Peanut Butter Addiction?

pe4sandra2
pe4sandra2 Posts: 39 Member
edited November 26 in Food and Nutrition
I love peanut butter so much that it's the first item I log in my diary (even though it's the last thing I eat in the evening). I've had two teaspoons a day for the last three months or so. Oddly, this fondness for peanut butter is new and coincides with my recent interest in dropping weight. Have any of you experienced brand new cravings as a result of trying to manage your weight?
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  • george5911
    george5911 Posts: 3,910 Member
    I would think this is normal if you are dropping other habit foods in favor of this.
  • Jrodasff
    Jrodasff Posts: 334 Member
    I never was a huge honey fan but now I absolutely love it. For a healthy snack I eat 3/4c non fat cottage cheese with about 20 almonds and drizzle the top with honey. It’s my go to. I also crush peanut butter on a daily basis.
  • pe4sandra2
    pe4sandra2 Posts: 39 Member
    edited May 2018
    Well, my evening snack was a bag of Doritos or buttery popcorn only a few months ago. If this is my new habit food and I stay within my calorie count I should be okay, I guess?
    Jrodasff wrote: »
    I never was a huge honey fan but now I absolutely love it. For a healthy snack I eat 3/4c non fat cottage cheese with about 20 almonds and drizzle the top with honey. It’s my go to. I also crush peanut butter on a daily basis.

    Honey is delightful. :smile:
  • MushroomLadyJR
    MushroomLadyJR Posts: 89 Member
    Always loved it but since I've been cutting again for the last few weeks I've incorporated it more often...strange since it's so calorie dense. But then, it is quite satisfying.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Maybe it's your need for fat. Or do you eat a range of fatty foods?
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    Romano red peppers. If I go into Waitrose and they don’t have any I feel like I’ve been punched in the gut!
  • h1udd
    h1udd Posts: 623 Member
    edited May 2018
    Greek yogurt ..... in trying to find a way of increasing protein intake but keeping calories low, I started eating Greek yogurt . as a breakfast, a snack, dessert, as dips, on dinners, in dressings, with protein powder, with fruits, with peanut butter .... sweet, savoury, both

    got to the stage where I had to create a goal to ween myself off of it because it was pushing me over my calorie limit
  • 100_PROOF_
    100_PROOF_ Posts: 1,168 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    I often go through phases of liking something a lot and eating it every day. After a while I usually get sick of it and find something else to fixate on...

    I wouldn't call 2 teaspoons of PB an addiction...

    I agree. I don't think the word addiction means what the op thinks it does.
  • fuzzylop72
    fuzzylop72 Posts: 651 Member
    I like natural peanut butter (smuckers is just peanuts and a bit of salt, and is widely available) but I don't think I eat any more or less of it, and I always weigh it. I like the taste, but I primarily use it as a good tasting source of dietary fat, which I'm often on the lower side of.

    I also use dark chocolate as a dietary fat source.

    For those that don't really use it as a dietary fat source, I find pb2 is a good flavoring to add to food for some of the peanut flavor without the additional calories.
  • 0ysterboy
    0ysterboy Posts: 192 Member
    PB is the first thing I drop from my diet when I'm trying to lose. A combination of not measuring well (or at all) and spreading it on something (anything) carb. For me, PB is the borg
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Just bought a pair of 40 oz jars of Skippy creamy peanut butter "on sale" as a 2fer pack at just 10 cents/oz but still have a 1/2 full 28 oz jar of the stuff on the shelf. They should last me a at least a year, maybe even 2.

    I love the taste of peanut butter but am careful about how much I eat because of the cals. I usually just eat a tbspful it straight out of the jar as a "snack" between meals when I feel hungry but I do sometimes binge on an Elvis sandwich loaded w/peanut butter, bananas, honey and butter.

    Done eating the rest of the day when I do. LOL!

    ;)

  • pe4sandra2
    pe4sandra2 Posts: 39 Member
    xmissxamyx wrote: »
    No need to be so snooty about the OP using the word addiction in the title folks.

    I went from eating "standard" peanut butter to the "natural" peanut butter...the kind you find in the health food aisle with all the coconut oil and raw almonds. The flavour is AMAZING and a find myself eating straight from the jar every now and then which is not something I ever did with the other kind of peanut butter.
    I've also started eating porridge a few times a day, maybe because it's getting colder hear and it makes me feel nice and warm, but I seriously chose to have a bowl of flavoured porridge as dessert last night :blush:

    I've never had porridge. If you're having it a few times a day it must be yummy. I'll have to try it. :smile:
  • nickssweetheart
    nickssweetheart Posts: 874 Member
    I wouldn't call it a specific craving, but my sweet tooth has definitely been more active the past few months. As long as I eat a couple of fruits a day I'm fine, but if not I start to fantasize about things like key lime pie, gingersnaps, nutter butters...the whole spectrum.

    And I also LOVE peanut butter. I don't have it every day, but if someone were to go back far enough in my diary, they would find a day with around 1000 calories of peanut butter. :blush:
  • pe4sandra2
    pe4sandra2 Posts: 39 Member
    100_PROOF_ wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    I often go through phases of liking something a lot and eating it every day. After a while I usually get sick of it and find something else to fixate on...

    I wouldn't call 2 teaspoons of PB an addiction...

    I agree. I don't think the word addiction means what the op thinks it does.

