Am I eating too much peanut butter?

Stilllosing26

Today for breakfast I had a cup of raisin bran cereal with sliced banana, and I put about a tablespoon of peanut butter on the banana in the cereal. For lunch I have a turkey sandwich on whole wheat, vanilla chobani 100, and a banana(and I brought about 2 tbs of peanut butter to dip the banana slices in. That's around 3 tablespoons. I may even have more as a snack. Am I eating to much peanut butter? I'm trying to lose weight from my thighs/ upper legs. Thanks!

belanna5

Do you log it? If you do and you are still eating at a deficit, it's alright.

Will_Thrust_For_Candy

If you are measuring it accurately, logging it correctly and hitting your calorie and macro goals then you have nothing to worry about.

maryetamfp

One can never eat too much peanut butter...

No, seriously, if you are logging everything in and it still fits your macros, why not?

TavistockToad

There's no such thing as too much peanut butter IIFYM, but you should weigh the peanut butter, not just log it by tablespoons.

eyecandyrayce

There's no such thing as too much peanut butter IIFYM, but you should weigh the peanut butter, not just log it by tablespoons.

Can you explain this? Is a tablespoon no longer a tablespoon or an inaccurate form of measuring?

dmenchac

There's no such thing as too much peanut butter IIFYM, but you should weigh the peanut butter, not just log it by tablespoons.

Can you explain this? Is a tablespoon no longer a tablespoon or an inaccurate form of measuring?

Ask 5 people to take a tablespoon of peanut butter and you will get 5 very different measurements. Weight is the best uniform caloric indicator for solid foods.

nikkinoellemary

Peanut butter is a great source of protein and fiber and whatnot. Why wouldn't it be good? Just make sure to log how much you have, and you'll be good to go. Though be wary, I don't know if you're like this but I've found that if I have too much of something in a week I grow bored of it. It's always nice to switch things up.

eyecandyrayce

There's no such thing as too much peanut butter IIFYM, but you should weigh the peanut butter, not just log it by tablespoons.

Can you explain this? Is a tablespoon no longer a tablespoon or an inaccurate form of measuring?

Ask 5 people to take a tablespoon of peanut butter and you will get 5 very different measurements. Weight is the best uniform caloric indicator for solid foods.

Got it. Thanks

Eleonora91

_Zardoz_

There's no such thing as too much peanut butter IIFYM, but you should weigh the peanut butter, not just log it by tablespoons.

Can you explain this? Is a tablespoon no longer a tablespoon or an inaccurate form of measuring?

a tablespoon is accurate for liquid. But solids you will never get the same measurement twice. For something as calorie dense as peanut butter you need to weigh it.

vorgas

There's no such thing as too much peanut butter IIFYM, but you should weigh the peanut butter, not just log it by tablespoons.

Can you explain this? Is a tablespoon no longer a tablespoon or an inaccurate form of measuring?

Ask 5 people to take a tablespoon of peanut butter and you will get 5 very different measurements. Weight is the best uniform caloric indicator for solid foods.

Got it. Thanks

Getting the peanut butter off your scale though is tricky. Unless you don't mind somebody seeing you licking the scale.

TheRoadDog

If you are measuring it accurately, logging it correctly and hitting your calorie and macro goals then you have nothing to worry about.

Yep.

DeliriumCanBeFun

There's no such thing as too much peanut butter, as long as it fits in your calories and macros. 40g (about 2.5 tbs) of natural fits perfectly in mine everyday.

meganjcallaghan

There's no such thing as too much peanut butter IIFYM, but you should weigh the peanut butter, not just log it by tablespoons.

Can you explain this? Is a tablespoon no longer a tablespoon or an inaccurate form of measuring?

Ask 5 people to take a tablespoon of peanut butter and you will get 5 very different measurements. Weight is the best uniform caloric indicator for solid foods.

Got it. Thanks

Getting the peanut butter off your scale though is tricky. Unless you don't mind somebody seeing you licking the scale.

And for this reason i've never weighed it. And seem to have done alright.

R_Woodruff

There's no such thing as too much peanut butter IIFYM, but you should weigh the peanut butter, not just log it by tablespoons.

Can you explain this? Is a tablespoon no longer a tablespoon or an inaccurate form of measuring?

Ask 5 people to take a tablespoon of peanut butter and you will get 5 very different measurements. Weight is the best uniform caloric indicator for solid foods.

Got it. Thanks

Getting the peanut butter off your scale though is tricky. Unless you don't mind somebody seeing you licking the scale.

Measure the spoon first then get your peanut butter and deduct what the spoon weighed...No mess and you already have a spoonful of peanut butter to munch on lol.

DeliriumCanBeFun

You rock!:flowerforyou:

nikkinoellemary

There's no such thing as too much peanut butter IIFYM, but you should weigh the peanut butter, not just log it by tablespoons.

Can you explain this? Is a tablespoon no longer a tablespoon or an inaccurate form of measuring?

Ask 5 people to take a tablespoon of peanut butter and you will get 5 very different measurements. Weight is the best uniform caloric indicator for solid foods.

Got it. Thanks

Getting the peanut butter off your scale though is tricky. Unless you don't mind somebody seeing you licking the scale.

Yeeeeeah agreed. I think when it comes to peanut butter I would just take my chances. :P I used to level off a measuring spoon for it, but now after seeing how much ends up on my bread after I do that I just eyeball it with a knife, honestly.

BlueBombers

There is no such thing as "too much peanut butter"

shearnerve

Alot of sugar in your eating.

Eleonora91

You rock!:flowerforyou:

I'd go have some peanut butter right now if I wasn't already done for the day

How I personally weight peanut butter and other creamy foods: I either weight the bread slice/spatula/spoon, put some pb on it and then weight the bread/spoon again.