Peanutbutter

I have between 15 and 30g a day as well as 15g flaked almonds a day. Do you weigh it? i always weigh mines as a 'tablespoon' can be varied.

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Are you logging your peanut butter? Are you logging everything else you're eating? If so, looking at your diary should tell you if the amount you're consuming is causing you to gain weight. Gaining weight is not the fault of one particular food, but nut butters are very energy-dense, so it would be easy to exceed your calorie goal by over eating them.

I will not tolerate any bad-mouthing of peanut butter. You're just eating too much food.

I am a big fan of peanut butter, but I am learning to cut it down by
A) Eating the whipped version (spreads easier, meaning less of it to get that taste)
Only having small amounts (again, you're craving the taste, not anything else.)
and
C) slowly weaning myself off of it (once every second day to once every third day etc etc)

I wish you luck!
BREAK THE PB ADDICTION!

I will not tolerate any bad-mouthing of peanut butter. You're just eating too much food.

This.

Also I'm incredibly happy to see that PB2 has yet to be mentioned.

Vile stuff.

Try Bell Plantation PB2 powdered peanut butter (my grocery sells it in the same aisle as the peanut butter). It tastes like the real thing but has WAY less fat and calories. On top of that you need to be logging your calories every day to see how many you are consuming. Chances are if you didn't know how much consuming a jar of peanut butter every 5 days was affecting you, you're probaby eating other things that are contributing to weight gain as well.

I am a big fan of peanut butter, but I am learning to cut it down by
A) Eating the whipped version (spreads easier, meaning less of it to get that taste)
Only having small amounts (again, you're craving the taste, not anything else.)
and
C) slowly weaning myself off of it (once every second day to once every third day etc etc)

I wish you luck!
BREAK THE PB ADDICTION!

Whipped is a ripoff. You pay the same amount of money for the jar that has less peanut butter in it! They're selling you air.

I will not tolerate any bad-mouthing of peanut butter. You're just eating too much food.

This.

Also I'm incredibly happy to see that PB2 has yet to be mentioned.

Vile stuff.

I like it, but it's not as good as the real stuff. Not even close. It's good for adding peanut flavor to smoothies and oatmeal if I don't have the calories left or I've already met my fat goal.

I'll also mix it with cinnamon, cocoa powder, or pumpkin pie spice when I add the water to it.

I really don't think peanut butter is the problem, I eat a Jar over the weekend (2 days) yes a whole regular sized jar. I have not gained any weight from it. But I also eat extremely healthy all week and work out twice a day. The weekends are my splurge days. IDK it works for me. I just don't think peanut butter would be the problem esp. if you logging it. Yes it's high in calories but it has good fat, good source of protein, low in carbs. But then again everyone's body is different.

I don't weigh it, no. But I usually don't eat any other nuts.
I tried calorie counting but I didn't know if 1600 that I'd set were the right amount of calories for me, so I went back to eating whenever I'm hungry.

There's your problem. Eating whenever you're hungry is going to have vastly different results depending on what foods you're eating. Eating broccoli to the point of satiety will not have the same effect of eating peanut butter to the point of satiety.

The only way of knowing if 1600 is the right amount of calories for you is to eat 1600, log everything, and see over time if you gain weight, lose weigh or stay the same.

I just came in here because I love peanut butter...

Two years ago I accidentally discovered a product called PB2. It is a powdered form of peanut butter with 85% less FAT calories than regular peanut butter. It is rich in flavor and I have not missed the original form of PB since. Hope this helps.

I don't weigh it, no. But I usually don't eat any other nuts.
I tried calorie counting but I didn't know if 1600 that I'd set were the right amount of calories for me, so I went back to eating whenever I'm hungry.

This is the problem.

you're eating too many calories for what you want to do. It's not just the peanut butter

Example: My current jar of peanut butter (Peter Pan) has 28 2 tablespoon servings at 210 calories per serving

28 x 210 = 5,880 calories

over 5 days it averages 1,176 calories from PB alone. Is that too many for you?

I swap in PB2 sometimes. It's like Peanut butter but not. 45 calories per 2 tablespoon - add water to desired consistency.

Glad somebody finally did the math. I eat a ton of peanut butter, sometimes 400 calories a day comes from just peanut butter for me. And it still takes me 2-3 weeks to finish the jar. If you're finishing it in 5 days you're eating too much.