This is quite funny, in its way: These last few days I haven't been experiencing that lovely losing weight sensation...and I wondered why as I am eating what I say I am in the DD and doing my treadmill as normal... then I thought I would just double check the calories of peanut butter (and butter)... and Holy Moly! I had no idea. No wonder. Might as well thickly spread melted chocolate on my toast, calories wise. So my beloved has to go However, I am thrilled to have found this out with a few days before WD to give me a chance to undo some of the peanutty damage possibly done (though i don't know as I haven't weighed myself to be honest) . Lol! I am so glad I found this forum. I really feel like me here. And having done this little bit wrong, still I must be doing something right as I lost 4 pounds. I began to feel a tiny bit hopeless when my skirt seemed to get tighter again, and for a couple of days I was really wondering what was going on, but now I have found out this information I feel full of positivity again.It's funny how a few days can feel like a minute... or a year isn't it?! Thank you for ALL without exception being so kind to me. I am at the hospital for the next three days but I will take my computer and write if I can.
Love from Bobette x
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Just to make you feel better, someone shared some info with me about the benefits (other than the obvious), of eating prunes. Some research has shown bone strength benefits if you eat what I read as - wait for it - 50 a day. Thankfully I was put right before I put my order in. It's 50g! 🙄
Ouch bobette, I never thought to ask you where you checked your calories. When I was calorie counting I used to run my meals through an App MyFitnessPal. It only takes a mo and you soon learn which foods to allow and how much. I found the free version to be quite sufficient. It's also useful as it warns you if your calories are low for the day 😉
I hope you don't have to hang about too much at the hospital.
Oh you'd be surprised at how quickly I can calculate the carbs when I'm eating out. I usually try to stay under 100g a day at the moment I'm aiming for under 40 g. Calories are a bit more complicated because every item of food has them.
How interesting thank you xx The one I have is called WHOLE EARTH and has only one ingredient. Peanuts. But I will look into what you said in case it is a way of enjoying peanut butter without it being the only thing I can eat all day!
Whole Earth is my favourite. I have a teaspoonful (about 18g - yes I do weigh it) as my almost daily treat. Since being lower carb I don’t have to worry so much about calories but that also means no toast which, maybe surprisingly, I no longer miss.
Weight loss isn’t linear anyway, even without medications sticking their oar in to complicate matters, but perseverance and the thought of favourite clothes fitting better or fabulous new ones can be a good spur.
Glad today went well, hope the rest of your appointments go the same way.
I am back from the hospital until tomorrow and it went ok actually. Such a nice female doctor.... so kind and understanding. I am taking lots of meds and she told me that they would have lead to my weight gain but that I could still lose the weight whilst being on them. They save my life every day so I am not keen to come off them, lol, not that it is ideal. But what in life is ideal? Hormone meds really gain you weight evidently, too. With or without peanut butter in the equation!
I'm glad to hear it went OK. Yes,some meds lead to weight gain and yes we can usually lose weight anyway. It may take a little longer,there may be hiccups along the way, but we will get there in the end.
Glad things went well with your Dr babette22 and it's good when they can take time to explain what you're taking and any side effects they might have.... I have meds that affect my weight but I still anage to lose on them though I do mostly try to keep off the peanut butter... lol! But a treat is good for us from time to time too. Keep safe. 🌈 and I hope your weightloss journey is going well this week too.😀
I’m pleased your hospital appointment went well . It’s usually the food that we are really enjoying that turns out to be full of calories . Life’s a bummer . I hope you find a tasty alternative xx
All this talk of peanut butter is making my mouth water! A long and distant memory ...... I used to just eat spoonfuls of it. The Whole Earth crunchy is just simply divine, but hasn't been in the cupboard for almost 2 years - sob sob. It's a bit like chocolate for me, I can't just have a little, or can't just have a few nuts, I wd have to eat it all. No self control, so no longer in the shopping trolley.Bad night last night. Had a large glass of wine at my friend's, got home and tucked into 2 slices of toast butter, cheese and mayo. Had to go to bed to stop myself eating more, and yes I'd had a healthy dinner already so wasn't hungry. The urge got me and OH wasn't here to stop me!
No peanut butter for me this morning! Toast with a scraping of butter and marmite instead. I think I was having far too much butter too. Groan!
Hospital all day again today. Probably a packaged salad for lunch then...
Supper I have no idea, literally. Usually I do know but today I am knackered from yesterday so I cannot imagine what I will have the will power to do supper wise. Possibly meatballs (already in freezer) with mash and broccoli and sprouts and carrots???
Good luck for your appointment this morning. All the tasty things I crave have been worse this week as weather so bad .Do you watch TV whilst you are walking on the treadmill? Helped me but can’t get used to the exercise bike . The saddle is awful . When someone mentioned cheese on toast I went dizzy .
'When someone mentioned cheese on toast I went dizzy .' CLASSIC! x
Haha! I feel your pain. I had to stop buying it for a long time. Most never got as far as the toast - soonful after spoonful bypassed it - straight into my mouth 🐷😂. I've since learned a little self control and mix a small amout with marmite. Same amount of spread - lower calories. You can buy peanut butter and marmite in one jar but I prefer to mix my own.Hope all goes well at the hospital 💓
Oh I love this... I found out yesterday too and I had just bought a jar of peanut butter for an amazing easy vietnamese salad my daughter taught us. But I'm only just getting serious about losing weight (and I wish I had weighed myself first because I definitely have lost some!) But I was listening to a podcast yesterday and making notes for my blog and found out the same for peanuts and cashews. So now what do I do... we have a month in this house before we move on so do I use it up in a month or not. Sadly I'm a big use it up fan.
Good luck in hospital. I'm only coming across your thread so I hope it all goes well for you.
