Peanut butter

Yup. Just log it.

Any food is okay to have, unless you have an allergy or something.

Weigh it if you can, or flatten your spoonful if you must (to get 1 tbl), and log it. Don't eat like a heaping spoonful and assume that's 1 tbl, it could be like 3-4.

YES IT IS! mmmmm PB

Peanut butter is fine to have in your diet unless you're like me and eat entire jars at a time!

ntinkham88 wrote: »

Peanut butter is fine to have in your diet unless you're like me and eat entire jars at a time!

Yes indeedy!

I used to have my jar sitting right there on the counter top. I lost count of how many times i had a spoon full on the way through the kitchen...

Now it's sitting in the back of my fridge, which has 2 purposes... It's out of my sight and it's rock hard which makes it harder to get a huge spoon in to it :laugh:

In answer to your question, if Peanut Butter fits in your calories there is absolutely NO reason i can think of not to have it

I think the health food store one has less, or no sugar and salt added?? Still the same amount of calories i would think.

04hoopsgal73 wrote: »

After underestimating my PB intake I now only use a TB measuring spoo to keep me accurate. It's a pain but worth it to my end game.

I read some great advice here in the forums a couple days ago.

Weigh the jar before you take out your peanut butter and then weigh it afterward. That will tell you how many grams of peanut butter you removed. That way, you can just get it out of the jar with a knife and still know exactly how much you got.

seska422 wrote: »

04hoopsgal73 wrote: »

After underestimating my PB intake I now only use a TB measuring spoo to keep me accurate. It's a pain but worth it to my end game.

I read some great advice here in the forums a couple days ago.

Weigh the jar before you take out your peanut butter and then weigh it afterward. That will tell you how many grams of peanut butter you removed. That way, you can just get it out of the jar with a knife and still know exactly how much you got.

Just leave the jar on the scale. Tare it to 0, then take how many grams you need.... Then you can lick the knife or spoon and not go over your cals

Sounds like you're asking for permission.
PB is delicious - i have it all the time, but I fit it in my macros, so .. in the words of many wise people.... 'if it fits it fits..!'

IvanOcampo wrote: »

Sounds like you're asking for permission.

Yeah, that's kind of how I took it too and I was here thinking "we're not the food police, eat whatever You want as long as it fits into your macros"

Jif girl here...love it!

As opposed to what? Homemade peanut butter? Who does that? Of course store-bought peanut butter is fine to eat, as is pretty much everything else they sell at the grocery store. If it fits into your calorie/macro goals, it's fair game.

I eat peanut butter almost every day. It's delicious, contains healthy fats, and...is delicious - what other reason do you need?

I switch between JIF Natural Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter Co.'s flavored peanut butters (white chocolate wonderful and dark chocolate dreams are my favorites). I put PB on toast, bananas, Quest bars, in oatmeal, or right off the spoon.

BUT, what is a "spoonful" of peanut butter? A serving is 32-33 g (depending on the brand). If you're just eyeballing it or even using measuring spoons, you're likely overestimating what a serving really is. Invest in a food scale so you know what you're eating.

PB2 is fine if you like it and can't fit real peanut butter into your calories, but I really just use it when I want peanut butter flavoring in oatmeal, a protein shake, or mixed in with pancake syrup. I'm all for saving calories, but PB2 just isn't as good as the real thing.

Love my peanut butter. I manage to get it in most days.

• All the vitamins are in the fat. Two tablespoons contains your daily allowance, 14% Vitamin E, 21% Niacin, and 9% of B6.
• Even though fat free PB2 is tempting because of the lower calorie count, it also has all the vitamins removed. (12 g of PB2 is 45 calories, compared to 188 calories for two tablespoons of full fat peanut butter. )
• Most store bought peanut butter is hydrogenated, which is handy as the oil won't float to the top.
• Non-hydrogenated (most "natural" peanut butters) needs to be stirred before use and be stored in the refrigerator.
• Because of the big calorie hit (which is also highly satiating by the way), measure carefully.
• I hate the fat-reduced commercial peanut butters as they compensated by adding sugar. Yuck.
• I see Kraft has just come out with a "no salt added", "no sugar added" peanut butter, hydrogenated. I had my first taste this morning and it's pretty good!

Meijer's grocery store sells their own natural peanut butter, although I don't know if the grocery chain is nationwide. Ingredients? Just peanuts! I love their crunchy. Yes, you do have to stir it to incorporate the oil that is on top, but once stirred, it stays stirred. AND, as a little bonus, before I stir mine, I pour off a little of the oil. Once stirred, it separates a little but still tastes delicious! 2 TBLS = 200 cal (without pouring off some of the oil).

But I also use PB2 for my smoothies and in oatmeal, etc. Tastes the same to me and 85% less fat and lower in calories.

OldHobo wrote: »

vigs98 wrote: »

There is a powder peanut butter 2 TBS to 1TBS of water. They sell it walmart.... OMG just like real peanut butter[/center]

Is it really just like real peanut butter?

chatnel wrote: »

I do this for most things, put the jar on the scales and scoop out weight required.

It is absolutely NOT just like real peanut butter. If you love peanut butter, it's a sad waste of calories.

Wholeheartedly agree with everyone on weighing the peanut butter. If you absolutely cannot weigh, then a leveled measuring spoon is next best. I've learned that I can pretty easily fit 3+ tablespoons of peanut butter on one of my regular "teaspoons". I like peanut butter.