12 step program for PB addiction?

hello!  i have a serious addiction to peanut butter.  i would eat it all day if i thought i would still fit through my front door.  the lowest calorie peanut butter i can find is 180 calories for 2 tbsp.  please - if anyone knows of another one that is lower in calories, my addiction will be eternally grateful!

hehe PB is evil... i used to keep a big container of it next to me and a spoon while i was on the computer (mmmm). But its a ton of calories that eat up other things you could be having (and really easy to go overboard...just an extra spoon is a lot!).

Best thing, is to get rid of it! Dont buy it or keep it in the house... but that depends what stage of diet you are in (if you are still losing, lose the penut butter...if you are at your goal, then fitting it in because its good is ok. While still trying to lose, it just slows down progress).

i dont like pb unless you wrap it in chocolate and call it a reese's

teehehe!  i like it that way too - but that's not saying much because i would probably just as quickly lick it off the pavement if i thought it was going to waste.

Could always melt half a cup of it into 2 sticks of butter...for 4 minutes in the microwave...then add in 16 oz of powdered sugar...stir for a while and put into a pan then into the fridge...

Tada! Fast PB fudge!

Oh...but that is probably much worse then plain PB hehe

whoa, i just drooled all over my desk at work. 

Definitely not the least calorie dense recipe in the world, but if you need your PB fix, try this:

Cook a box of pasta, spaghetti or linguini works well.  Wheat pasta will work just as good.

Mix parts of Peanut Butter, Low Sodium Soy Sauce and Rice Wine Vinegar until it becomes creamy but not TOO liquidy.  Add chili paste, garlic or cayenne pepper to taste.

Give a brief sautee to some chicken or Shrimp, or grill it.  I like to use about a teaspoon of sesame oil for flavor.

Take a cucumber, take out the seeds and julienne the meat.

Let the pasta cool a little before the next step, so that it won't absorb all of the liquid, but don't let it get too sticky either.

Add the shrimp and pasta to the noodles, as well as the cucumber.  Mix well.  Allow to chill for at least 2 hours.

Serve cold as a side dish, or a main course.

I love me some spicy thai peanut noodles.  And if you do it in moderation, it's not that bad for you.  And you def. get the PB fix.

okay seriously, if i get fired for drooly reports and invoices - i'm blaming it all on you guys!  that sounds soooo good, i will definitely have to try it sometime... (soon!).  thanks!!!

I have a better idea!

To make it so you dont have to live life without penut butter... set aside one day a month to honor the creamy-goodness.

On that day... allow yourself to have all the penut butter you want!

Go out and buy penut butter ice-cream... canned penuts... penut butter ...and whipped cream (umm, i think it counts if you mix it with the other things before eating it).

Then sit down with a spoon and go nuts! (hah hah, get it? nuts? haha) Have a light lunch and maybe go really easy on the dinner...

Chances are you wont be able to go much past 2500 - 3000 calories before you dont want to see another penut (an ENTIRE thing of ice-cream is only 2k calories, i doubt you could make it past the entire thing!)

Would get the penut butter out of your system, would be lots of fun (and a great break from the diet)...with not really that much damage done (could easily take off the difference in calories the next day with just a little exercise and watching what you eat).

Much better then spreading (haha, get it? spreading?) out the damage over a long period of time eating penut butter little by little.

There is PB2, but thats expensive and internet order.
The other option is "watering" it down (without water).
here's the recipie (not tried, but seen similar things with sesame)
Mock Peanut Butter

1 (15 oz.) Can Canned Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans)
2 Tablespoons Water
1/2 Cup Reduced Fat Peanut Butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-4 packets of Splenda

Drain and rinse chickpeas. Puree chickpeas and water in food processor; blend until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients and blend again (add more water, if needed in 1/2 Tablespoon increments), to desired consistency. Use as you would peanut butter. This is great on toast or as a dip with raw vegetables and apple slices. Refrigerate any leftovers.

