Random: Peanut butter before bed to help with weight loss??
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Carlos_421 wrote: »smotheredincheese wrote: »Unless you're very careful that could lead to weight gain rather than loss. I accidentally ate 450 calories of peanut butter as a snack a few days ago...peanut butter is not my friend.
2 tablespoons (32 grams) makes a decent spoonful for only 190 calories.
"Accidental" overconsumption is much less likely if you weight the food before you eat it.
Peanut butter was the food that made me start weighing everything religiously! I was like "oh 2 tablespoons for 190 calories" and I would use a spoon and eyeball it (usually a heaping tablespoon - not the measuring spoon but an eating tablespoon. Maybe I was in denial a little). Well one day I was going to the library and needed a snack and all I had was peanut butter so I decided to put some in a Tupperware dish. I decided to weigh it since it was going in a dish. Turns out my heaping spoonful did not equal 190 calories but was closer to 700. Oops! The truth hurts. It was really depressing to see the amount of peanut butter I should have been eating in comparison to what I thought was 190 calories!
Long story short, now I too weigh my peanut butter or if I'm in a hurry, I measure it with a measuring spoon! I like about 100 calories worth (about a tablespoon) as a snack before my workout
definitely would not eat before bed because then I would be thirsty. 0 -
If you really love peanut butter a lot.... make a spoonful a reward for exercising, walking, raking leaves, mowing grass, whatever.... not a whole sandwich, but just savor a small spoonful,,, treat it like ice cream maybe. Hey, if it motivates you to burn more calories earlier in the day, it might work for you. Check the labels on whipped, reduced calorie, etc. first.) (My treat is a spoonful of marshmallow cream!). Keep at it!1
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I agree with the mantra everyone keeps repeating on here : "it's calories in vs calories out".
But I think it's also worth a while to consider things that can potentially increase your "calories out " . Have you wondered why it is much easier to keep the fat off when you're younger? Yep, it's the hormones. And to have well balanced hormones, it is necessary to supply your body with adequate amounts of good fats, which peanut butter is a good source of.0 -
I agree with the mantra everyone keeps repeating on here : "it's calories in vs calories out".
But I think it's also worth a while to consider things that can potentially increase your "calories out " . Have you wondered why it is much easier to keep the fat off when you're younger? Yep, it's the hormones. And to have well balanced hormones, it is necessary to supply your body with adequate amounts of good fats, which peanut butter is a good source of.
Yeah but the recommendation to have a diet that balanced in macro and micro nutrients isn't really the same as saying that pb before bed will somehow magically cause you to lose weight. How do you know what the OP's diet looks like already. She may already be eating plenty of good fats. Statements like pb before bed will help with weight loss aren't helpful. Actually statements that say eating any particular food will cause weight loss aren't helpful at all - it's not possible for eating more of any food to cause weight loss.
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That's a load of *kitten*. If anything it might stop late night hunger cravings but peanut butter and weight loss have nothing to do with each other. I don't even eat peanut butter and I've lost weight. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.0
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amandaelizabeth81 wrote: »I read something yesterday that said that if you eat a spoonful of peanut butter before bed, it helps aid in weight loss.
I have tried to find a source to agree or debunk this, but haven't been able to.
Have anyone heard of this? Tried this?
Thanks
If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.
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Some people are also allergic to peanut butter! Peanut butter may be terrible depending on what your goals are. Let's just start by saying if your peanut butter has added sugar, it's terrible. If it doesn't, you're on the right track. However, it's important to note that peanuts are a legume and have similar properties of beans, meaning they're inflammatory. That really has nothing to do with fat loss, but more to do with water retention, swelling, and soreness. If you're eating to perform it's best to avoid any peanut products as the result will be more soreness and swelling after intense workouts. In all honesty, you're better off eating an alternative nut butter such as almond or cashew butter.0 -
I guess it would work
If eating 100cal of peanut butter meant you didn't eat 500 calories of other foods.1 -
beautifulwarrior18 wrote: »
Some people are also allergic to peanut butter! Peanut butter may be terrible depending on what your goals are. Let's just start by saying if your peanut butter has added sugar, it's terrible. If it doesn't, you're on the right track. However, it's important to note that peanuts are a legume and have similar properties of beans, meaning they're inflammatory. That really has nothing to do with fat loss, but more to do with water retention, swelling, and soreness. If you're eating to perform it's best to avoid any peanut products as the result will be more soreness and swelling after intense workouts. In all honesty, you're better off eating an alternative nut butter such as almond or cashew butter.
