errr….I mean making up with, not making out with. Or so I thought – then I took pictures for the post. More on “making out” later!
So forever (okay, just 2 years) I have eating oatmeal for breakfast. Lady of routine, one pack of instant sugar free apple cinnamon oatmeal.
(P.S., you MUST try this! Instructions here)
Until a couple of weeks ago, when I realized I was eating 99.9% carbs all day every day. And I decided I better step outside of the instant oatmeal and find some other options.
PEANUT BUTTER!!
Well, not together but both on the same plate. You see, I’ve heard so many people at the gym (well, trainers mostly) talk about 2 hard boiled eggs & peanut butter toast for breakfast.
And…if you have paid attention to my blog, ya’ll know I’m deeply scared of having peanut butter in my house. Wanna know why? Cuz I LOVE IT. TOO MUCH. Give me a jar of peanut butter and I’ll tell ya a bazillion food combination that would tempt your taste buds (or at least tempt a binger like myself!) I’m not kidding – you see, pre-weight loss, peanut butter was my go-to food. I would put peanut butter on EVERYTHING!
- Kit Kat dipped in peanut butter
- Peanut butter & cheese sandwiches
- Crackers & peanut butter
- Pretzels & peanut butter
- Celery & peanut butter
- Oreo’s dipped in peanut butter
- Peanut butter smeared banana
- Peanut butter on a spoon
- or a fork
- or on my finger
And it wouldn’t be just a serving. I would totally overdose on peanut butter. And then when I started counting calories, I made the decision that peanut butter was just not worth the potential binge so I never brought it into my house.
But I really want the added protein from the peanut butter. (I want to increase my protein intake.) And, since the light-bulb moment about controlling my response to the environment instead of controlling the environment, I made a risky decision this weekend.
But alas, I bought it anyways.
I can control my response to my environment.
Enter The Peanut Butter
Can we make out?
okay okay, no making out
with the peanut butter!
(P.S. notice the glasses? Doctor says I better start wearing them all the time so I dug around and found an old pair I had. Glasses bother me, they rub on my nose too much – maybe I’ll look into contacts.)
Anyways, this Beck Diet book is giving me the confidence that I can live with Peanut Butter without impaling my tongue deep into the jar to lick the remaining insides out. I tried this morning to add it to my toast but when I turned the jar over to look at the servings and saw 1 serving = 2 tablespoons = 190 calories, I got overwhelmed and decided I would only use 1 tablespoon.
I know it’s a mental struggle. I made it through day one of having the peanut butter in my house. We’ll see how I do for the rest of the week. I’m going to try to incorporate the recommended 2 tablespoons in my breakfast tomorrow.
Do you have a food in particular you struggle with? One that, no matter what, you just cannot seem to control yourself around?
