Its no secret that I have a nut butter love affair.
I have zero self control. Put a jar of nut butter in front of me and I turn into the nut butter version of Cookie Monster….its not pretty.
Nut butter is officially my food nemesis.
I’ve decided that having a nemesis makes life interesting and keeps me on my toes.
- I’ve literally licked the jar clean.
- Signs have been posted to keep me on track.
- ‘Come to Jesus’ moments involving soap and water have occurred more than once in my kitchen.
- Declarations have been made and lines in the sand have been drawn copious amounts of times.
- And there was even a time when I was able to sneak in just a wee bit into my diet.
There is only one nut butter that I have met and not utterly adored, hazelnut butter. And thinking back, it may have had more to do with the texture more than the flavor. Nonetheless, I will not risk buying it again just in case I experience delayed nut butter twitterpation.
Once again I find myself overeating on the nut butter.
Suddenly I had a revelation. Perhaps its not the nuts, rather the butter that is the problem.
What if I just eat nuts?
Where have these been all my Figure Competitor life?
This is my tastiest solution to date.
I love the savory flavor and counting out 11 to munch on is way easier than trying to measure out 16 grams of a sticky butter. How do you put 5 grams of nut butter back into the jar? Heck as if I know, because it always just ends up in my mouth!
Counting to eleven is way easier.
Its kinda nutty, but I think it may just work!
I too discovered blue diamond Almonds. I like the Smokehouse or the Wasabi & Soy Sauce flavors.
As far as food nemesis – I have plenty of them (nemisi?)! (most of them are kind of on the odd side) Slim Jims, smoked oysters , popcorn, CranGrape juice, green olives, and Parmesan cheese.
I can eat them all day long as snacks.
Nemesisi – love that Deb!
Chocolate is my nemisis. I cannot even talk about it.
I have adored getting to know actual nuts since going/exploring Paleo. Cashews, pecans, whole walnuts, macademias. I’m getting quite the collection in my cupboard! And I get more pleasure from eating the actual nut than I do the butter-version! Enjoy!!
I am also enjoying the actual nut these days. Mmm! Way easier to control and be satisfied with.
dude. nut butters and nuts are my nemisis. Through some chocolate in there and I am in BIG trouble. I heart my 1 T and rice cake I get in, oh, 15 minutes from now……………
Darn their deliciousness
I’m pretty sure all foods are my nemesis but I’d have to say Nutella is the worst, by far. I don’t even go down the same aisle in the grocery store, if I can help it. Somehow the buggering jar winds up in my cart and then basically i eat the whole thing over the course of two days. Peanut butter isn’t much better, but I am learning to restrain myself. Not well, mind you. It’s all a process.
It is a process! All that matters is that each day, week, or year we are doing better than before. Honestly!
My nemesis?!? Peanut butter cereal…either Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch or Barbara’s Peanut Butter Puffins. Yes, I can eat the whole box….LITERALLY! It’s insane.
I definitely find the nuts more satisfying than nut butters because of the texture. I AM a texture eater!! Hope it works out for you! ENJOY!!!
I can’t even imagine what would happen if I bought peanut butter cereal. There would have to be a ‘come to Jesus’ moment over that one too. lol!! The nuts and I are doing way better. I think we are going to be friends. Yay for new friends. 😉
Nut Butters & cereal. I can’t buy cereal and not eat the entire box in 2 days. But honestly, you should try PB2. It can make things taste like PB, but you don’t wanna eat it with a spoon.. trust me!
Unfortunately me and the PB2 can’t be friends either! lol! I use it in WAY too many things and obsess about how else I could eat it. I do best when sticking to meat, vegetables, and fruits. ARGH! 😀
I came by from Sheri’s blog. I gave up nut butters… yep – nemesis. Nuts themselves are not a big problem for me but they are one food I actually weigh out to be sure I don’t overeat.
Oh glad to have you in the group!! NUTS – so fabulous and so addicting!! 🙂
I have absolutely no control over myself when it comes to nuts so I completely understand!!
C x x