To feel so stupid over hidden calories

[Cheeseandlobster]

I have been trying to be healthier for ages. I follow a lowish carb diet combined with intermittent fasting, do hiit exercises daily, drink loads of water and get on average 9 portions of fruit n veg a day (usually 7 veg 2 fruit). Yet the weight keeps piling on

My go to healthy lunch is veggie scramble. Mushrooms, peppers, courgette, spinach and jalapeño with 1 egg. My pan is shit and the mushrooms stick to the pan or burn so I have been adding more splashes of rape seed oil when this happens. I looked at the bottle yesterday and 1 table spoon is 124 calories so I reckon I have been consuming on average 300 - 400 calories extra in oil. Maybe more. That's another meal! And I feel like an absolute idiot for not realising sooner.

So out goes the pan and I have bought a new pan where you can dry fry and some spray oil with 1 calorie per spray just in case.

I thought I was being food savvy but now I just feel stupid. Does anyone else have any hidden calorie warnings or done something similar?

Low carb IS sustainable, and it's not a fad diet! It's based on real science. The secret for me has been discovering how to cook really tasty meals from low carb ingredients. These foods taste so nice, that I wouldn't even want to go back to eating bread, pasta, potatoes, pastry, sweets etc

I don't want to eat lots of sweets, cereals, pastry or pasta. I do however, want to eat the odd potato, sweet potatoes, a bit of high fibre bread, and things like lentils and bananas. Telling people they can't have these things - ever - is faddy, and actually makes me quiet cross that healthy and filling foods might be wrongly excluded from someone's diet. Being told I can't have things I enjoy - ever - doesn't work for me either, no matter what nice filling meals I make, as I will just crave them and then stuff my face with them when I go off plan. Successful dieting is about making gradual and sustainable lifestyle changes. Not having any type of carb ever is never going to be sustainable for me. Plus the fact the rest of my household don't want or need to be low carb and it's a weird and faddy sight for my daughters to continually see me eating different meals.

@Rosehugger

Low carb IS sustainable, and it's not a fad diet! It's based on real science. The secret for me has been discovering how to cook really tasty meals from low carb ingredients. These foods taste so nice, that I wouldn't even want to go back to eating bread, pasta, potatoes, pastry, sweets etc

I don't want to eat lots of sweets, cereals, pastry or pasta. I do however, want to eat the odd potato, sweet potatoes, a bit of high fibre bread, and things like lentils and bananas. Telling people they can't have these things - ever - is faddy, and actually makes me quiet cross that healthy and filling foods might be wrongly excluded from someone's diet. Being told I can't have things I enjoy - ever - doesn't work for me either, no matter what nice filling meals I make, as I will just crave them and then stuff my face with them when I go off plan. Successful dieting is about making gradual and sustainable lifestyle changes. Not having any type of carb ever is never going to be sustainable for me. Plus the fact the rest of my household don't want or need to be low carb and it's a weird and faddy sight for my daughters to continually see me eating different meals.

No-one said you can't ever have these things again! Of course you can, but in moderation. Anyway, it's really up to you! Low carb / keto is a reliable tool you can use to lose weight & keep it off. You can either take it or leave it!