Serves: 24 (1 Tablespoon each). You'll have to recalcuate for the PB you use


Per Serving: 47 Calories; 2g Fat (34.9% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 124mg Sodium. WWP: 1

omg, i'm trying it tonight! 

*<looks up to the heavens and whispers, "please be yummy, please be yummy, please be yummy">*

If you aren't able to control yourself, then don't keep it in the house.

I love PB as well.  However, I now eat the all natural PB.  The difference is in the lack of transfats.  Sure, you have the oil on top that you have to mix in, but it is somewhat better for you.

Still 90 cals for 1 tbps, and the rest of the nutrients are also roughly the same.

Olivepig,

I totally understand what you mean about being addicted to pb...... I am addicted to it too...  and it really sucks when other family members are eating it, and I just have to sit and watch or smell it.......

As for all the creations you can make with it, well although I do love them, I think I love just plain PB more!!!!!!

I think it's dangerous to totally give it up because it sets you up for failure and a binge later because you just can't stand it anymore.  At least this is how I am about chocolate.  I too love PB and eat it daily, but only 1 tsp at a time.  I get my little teaspoon out and put it on a granola bar or a banana or an apple.  I've also just put one teaspoon on one slice of bread for a foldover.  This also helps when I get the low blood sugar shakes mid-morning sometimes.  The protein is very helpful.  My calculations are that 1 tsp. would be around 30-35 cal.

LONG LIVE PEANUT BUTTER!  

My problem is that I buy these kinda peanut butters:/

http://www.ilovepeanutbutter.com/store/index. cfm

ps...it looks kinda ok for you...as long as you dont eat the whole jar heh. http://www.ilovepeanutbutter.com/nutrition.cf m

Peanut butter has good unsaturated fats which your body needs.  Go ahead and eat it if you want, just watch your portion control.   I put peanut butter on sliced apples as a snack and it keeps me filled up for a while.  

www.traderjoes.com - They carry a product called "Better'n Peanut Butter" which has 100 cals per serving, 2.5g of fat, is all natural, and tastes freakin awesome! I actually like it BETTER than peanut butter cause its kinda sweet. :P The price isn't too bad either. Less than $3. 

Penut butter used to be an econmic solution to a quick protine fix.  That was before they added the extra sugar and trans fats to make it cheaper, and sell it to us now at an increasing price. Because we are addicted to the sugar, fat and protine high, we continue to buy it although now it is not a nessessity.

  When I am finding myself addicted to certain foods, I try to anyalize what it is, where it came from, why I just can't stop eating it and then I can look at it in a practical way.  Thats just my way of copeing, once I understand it better I can usually control it.

  Peanut butter (unless you buy the natural kind and are using it as a source of protine) is really just a dessert, treat it like you would a dessert.   I know easier said then done... but like with every other food addiction, a little high quality endulgence now and then will hit the spot, and since its more expensive you will want to make it last!     

Lately I will have a peanut butter sandwich for lunch instead of lunch meat since it has a tad less sodium.  I have to watch my sodium intake more than fat%.  I also tend to not eat enough fats so PB is great.  It also tends to "stick to your ribs" longer and not make me as hungry later in the day especially now that I have weight and cardio classes after work.  I also find myself craving PB on unsalted tops saltine crackers.  I think my body is telling me it needs the protein and the fats.  I am restraining myself from adding the PB to my bananas.  I know I will lose all self control then!!  Luckily PB/ Banana sandwiches look absolutely awful to me otherwise I think I might need that 12 step program as well.

I made the mistake of buying the smart balance omega PB - UGH!!  Its awful!!!! 

I absolutely love the PB myself and one of my fixes is to take a pretzel rod and a tsp (not tbsp) of PB and spread it along the pretzel. Or I use a slice of lite wheat bread - same calories as pretzel rod (40) - and spread the PB on that, fold in half and enjoy.

From my calculations either option is about 100 calories and can go a long way to keeping me on track without denying my craving - or if I have planned it out well, I can double the treat for 200.

And I absolutely agree that it "sticks to the ribs" better than some other snacks.