Peanut butter

Hey all...when did you first eat peanut butter

When I hit mushies I stuck my finger in the jar while making the grandsons sandwich.  To high in carbs for me right now.

I had it it a few times, but it stalled me. I did keep a few Power Crunch peanut butter bars for emergencies, but they wouldn't trigger me and I used them very sparingly.

For me, peanut butter is a very rare treat. I think I will remain that in maintenance because I dearly love it. Too much so.

A few times in early maintenance when I wanted to gain a few pounds.

Be careful with peanut butter. The common brands you see on the shelf are loaded with sugar. What you want is the natural stuff you need to stir the oil back into. Better yet go to whole foods or your local health food store and grind it yourself so that you know all it has in it is peanuts. Do not get the honey roasted kind. You should be good to eat it as soon as you get to soft foods. Good protein, good fats. Don't hit it a lot though once or twice a week at most.

I also get almond butter when I go to whole foods. I grind both myself at the store so I know its fresh.

I don't eat anything with added sugar.....my pb is always organic and natural, looking at pre work out options it seemed like a possability. Thanks!

Its a good choice. Post workout I like some almond butter or peanut butter on an organic brown rice cake.

The other thing about the popular brands is that very often they are not made of all peanuts either.  They are a blend of peanuts and soynuts. 

Also check out PB2, basically its peanut butter that they extract all the oil from and then powder. You can reconstitute it with water and its just like peanut butter with a lot less calories.

the problem with P2B is that they add salt and sugar back in. From what I have read peanut flour is almost the same thing but without the salt and sugar added back in.  You would have to verify that with the packaging.  Also P2B is not organic if that is your thing.