PITA.