Huh? Why shouldn't my peanut butter have added sugar? (I don't buy it like that but I don't see the issue if it's preferred and weighed etc). And I weigh daily, I know what foods cause water retention, peanut butter isn't one, nor am I more sore if I have a slice of toast with peanut butter and banana as a snack after a workout or if I just have something else.
As an aside, I only liked peanut butter in my best friends wondrous cookies until I started working out. It's like lifting dumbbells suddenly changed my palate and I was all, woah bro', hand me the PB stat! Do you even lift?2 -
amandaelizabeth81 wrote: »JanetYellen wrote: »Out of Woman's Day magazine?
I dont even know where I saw it, I think possibly on Facebook or something. It seems too good to be true so it likely is!
Must be true!1 -
I agree with the mantra everyone keeps repeating on here : "it's calories in vs calories out".
But I think it's also worth a while to consider things that can potentially increase your "calories out " . Have you wondered why it is much easier to keep the fat off when you're younger? Yep, it's the hormones. And to have well balanced hormones, it is necessary to supply your body with adequate amounts of good fats, which peanut butter is a good source of.
Yeah but the recommendation to have a diet that balanced in macro and micro nutrients isn't really the same as saying that pb before bed will somehow magically cause you to lose weight. How do you know what the OP's diet looks like already. She may already be eating plenty of good fats. Statements like pb before bed will help with weight loss aren't helpful. Actually statements that say eating any particular food will cause weight loss aren't helpful at all - it's not possible for eating more of any food to cause weight loss.
OK, I can't argue, because there's no scientific evidence to any of that. but it works for me, so I'm gonna do that! 0 -
beautifulwarrior18 wrote: »
Some people are also allergic to peanut butter! Peanut butter may be terrible depending on what your goals are. Let's just start by saying if your peanut butter has added sugar, it's terrible. If it doesn't, you're on the right track. However, it's important to note that peanuts are a legume and have similar properties of beans, meaning they're inflammatory. That really has nothing to do with fat loss, but more to do with water retention, swelling, and soreness. If you're eating to perform it's best to avoid any peanut products as the result will be more soreness and swelling after intense workouts. In all honesty, you're better off eating an alternative nut butter such as almond or cashew butter.
Let's not start by saying added sugar in peanut butter is terrible. Are you trying to start another sugar debate...seriously??
Why will peanut products cause you to be more sore and swell more after workouts? IME the only thing that does that is adding weights. Ate peanut butter almost every day while I was bulking. No more sore or swollen than I should have been.2 -
OP, when you find a reliable source for that FB statement about PB before bed (Dr Oz doesn't count, as he is a quack), then come back here with that source. otherwise, it's BS0
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beautifulwarrior18 wrote: »
Some people are also allergic to peanut butter! Peanut butter may be terrible depending on what your goals are. Let's just start by saying if your peanut butter has added sugar, it's terrible. If it doesn't, you're on the right track. However, it's important to note that peanuts are a legume and have similar properties of beans, meaning they're inflammatory. That really has nothing to do with fat loss, but more to do with water retention, swelling, and soreness. If you're eating to perform it's best to avoid any peanut products as the result will be more soreness and swelling after intense workouts. In all honesty, you're better off eating an alternative nut butter such as almond or cashew butter.
Basically nothing you just said is based in reality.2 -
victoria_1024 wrote: »I eat a small cup of m&ms every night before bed and I've lost 87 lbs. Evidence suggests that m&ms are a diet food.
In for science.5 -
WJS_jeepster wrote: »victoria_1024 wrote: »I eat a small cup of m&ms every night before bed and I've lost 87 lbs. Evidence suggests that m&ms are a diet food.
In for science.
In for m&ms.
