Why no olive oil?

When most people start on the Fitbitch Stage One eating plan, they always ask why they can't cook or use oil in dressings. Or rather they don't ask, they just ignore it and carry on regardless.
That is totally up to you as Fitbitch Boot Camp is not about being prescriptive, making you feel guilty or ordering you to do something. You have to make your own conscious decisions about the way you eat and exercise. But it's worth being informed and many people don't realise just how calorific olive oil is - or how much we use.
Have you ever tested how much olive oil you pour into a pan? Try it. It's quite shocking as a small, innocent little slick in a pan when you pour it out can amount to around 2 desert spoons. And that's not to mention how much you glug over a salad.
Of course, nutritionally olive oil is fantastic but that doesn't mean it is good for your waistline if your aim is weight loss.
And now here's the sums...in two teaspoons there are around 84 calories. Have olive oil for breakfast with your eggs, for salad at lunch and to make your dinner and that's 252 calories right there.
Olive oil is delicious though and who would want to cut it out forever? It is worth eliminating it for at least four weeks and finding alternatives though and then you may find you don't need to use it as often.
Scan down the archives for the Fitbitch healthy dressing and sauce alternatives.