Do you keep peanut butter in the house?

Tobysgirl212 · January 2016

Peanut butter is a bit of a trigger food for me. Have any PB lovers out there found success in eating this in moderation? What's your technique? Or have you found it is best to just keep it away?

Veryana · January 2016

Hmm, I like PB but never liked it that much it would become a trigger food. But for other trigger foods I definitely can't keep them in house

Dreysander · January 2016

Yep. I keep all kinds of stuff in the house. I eat PB every day and I measure what I eat.

My "trigger" stuff is chocolate, cookies, cake. We have that too, I just don't eat it.

Pawsforme · January 2016

Yes. I have a DH, a 20 yo son and a 17 yo son. All of whom eat like bottomless pits. I have to keep all sorts of foods in the house that are triggers for me. But thankfully PB isn't one of them.

47Jacqueline · January 2016

Peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter. I like to vary them

ldemetro612 · January 2016

Yes I keep PB in the house but I eat natural peanut butter and I measure mine also. I have it with my greek yogurt, about 40 grams 3X a week. But with my protein shakes I do use PB2 for those.

bubbajoe1066 · January 2016

It's in the house...i'm an all or nothing kind of guy...there is no moderation for me,that being said.. i just choose not to eat it.but i can't deny the rest of the family who don't have a weight problem.

Tobysgirl212 · January 2016

Amazon has these 0.5 oz (96 calories) Skippy peanut butter cups. I'm wondering if I can try those as a starter before I trust myself with a whole jar. Of course, I could end up just opening a bunch of them and eating them all, lol. I've only been at MFP for just over a week, but I've been doing great. Maybe it's too soon to test myself. Or maybe things are different now that I've gotten into the habit of weigh and eat. Why is peanut butter of all things so addictive? I never feel compelled to overeat, say, steak!

KANGOOJUMPS · January 2016

hell yeah, I have about 15 here right now, get it on sale

dkingdom1 · January 2016

For me, PB was kind of a trigger food until I stopped eating it for a while (just because I would rather eat other foods than PB). Then a few days later, I tasted it and it tasted awkward. Now reduced fat peanut butter (if my mom accidentally buys any), I can't get my hands off of because the texture is much like nutella, which I like.

So yeah, you can try not eating it for a while but if you must have it, you can have a serving. If you have more than you should've, that's okay too. You're still learning. But just recognize that you did it.

scolaris · January 2016

I keep it but I only eat it weighed & put on or with something... In other words, no eating off a spoon. That's one thing I noticed having other girls as roommates, ice cream & peanut butter are two foods people will mindlessly shovel in straight off a spoon and there's no keeping track that way. So maybe you need 'rules' around peanut butter and only eat it when it has something with it like apple slices, celery, prepped and ready to go.

scolaris · January 2016

That's because steak is work, with all the chewing. You have time for the satiety message to get through. You need to slow down the peanut butter that same way!

Machka9 · January 2016

I just discovered two jars of it in the cupboard. They are my husband's and I have no desire whatsoever to try them. I have a mild allergy to peanuts that leaves me feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Francl27 · January 2016

I have all kinds of trigger food in my house, I just decided that I'd stop binging on them, or I wouldn't be able to eat them at all anymore and it would be sad.

malibu927 · January 2016

Yep. It's never been a problem for me. I weigh out a serving, spread it on some toast, and eat it.

Lounmoun · January 2016

I always have a jar or 2 of peanut butter. I don't have trouble moderating peanut butter.
There are a few foods that I decided weren't worth buying because I would be tempted to overeat them and they wouldn't give me much more than calories- not very filling and not much nutrition. I'm not sad about it. I get to eat a lot of other things that I like.

spat095 · January 2016

I put ten grams in my oatmeal every morning. Very satisfying!

melonaulait · January 2016

PB is not a trigger for me (in fact, I've only had it very rarely), but potato chips are. Those I could not keep in the house, probably ever.

ki4eld · January 2016

I generally don't keep PB in the house. PB2 is here, but it doesn't trigger me. PB fudge doesn't either. Pure PB can be a problem, but it's less so in the last year. If I keep any nut butter in the house, it's almond, cashew, or sunflower, because none of those trigger me at all.