Peanut butter problems
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beehappee09 wrote: »Thank you all for your thoughts... I didn't realize peanut butter could negatively affect my digestive system I'll have to look into it! I also researched a bit and peanut butter contains components that help to moderate your cortisol levels... No wonder I eat it when I'm stressed! Also update... Switched to almond butter (much easier to say no to but still DELICOUS) put every last jar in the basement, and had one tablespoon with breakfast and going strong!!!
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Me too. I put it on yams. I used to top it with maple sugar. Now I top it with blueberries.0
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I love peanut butter too. I find what works great for me is to just have enough to get a taste. No need to slather it all over toast, just dip the tip of the spoon into the jar and slowly savor the chunky goodness. I do this with foods like ice cream as well take a little bit, savor the flavor, and move on.0
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I now eat various types of nut butters and measure it out and don't have issues anymore. Have you tried that? Currently I'm loving Trader Joe's Sunflower Nut Butter, I know it has a bit of sugar in it but when I spread it on the toast it feels like more than enough for me. Cashew butter, is another one... Most nut butters I've tried are freshly ground.
Just another option. :O) I think of it as a way to get my protein in on the run... toast on the way out the door... Slice a banana length wise and spread peanut butter on it and make it like a sandwich.
Take a whole banana roll it up in a tortilla spread with peanut butter... mmmm especially tasty when you forget it in your car for the afternoon. lol0 -
I eat a 1/2 tablespoon daily on a half banana. Satisfies me for hours. I do not like PB2; the mouth feel of peanut butter is important to me.0
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Rachel0778 wrote: »I love peanut butter! My solution has been to have it once a day (so that way I know I'll always have more tomorrow). My favorite (don't diss it until you try it) is to put it on a baked yam. The peanut butter overpowers the yam's flavor, making it into a warm, gooey, peanut butter treat that makes it feel like I'm eating forkfuls of peanut butter!
Had 1 T PB on yam yesterday - YUM!
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beehappee09 wrote: »Thank you all for your thoughts... I didn't realize peanut butter could negatively affect my digestive system I'll have to look into it! I also researched a bit and peanut butter contains components that help to moderate your cortisol levels... No wonder I eat it when I'm stressed! Also update... Switched to almond butter (much easier to say no to but still DELICOUS) put every last jar in the basement, and had one tablespoon with breakfast and going strong!!!
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Wow, I didn't know so many people loved peanut butter so much. It's one of those things that I like but I can't eat on it's own, it's way to thick for me. I love it on apple slices as a protein/healthy fat snack though so when my apple is gone, I'm done eating peanut butter. Maybe I like it because of the mix of sweet with the apple and salty with the peanut butter so it seems like a dessert. I definitely couldn't eat it right from the spoon, way too thick for me to put in my mouth.0
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My whole family was on it... my brother and I took PB&J to school every day, and my father took it to work. Nobody ever wanted anything different. We must have polished off cases of the stuff every year. I don't think I ever saw my mother eating it, but maybe that was because after making all those sandwiches she couldn't stand the sight of it anymore.dramaqueen45 wrote: »I lived on peanut butter growing up. If our school would have had a no peanut butter sandwich rule due to allergies I would have been even thinner than I was already growing up because I ate a peanut butter and butter sandwich every single day until sixth grade. That being said, I am not addicted so much to it anymore because my tastes have expanded (I was quite the finicky child). Now I can't keep Nutella in the house- love that stuff. I could eat it straight out of the jar!
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I eat powdered peanut butter with my kids grape gogurt and it tastes peanut butter and jelly yogurt. It's amazing.0
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If the problem is just portion control, would it help to buy individual packets of peanut butter? For example, Justin's brand has individual squeeze packs of peanut butter, 1 packet = 190 calories. Still high, but much easier to fit into a lower-calorie day.
Somehow having pre-measured single serving containers makes stopping at one serving much easier for me.
I sometimes buy individual cups of hummus and guacamole. PB isn't an issue for me, but I could easily eat a whole big container of hummus!0 -
My whole family was on it... my brother and I took PB&J to school every day, and my father took it to work. Nobody ever wanted anything different. We must have polished off cases of the stuff every year. I don't think I ever saw my mother eating it, but maybe that was because after making all those sandwiches she couldn't stand the sight of it anymore.dramaqueen45 wrote: »I lived on peanut butter growing up. If our school would have had a no peanut butter sandwich rule due to allergies I would have been even thinner than I was already growing up because I ate a peanut butter and butter sandwich every single day until sixth grade. That being said, I am not addicted so much to it anymore because my tastes have expanded (I was quite the finicky child). Now I can't keep Nutella in the house- love that stuff. I could eat it straight out of the jar!
I was a huge PB&J girl growing up too. I could eat it all day, errr'day! I'm so glad we didn't have the no PB rule in schools when I was a kid. I would have been a stick!0 -
I adore peanut butter. I would marry it if it was a person. Peanut butter fangirl for life. Glad you can keep it in your life without drowning yourself in it. If I wasn't determined with my current eating plan I would have dove into my jar at home. I can polish off a jar in two days if I'm really stressed. YOU CAN DO IT!0
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beehappee09 wrote: »Thank you all for your thoughts... I didn't realize peanut butter could negatively affect my digestive system I'll have to look into it!
Horrible, agonising, doubling-over, hard-to-breathe cramps ... immense bloating ... urgent sprints to the toilet ... nausea ...
What puzzles me is why it took so long to a) figure out that's not normal; and b) figure out it was the peanuts, peanut butter, and peas. That family of legumes.
Life is has been much nicer without them over the past couple decades.
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One serving of PB2 = 55 calories, one serving of regular peanut butter = 190 calories.0
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I have pb problem too. Til I can control it I don't buy it once I feel I can be in control I can have 1 tbsp in a smoothie or banana roll 1x a day and that helps get that pb fix and feel satisfied. I do not leave it in my sight and hide it. Out of sight out of mind! I'd eat a large jar in a day or two my hubby would get so mad0
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My all time weakness!!! Oh Reese's peanut butter cups, why were you created to bring me down lol!! Sorry for this, but you know what's the best. The actual Reeses's peanut butter. I found it for sale in a business Costco. One jar was $10.00!! I was so tempted.... then I slapped myself lol0
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Peanut butter!! I can't help you since I smear it on top of a Brownie every night for dessert. If I wasn't counting calories I'd be in serious trouble with peanut butter. I use to add it to oatmeal, Smoothies, etc, until I started weighing my foods and realizing the calorie count. Now I'm down to once a day lol.0
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Good- it causes cancer anyway (Alfotoxin). Almond butter is much better!0
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