Oooooo PEANUT BUTTER m&ms. Right before bed. (To stay on topic.) 2 -
beautifulwarrior18 wrote: »
Some people are also allergic to peanut butter! Peanut butter may be terrible depending on what your goals are. Let's just start by saying if your peanut butter has added sugar, it's terrible. If it doesn't, you're on the right track. However, it's important to note that peanuts are a legume and have similar properties of beans, meaning they're inflammatory. That really has nothing to do with fat loss, but more to do with water retention, swelling, and soreness. If you're eating to perform it's best to avoid any peanut products as the result will be more soreness and swelling after intense workouts. In all honesty, you're better off eating an alternative nut butter such as almond or cashew butter.
I've been curious about the "beans are inflammatory" statement, which I associate with Paleo. Got citations for this?1 -
It's often said in literature that the good fat burning hormones (HGH, testosterone.. ) are produced when you sleep. I think it's a good thing to have a little bit of good fats ( peanut butter ) readily available at that time.0
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1 tbsp depending on how you load it could have anywhere between 80-150 calories. Adding calories is not the way to lose weight unless its accounted for in your goal.0
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Don't use Facebook as your guide to weightloss.1
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Carlos_421 wrote: »smotheredincheese wrote: »Unless you're very careful that could lead to weight gain rather than loss. I accidentally ate 450 calories of peanut butter as a snack a few days ago...peanut butter is not my friend.
2 tablespoons (32 grams) makes a decent spoonful for only 190 calories.
"Accidental" overconsumption is much less likely if you weight the food before you eat it.
Oh I did weigh it. But didn't log it until after I'd eaten it so didn't realise quite how many calories I was consuming. Peanut butter spread over toast is one of life's greatest pleasures but to get a decent coverage requires a lot more than 16g per slice, so I don't eat it often but when I do...things escalate pretty quickly.
Also I recently learnt that tablespoons in the UK are about 25% larger than in the US so our national peanut butter consumption must also be 25% higher, FACT.1 -
I love peanut butter...but for the last 3 months I have developed an allergy and break out in hives when I have any....boohoo! totally sucks
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RunRutheeRun wrote: »I love peanut butter...but for the last 3 months I have developed an allergy and break out in hives when I have any....boohoo! totally sucks
Have you tried other but butters? Almond butter tastes pretty similar.0 -
No. Peanut butter is terrible. Have a casein protein shake.
I'd go a step further and have casein mixed with Whey protein shake. 1/3 whey, 2/3 casein. For me I'll receive fast absorption of whey to quickly feed muscles and Casein for the slow absorption throughout the night while I sleep. I probably wouldn't do both of I didn't workout
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Carlos_421 wrote: »beautifulwarrior18 wrote: »
Some people are also allergic to peanut butter! Peanut butter may be terrible depending on what your goals are. Let's just start by saying if your peanut butter has added sugar, it's terrible. If it doesn't, you're on the right track. However, it's important to note that peanuts are a legume and have similar properties of beans, meaning they're inflammatory. That really has nothing to do with fat loss, but more to do with water retention, swelling, and soreness. If you're eating to perform it's best to avoid any peanut products as the result will be more soreness and swelling after intense workouts. In all honesty, you're better off eating an alternative nut butter such as almond or cashew butter.
Basically nothing you just said is based in reality.
Except the first two sentences.1 -
In my opinion, it's not a magic cure but I would say yes it (your keyword) "aids" in weight loss because it does keep you fuller longer. I have PB&J on fiber bread almost every day for lunch lol. I would always save calorie room for peanut butter as a late night snack and eat it with a couple crackers or an apple. Peanut butter has protein and fat to carry over my tummy satisfaction until the next day.
You all can make fun, but I'm sticking to my answer And I have tried this...I have peanut butter almost every night which is many many days since I started this healthy journey in February of 2015.
1. Calorie Deficit
2. Foods that will aid in keeping you satisfied longer (Maybe a foot note to #1) lol0 -
I feel like the only person in the world who loathes peanuts, peanut butter...
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Wicked_Seraph wrote: »I feel like the only person in the world who loathes peanuts, peanut butter...
You're not. Which makes me question my sanity for having read a thread only about the merits of peanut butter... 0
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