Serious peanut butter addiction.

_Kate_P
_Kate_P Posts: 132
edited November 9 in Food and Nutrition
it's bad. Really really really bad. I can't remember the last day that I didn't eat peanut butter! I'm trying to not have any today, but I want it SOOOOO badly!!! How do you break this kind of addiction???
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  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Embrace it. Peanut butter is next to godliness.
  • lmalaschak
    lmalaschak Posts: 346 Member
    Oh my. When I was pregnant peanut butter was all I could think about. The only solution for me with this sort of thing is getting rid of it completely. None in the house. I don't have the will power. :)
  • juliesummers
    juliesummers Posts: 738 Member
    Stop buying it for now, until you feel you can handle it in moderation (or only buy it once a month).
    Regardless, at least switch over to either almond butter or a natural variety of peanut butter without any hydrogenated oils.
  • stablesong
    stablesong Posts: 224
    I have eaten a peanut butter (and usually banana) sandwich every day for lunch at school for at least the past two weeks. I also go through spurts where I'll eat a slice of peanut butter and banana toast every day. Last year this was my afternoon snack for probably at least a couple of months.

    As long as your peanut butter is natural, you should be good to go! It's my favorite food.
  • lmalaschak
    lmalaschak Posts: 346 Member
    If you HAVE to have it, just save a few calories every day so you can grab a spoon in the evening and have some. :) If you love it that much then maybe you can find a few other calories to forgo during the day. Because, after all, peanut butter is just delicious...
  • sc1572
    sc1572 Posts: 2,309 Member
    I have some everyday! :) I buy the JIF to go cups for portion control, or else I can eat the whole jar! Also, look up PB2!
  • trisha329
    trisha329 Posts: 266 Member
    I don't understand the problem. :wink:
  • lwalters5
    lwalters5 Posts: 37 Member
    Peanut butter is really not that unhealthy as long as you eat the natural kind. And that you eat it in moderation. Try a couple tablespoons with some apple slices. That way, you are limiting the amount, getting some fruit, and a good source of protein.
  • ahealthy4u
    ahealthy4u Posts: 442 Member
    I am a peanut butter junky every now and then I limt myself to no more then the two tablspoons and nothing more. Some days I could eat a whole jar of it lol and then other days like today I haven't touched I am sorta tired of it. Good luck only thing you can do is limt or don't buy any for a while
  • arotella
    arotella Posts: 98 Member
    Try PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter! It saves a lot of calories and fat! Check it out: http://bellplantation.com/
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    OMG...I love peanut butter! So yummy.

    If you really want to break your addiction then buy Organic Peanut butter...that stuff is horrible...hahahahaha Give me Kraft Peanut Butter anyday...hydrogenated oils and all...haha

    In all seriousness though, maybe stop buying it for a bit...or get your peanut fix with a few peanuts instead?
  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
    I see from your diary that you're staying under calories. Peanut butter is a healthy fat. I see no reason to get rid of it.
  • cressievargo
    cressievargo Posts: 392 Member
    OMG today I went to the store to grind my own all-natural...got some of that...but they also had some with BUTTERSCOTCH CHIPS. Seriously it's like food porn it's so good. I only got a teeny container b/c I KNOW it will be calling my name!
  • tsimmsva
    tsimmsva Posts: 49
    I love peanut butter...if I was force to choose 10 foods that I couldn't live without...Peanut butter would be at the top of that list. I know it's got loads calories for 2 tbsp.....but I cut out other things to allow me to have a small portion.......Love it...love it ...
  • perty09
    perty09 Posts: 58
    I have the same exact problem!! At first it was in moderation and just when i added it while eating an apple in the morning... now, ill just have random scoops of peanut butter all throughout the day and i find myself going through entire jaws in just a few days !! lol i always remain under my calories but replacing Pb with real solid food was not what i wanted to do... so yeah, i just had to get rid of it completely... just for about a week, till i got over my addiction and am now able to eat it moderately haha
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    Its a great source of protein so maybe if you try a lean protein like turkey.
  • fromaquasar
    fromaquasar Posts: 811 Member
    Don't !! - there is a peanut butter addicts group, where we share peanut buttery recipes - go join!!
  • Justjoshin
    Justjoshin Posts: 999 Member
    First, make sure you're eating Natural peanutbutter.

    But secondly. PB2 is pretty great!

    I do, in fact eat peanut butter nearly everyday.
  • BeachGurl815
    BeachGurl815 Posts: 295 Member
    :heart: Peanut butter. I eat it pretty much everyday. I have it in my oatmeal with banana for breakfast almost every day and after my workouts on a rice cake.
  • kgb6days
    kgb6days Posts: 880 Member
    My favorite breakfast is a waffle (low fat whole grain Eggo) with a teaspoon of peanut butter on it. The peanut butter spreads really thin on a hot waffle, it holds me a long time and I love the taste. All things in moderation
  • bjfmade
    bjfmade Posts: 543 Member
    Try PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter! It saves a lot of calories and fat! Check it out: http://bellplantation.com/

    ^^^This^^^^ am on my second order already. Now I can have my peanut butter and eat it, too! They also have chocolate peanut butter. I like the plain the best. Carrots dipped in peanut butter is a favorite snack!
  • SNYSeefried2
    SNYSeefried2 Posts: 10
    Me too I Iove peanut butter!!!
  • CharityEaton
    CharityEaton Posts: 499 Member
    I have some everyday! :) I buy the JIF to go cups for portion control, or else I can eat the whole jar! Also, look up PB2!



    ^This PB2 is amazing, they even have PB2 with dark chocolate pieces in it!
  • nenar77
    nenar77 Posts: 21 Member
    Me too! I went shopping a found a bogo on peanut butter and bought it. I went through two jars of PB in a month. Your addition could be worse. I'm not buying anymore. My fav is to eat it straight out of the jar. it was too accessible.
  • 0405mommy
    0405mommy Posts: 2 Member
    I used to be the same way- Peanut Butter out of the jar, by the tablespoonful. Know what solved it? Having a baby who turned out to be allergic to peanuts!! Now, I eat Sunbutter (made from sunflower seeds). Yum.
  • ladylu11
    ladylu11 Posts: 631 Member
    I've never heard of PB2. Is this available at the grocery store??
  • bjfmade
    bjfmade Posts: 543 Member
    I've never heard of PB2. Is this available at the grocery store??

    Don't know, go to their site and look for retailers. I buy it from Amazon. There is also another company that makes it. You will have to google powdered peanut butter to find them
  • jenniebean1680
    jenniebean1680 Posts: 350 Member
    Dude, natural peanut butter is really really good for you. I have some at least once a day. So does my good friend Lindsey, who has like 10% bodyfat, if she's lucky. Just sayin!
  • mommystutz
    mommystutz Posts: 3 Member
    peanut butter multigrain cheerios...seriously good and only 110 calories/serving
  • hottamolly00
    hottamolly00 Posts: 334 Member
    How about just setting aside daily calories for your peanut butter craving? Isn't that the point of this site?
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