Six Peanut Butter & Sides – Diet Recipes: Cooking Low-Calorie & Low-Carb

@FragenAnsLeben Many people choose that approach. Each of us must assess our own personal food issues, and figure out what behavior works best for us to deal with them.

@FragenAnsLeben You are so right when you say that being satisfied with oneself is what makes one happy in the long run. <3

True, I may just wanted to say, that people who are disciplined can have all foods. But people who know, they have a real hard time to be that disciplined should consider not having such foods at all in their home or just once or twice in a year.

Still, whichever approach we apply, it is an important point, as you implied in your video, to keep an eye on portion size and to mesure correctly and honestly.

@FragenAnsLeben I think it is not a one-size-fits-all world, especially when it comes to food and dieting. Each person has to discover what works for them, and what they can personally live with. The perspective I bring to my website and my recipes is one of tolerance for most all dieting ideas. I am clear about what works for me, but just because something doesn’t work for me, doesn’t mean it won’t work for others.

Also I wanted to say the connection of emotional comfort and food, especially high calorie food is treacherous. I think it’s good to loosen that connction a bit. it works. I stopped the habit of eating the comfort food of my childhood every day. Now I only reserve it only for special occation.
Couse what makes me happy on a long run is being satisfied with myself, which I can’t, when my jeans a constantly too tight.
Anyway, nice weekend to you!

I can see the purpose of you’re video and I think you’re right, IF people measure really everything, it’s okay. I only think the allurement to just stick the tea spoon into the jar of peanutbutter, without measuring and counting it within the daily allowance is just too big (own experience (: ).
I think there are people (which is everyone who is not working out or labouring hard on a professional basis), who should stay away from that kind of food.

@FragenAnsLeben As you say, Americans do have a love of peanut butter, and it is considered a staple in most homes. As children most of us frequently were given peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and it has become an emotionally comforting food. Most people don’t weigh or measure their food and even dieters greatly underestimate the exact calories in peanut butter, my video was intended to draw attention to this fact. Peanuts are also difficult, many people consume at least 1 cup at a time.

Smaller portions is really important, when it comes to high calorie food, but I don’t get, what Americans have with their peanut butter. As you suggest yourself it is SO high in calorie AND it’s easy to eat way more of it than you think.

Why eating it at all?

Isn’t it better to eat just some pure nuts, like almonds, walnuts and peanuts fore heavens sake`very few once in a while. I eat for example 3-4 walnuts as one serving. Not more.

Sure, I have good fats from fish and veg oil in my diet.