    I know what the word means. I apologize for having used it, since I know addiction is not a subject one should take lightly. I should have titled this thread: Strong Peanut Butter Cravings :wink:
  • pe4sandra2
    pe4sandra2 Posts: 39 Member
    0ysterboy wrote: »
    PB is the first thing I drop from my diet when I'm trying to lose. A combination of not measuring well (or at all) and spreading it on something (anything) carb. For me, PB is the borg

    I have to be very careful when measuring and tracking. I can see how spreading it can lead to more calories. I stick to the spoon.
  • pe4sandra2
    pe4sandra2 Posts: 39 Member
    edited May 2018
    nickssweetheart wrote: »
    I wouldn't call it a specific craving, but my sweet tooth has definitely been more active the past few months. As long as I eat a couple of fruits a day I'm fine, but if not I start to fantasize about things like key lime pie, gingersnaps, nutter butters...the whole spectrum.

    And I also LOVE peanut butter. I don't have it every day, but if someone were to go back far enough in my diary, they would find a day with around 1000 calories of peanut butter. :blush:

    Fruits have helped me manage cravings for sweets - FOR SURE!
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    nickssweetheart wrote: »
    I start to fantasize about things like key lime pie, gingersnaps, nutter butters...the whole spectrum.

    mmmmm nutter butters! I prefer the wafer kind that kind of melt in your mouth with the gooey peanut butter.

    i can literally eat an entire package in one sitting.

    Which is why I never ever ever buy them LOLOLOLOLOL

  • MeteoraTitanium
    MeteoraTitanium Posts: 102 Member
    pe4sandra2 wrote: »
    I love peanut butter so much that it's the first item I log in my diary (even though it's the last thing I eat in the evening). I've had two teaspoons a day for the last three months or so. Oddly, this fondness for peanut butter is new and coincides with my recent interest in dropping weight. Have any of you experienced brand new cravings as a result of trying to manage your weight?

    Yes! I'm the same, tsps every day as a quick snack. Love it.
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    pe4sandra2 wrote: »
    0ysterboy wrote: »
    PB is the first thing I drop from my diet when I'm trying to lose. A combination of not measuring well (or at all) and spreading it on something (anything) carb. For me, PB is the borg

    I have to be very careful when measuring and tracking. I can see how spreading it can lead to more calories. I stick to the spoon.

    Do you weigh what's on your spoon, because measuring spoons are notoriously unreliable for things like PB & the calories add up fast :(
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    I am managing weight on with peanut butter, 2 tablespoons a day. 2 Tsp is definitely not an PB addiction.

    I go threw phases where I add something, get tired of it every day and switch to something else. Peanut butter is hard to tire off, I love it on apples, celery, etc... I keep things on hand to switch it up.
  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    pe4sandra2 wrote: »
    I love peanut butter so much that it's the first item I log in my diary (even though it's the last thing I eat in the evening). I've had two teaspoons a day for the last three months or so. Oddly, this fondness for peanut butter is new and coincides with my recent interest in dropping weight. Have any of you experienced brand new cravings as a result of trying to manage your weight?

    First off, so jealous about the PB. I am highly allergic and can only have Sunbutter which is not comparable AT ALL. Such a rip off LOL.

    Second, I always get crazy cravings, and have throughout my fitness journey. I'm currently eating at maintenance, but increasing strength PR's like crazy and ALL I've been craving is everything bagels with veggie cream cheese and cucumbers. I don't even like cucumbers ahah! Must be something in the mix that my body wants and needs. I go through phases of cravings like this, usually vegetable related oddly enough. I've been on a brussels sprouts and zucchini kick as well.
  • 2aycocks
    2aycocks Posts: 415 Member
    I am a peanut butter addict for sure. I eat it every single day no matter what. My husband keeps telling me if I would stop eating it I would drop weight. But it's like a drug to me. I LOVE it!
  • mjbnj0001
    mjbnj0001 Posts: 1,272 Member
    pe4sandra2 wrote: »
    I love peanut butter so much that it's the first item I log in my diary (even though it's the last thing I eat in the evening). I've had two teaspoons a day for the last three months or so. Oddly, this fondness for peanut butter is new and coincides with my recent interest in dropping weight. Have any of you experienced brand new cravings as a result of trying to manage your weight?

    I was always a peanut butter addict - until my daughter exhibited the peanut allergy, then we banned them from the house (I sometimes sneak a peanut snack when out and about and no risk of contamination).

    I discovered sunbutter. Reasonably approximates peanut butter (more to natural peanut butter that's not homogenized with stabilizers to keep the oil from separating), and with a somewhat different nutritional profile. Might be good as a recommendation for a change-up sometimes, as is also almond butter.

    When I got aggressive about my weight loss, for months I craved salty-toppings pizza. I'm over that phase now. I'm on a decent enough weight loss trajectory that I don't develop major cravings - I give in to moderate indulgences - I had some ice cream the other day - and compensate with balancing other consumption. It works out, and I don't stress on food so much.
  • pe4sandra2
    pe4sandra2 Posts: 39 Member
    I should be banned from posting anything, anywhere after a long day. I just realized I wrote "two teaspoons a day" when I actually eat two tablespoons of peanut butter per day. HA! And, yes...I understand that my deep cravings for the nutty goodness do not amount to addiction. Again, I'm sorry for having used that term so loosely.
    I do feel a wee bit guilty when licking it off the spoon. Almost like I'm doing something naughty. That's probably got something to do with prior programming and assigning good and bad labels to certain foods. I'm hoping I can get to a point where I can just eat without feeling any kind of way about my food choices.
  • Trex5009
    Trex5009 Posts: 171 Member
    finally someone who understands me lol! I’ve been eating peanut butter every single day for the past year or so. I can literally eat it in every meal
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