How many calories can I subtract if I blot my pizza?

Question

I just had a delicious slice of pizza, but blotted the hell out of it. Yeah, it was really dry... but delicious! How many calories can I subtract from that pizza slice?

Answer 1

The more the better, obviously, it would be hard to measure it...the better thing to do is make your own pizza using lower fat items in the first place. Maybe you are asking as a way to eat fast food more sensibly and that doesn't help you. In that case, do what you can, knowing that ordering a lower fat choice such as veggie lovers instead of all the greasy meat, order half the amount of cheese, and then blotting the oil from the cheese will help a lot. My guess is that thin crust is better than pan/thick/hand tossed, too, it at least cuts all those empty calories from the doughy crust. On the other hand, maybe a little more of the bready crust will fill you up before you eat another slice. You might also consider a place that uses olive oil instead of butter for the crust. At least that is a healthy fat.

Just thinking in print, mind you, maybe these are some things to consider.

Answer 2

I would go with none as you can't be sure how much you really took off the slice. If you are going to eat pizza, eat it, don't try to subtract calories from the pizza, cut your calories somewhere else. When you say it was really dry, did you take the sauce off too? I would think that the cheese had most of the calories.

Answer 3

I used to do this, not so much for the calorie reduction, but for the grease reduction. After seeing the grease that was on the napkin or paper towel I could just imagine my arteries absorbing that until it could absorb no more and then start clogging them.

However, since becoming a vegan, I just order it without cheese. It doesn't seem worth the money to do that though and I don't do it often. After all, I'm just getting white bread (not great), with tomato sauce (good) and veggies; Sometimes sparse, sometimes very covered depending on where I go and who makes it. (We went to a Little Caesar's a few times and it was just pathetic with the mushrooms instead of cheese. I wrote and complained and never heard from them. I guess they weren't interested when we told them that we would no longer give them our business.)

Health and money wise, it's just worth it to boil some whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce and add veggies and tofu. However, my husband does make our pizza at home now, using a white bread crust mix as a starter and adding whole wheat flour with it. I put on a small can of mushrooms on my side and my husbnad oven toasts some whole wheat bread with Smart Balance spread and garlic for a side and I'll steam some veggies as well. Low fat, low calorie (even my husband's half, which has cheese) and cheap.

Answer 4

HA! ZERO! It's PIZZA! Any calories that you might remove by simply blotting the pizza would be superficial at best. Of course I have no idea what kind of pizza you're talking about, so I'm assuming we're talking about a typical dough/tomato sauce/mozzarella cheese pie.

My advice: If you really wanna save calories, put down the pizza, pick up a salad! And I'm totally serious, not being flip.

Answer 5

you dont really subtract any calories from the excess grease, you just subtract grease with a bit of fats in it.

The best way to reduce your calorie content in pizza is to order extra sauce,light cheese, and thin crust. Then you can get it about 200-250 per slice instead of 300-400 per slice.

Answer 6

Keep in mind you are blotting fat. Fat has 4 calories per gram. Depending on how much you blot, you could subtract 20-40 calories.

Answer 7

There's more trans-fat infused in the bread of Pizza Hut, then in all the oil on the pizza. Go to a local homemade pizze place and enjoy the whole slice without the chemicals.

Answer 8

178

Answer 9

maybe 20, most calories in pizza are in the crust dearie.

Answer 10

deep dish? delivery to cooked at home? how much junk was on it? I think it depends on more factors than just being a piece of pizza. good luck! I'm proud of you for trying to watch your caloric intake :-)