Panigale1199's Journal, 13 March 2015

Ever try PB2? Not sure what it is about peanut butter that you aren't supposed to eat but the PB2 is dehydrated peanuts that has the fat sucked out. Add water and voila! Peanut butter without the guilt. 

Well peanuts are not a nut, they are a legume which is not Paleo. SO it is forbidden....but ive been eating it for the quick protein fix, and it kills my hunger/food cravings. But I will take a look at PB2 never heard of it. 

Have you tried a protein bar with water? That might help. I think that time frame, and later, is a challenge for most everyone :-). You can beat it though. Just find the right daily routine to get you through it.  

I want to try protein bars..if I do I might make them homemade. I do have a protein bar at work that is low carb and no bad chemicals but I am not crazy on the taste.. I might just need to eat more at lunch at work. 

for pre workout....the carb to protein ratio for peanut is excellent.....a small spoonful won't ruin your program ...in fact it will probably help it because you'll get through your routine better and will have that extra little boost to get your through...IMO 

ALL NATURAL PEANUT BUTTER, it exists and is low in fat! Get some protein whey powder and combine it with some Frozen fruits and water. Boom, Protein smoothie. You get the protein you want and little to no fat while filling your stomach up. I recommend drinking some water after having that an hour and half before your workout. It will make the fiber expand. Chicken is an excellent source of protein with little to no fat, get small meals in every day. That means 5-6 meals a day! That way you don't get as hungry as you usually do throughout the day. And last but not least, I would stay away from the peanut butter. If you want your results bad enough, you can do it! Keep it up! I hope this helps! 

heavy whipping cream in your protein shakes. Nice clean fat source with only trace amounts of lactose. VERY filling. Also great for the Muss-Kulls. 

Looking at you diet log, your cal intake seems sporadic from day to day... 3 days around 2000 cals, then a couple days at 1400, and so on. I suspect you are hungry ... well, because you are hungry! your body needs the cals. I punched your stats into the cal calculator I reference in my profile: Assuming you have 1-3 hours of moderate exercise per week, you could eat 2036 cals and maintain your current weight, or eat as little as 1629 cals (no less) and lose about a lb of FAT per week. That's alot of food if you are eating clean, low processed, low cal denisty foods. For me I shoot for about 2300 cals to maintain my weight right now. On average, I eat 500 cals for breakfast every day, then about 3 hours later I eat 300 or so cals, then 3 hours later another 300 cals, workout, then about 600 cals for dinner 4-5 hours after that 2nd lunch... that leaves room for a post workout protein bar at 300 cals, and a protein shake with a banana and 1 TBSP peanut butter for after dinner snack (only if I worked out that day). I am plus or minus 100 cals of that every day (when tracking). Result... no hunger or cravings ever... and I still lost FAT easily at that level when I weighed much more. I consistently was eating about 45% carbs, 35% protein and 20% fat during my 70 lb FAT loss. Not Paleo, but not alot of processed stuff, very little red meat, rarely bacon. Never hungry... just had to make bfast, pack my lunchs and pack a protein bar snack (I like clif bars, with the 10g or 20g bars). Check out references in my profile for lots of accurate and free advice... completely changed my body around in 9 months. 

... and if you are more active, say 3-5 hours a week or moderate exercise, you can eat as much as 1836 cals ... you body will thank you and your metabolism will fire up. And do drink water... not so much to fill you up (though it may), but to flush the toxins out. 

One of the things that I did was learn more about what hunger really is…… What we think is hunger is often HABIT…The Habit of eating. It can often be thirst. I recently completed an 8 day Water Fast and i truly learnt what Hunger really is. Lets look at it another way…… Lets say a person has 15 Pounds to lose. Each pound is 3500 Calories of stored energy….. If a person has 15 pounds that means they have 52,500 EXTRA CALORIES stored….If that person burns lets say 2000 Calories a day….they have 26.25 Days worth of STORED ENERGY. Makes you look at Hunger differently doesn't it. Look up hunger pangs…Mostly mental. 

Fat bombs! 

Fat bombs, second vote.  

Make your own nutbutter. Toast the nuts low oven or in a dry pan on the stovetop, Put them in a blender of any sort add a bit of oil of your choice, a pinch of salt if you wish. You will have nut butter. Great with any kind of nuts, sunflower seeds, or sesame seeds (for this one use sesame oil). Easy and a whole lot cheaper usually than buying it in the store, you control the ingredients which is another plus.  

Additionally I'm not paleo but I did find when I was in the weight loss phase of my plan, if I needed an extra boost after a workout, after work to get me through until dinner or anytime a spoonful of a nut or peanut butter really helped. Extra protein and good fats would get me through. I kept a jar of all natural peanut butter in my desk at work just in case.  

What about sunflower nut butter. I agree and think fat would help a bunch. Can you fix eggs fried in butter? 

It's been suggested already but i also vote for fatbombs. 

Try the dried peanut butter. You mix it with water to get the texture you like. It's good and may help.  

Since a couple people mentioned it....is the point of the powdered peanut butter just to cut out the fat? I have seen the product but never bought it because I thought it was just defatted peanut butter. 

Hmmm - you are right peanut butter is not Paleo and if you are craving peanut butter, you are not craving protein - you are craving FAT! PB2 will not satiate you. If you go to the workout from your job, eat half an avocado; or some nuts (I like raw almonds), or two hard boiled eggs so you get the fat and a little protein. Nut butters are more fat than protein so follow your body. The fat is calling - then it will be the fat you burn at the gym instead of glucose from carbs.