recipe calculation question
Ok - so here's an odd kinda question on calculating the nutritional value in recipes.
I made a really luscious pork roast in the crock pot. Simmered all day in a sauce made of a bottle of high-grade belgian beer (with peaches added), chicken stock, onions, apples, and garlic.
Given that you're not actually drinking the stock in which the roast cooks, what do you actually count in the recipe? If I enter it into the SparkPeople recipe calculator, it's going to assume you're eating (well, drinking) the sauce as well. But I figure that the pork has absorbed SOMETHING from the beer and chicken stock, so it doesn't seem right to just count it as the pork with nothing else...
Am I overthinking this?
Help?
Karen
I made a really luscious pork roast in the crock pot. Simmered all day in a sauce made of a bottle of high-grade belgian beer (with peaches added), chicken stock, onions, apples, and garlic.
Given that you're not actually drinking the stock in which the roast cooks, what do you actually count in the recipe? If I enter it into the SparkPeople recipe calculator, it's going to assume you're eating (well, drinking) the sauce as well. But I figure that the pork has absorbed SOMETHING from the beer and chicken stock, so it doesn't seem right to just count it as the pork with nothing else...
Am I overthinking this?
Help?
Karen
yes lol the little bit that is getting absorbed is going to give you negligable calories/fat etc. These sites are mearly giving you estimates anyway as there are so many varaiations in things (how lean/fatty is the meat etc). I would say that the amount of protein that the stock adds is less then 1 gram.
Enjoy it - sounds yummy!
Enjoy it - sounds yummy!
Geoff,
While you're absolutely right to be on the lookout for old behaviors and excuses creeping in, it can be "not good" to overcount things too much, too. It's important that we're getting in the RIGHT amount of our nutrients... not too many and not too few. It's a seductive trap to think that the weight loss (and our health) will be improved by reducing nutrients even more than recommended by our docs. And, it's not sustainable behavior over time.
I'd rather have a science-based strategy for calculating what I'm REALLY consuming - that way I don't give myself any room to rationalize or justify things down the line.
Thank you for the honesty, though - it's really important that we call out behaviors that could be red flags!
Karen
While you're absolutely right to be on the lookout for old behaviors and excuses creeping in, it can be "not good" to overcount things too much, too. It's important that we're getting in the RIGHT amount of our nutrients... not too many and not too few. It's a seductive trap to think that the weight loss (and our health) will be improved by reducing nutrients even more than recommended by our docs. And, it's not sustainable behavior over time.
I'd rather have a science-based strategy for calculating what I'm REALLY consuming - that way I don't give myself any room to rationalize or justify things down the line.
Thank you for the honesty, though - it's really important that we call out behaviors that could be red flags!
Karen
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