Have you checked the ingredients in your peanut butter? Many types have added sugar (causing high insulin levels and weight gain) and oil which may be high in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAS) which can cause chronic inflammation. Also what bread are you toasting? Most shop bought bread is made with a proportion of white flour which is basically starch and gluten which has a high glycaemic index (the gluten increases the speed of abrorption of the glucose from the starch) and will spike your insulin causing weight gain.
I have bought things online where the ingredients are different in reallife. On the whole earth website it says 100% peanuts/ no palm oil on the crunchy.
Mine is definitely 100% peanuts / no palm oil. I have also been buying the Aldi crunchy version which is also 100% peanuts. Hope you are well after your hospital visit.
Hello bobette22, I do hope your hospital appointment is going well. We all need friends and this is where you will find them, I certainly have. I have never had peanut butter, but I like honey roast peanuts, yum. Take care. Cheers x
Hiya bobette22, thank you for your message, all is well now. I had a cry earlier today and I think that is what I needed, so much going on all at once. I have read your messages from today and I am so pleased that you have been looked after well at the hospital. Take care. Cheers x
Back from hospital now.. A LOT of sitting around. But also was nice female doctor again and I truly felt she understood me and my needs, thank God for the NHS.
I have had such bad treatment over the years with everything, but recently such excellent treatment. I feel finally I am getting to where I want to be after so many years of utter frustration , pain and hopelessness. That's my truth. For what it's worth.
And when I think about my life and how far I have come... so heartening. But Lord knows, there were times when... well, very very bad times. And I feel such part of a group or team here, and it is so fantastic that I found you all...who would have thought this pesky weight I have to lose has actually been the cause of finding well...friends.x
Hello moreless, I just wanted to say that I have been clicking through things and I have found a link about blood pressure, which I have and take 5 tablets a day for, so I clicked on it and have started on reading through a programme which took me to Heart Matters and have signed up to that. Without this forum I would not have found all this information so a big thank you. Take care. Cheers x
Good morning, I have even done some chair based exercises I found on the Heart Matters site and I have found a nice tasty recipe for a beef pie using a five vegetable mash on the blood pressure programme, what next I wonder. Have a good day. Cheers x
Tomorrow is another day at the hospital, and surgery is happening . I have to be there by 0800. I'm nervous. Tomorrow evening I don't know if I'll be still in or out. In which case I am wondering what to eat! I filled my fridge full of food so I could have more or less whatever I wanted. No breakfast obviously. No lunch obviously but I will eat something pm. Funny how I can still think about losing weight through all this malarkey! I am really serious about this weight loss thing. Deadly serious and when I want or need to do something, I really do it. As you know by now hahahahahahaahahaa! ps. Sorry if I talk too much. I am a real chatterbox sometimes.
Hello bobette22, if you can feel someone squeezing your hand it's me, you have friends backing you up all the way. I look forward to your next text. Take care. xx
Hello all. Well it's done and I feel very strange and very very sore. I am massively bloated from the anaesthetic and have been sick a lot, sorry tmi, but it is done. I'm there. I am at home, I more or less insisted, but I am under strict instructions to as. near to 'bed rest' as I can sanely do. My friend came round with a tray of assorted sandwiches and juices and fruit which is good as I didn't know how rough I would feel. I do not think I would have bothered with food at all. I can see I am going to have to put getting over this op. first... my body is giving me clear signs. I am dying to hear from my friends. I've been in another world! lol
It's good to hear your home. Please give yourself time to recover from the anaesthesia, the least you do, including phoning, texting etc the better. Night night, xx
Glad to hear you are home and ok ish Bobette. Don't worry about your weight while you are recuperating and others are feeding you. Keep an eye on the portion sizes while you rest up and you should be able to limit any damage. You can go back to that once you are fully recovered. Take care friend and look after yourself xx
I'm hanging in there. I had a rotten night. I couldn't find a good position! Still I am home which is what I wanted and it's done....finally....done.
Today is going to be weird food wise as I am relying on my friend to bring stuff round. She has a key. She is salt of the earth and a wonderful soul. I have definitely gained weight, I mean, I can literally feel it. But I think I shouldn't spend energy being upset about that when I have bigger fish to fry (though losing weight *seems* to be the most important thing in my life right now, which is ironic after all my fighting for this!)
How are you all? I consider you my friends and I feel really grateful. Truly. Thankful.
I slept most of the day and feel better for it. I am going to start to make my own food as soon as I am more mobile. I think I will have gained tomorrow and I am not looking forward to seeing by how much but I will consider it a small price to pay for what has happened to me! How wonderful.
I really fancy a peanut butter and marmite sandwich now.... with a fondant fancy for after with a nice cup of tea. haha! We don't change do we?
Good morning bobette22, sleep has increased healing power, it's good to hear that you can manage it. Even just being able to think about food after a major anaesthesia must mean you're getting through.
Don't stress out about weight and have a good Saturday
Good morning bobette so happy you are feeling a little better each day. It’s good you are sleeping a lot. It helps the healing process. Pleased there is a friend coming in and feeding you. You take care.
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However, I am thrilled to have found this out with a few days before WD to give me a chance to undo some of the peanutty damage possibly done (though i don't know as I haven't weighed myself to be honest) . Lol! I am so glad I found this forum. I really feel like me here. And having done this little bit wrong, still I must be doing something right as I lost 4 pounds. I began to feel a tiny bit hopeless when my skirt seemed to get tighter again, and for a couple of days I was really wondering what was going on, but now I have found out this information I feel full of positivity again.It's funny how a few days can feel like a minute... or a year isn't it?! Thank you for ALL without exception being so kind to me. I am at the hospital for the next three days but I will take my computer and write if I can. 
Tips and advice welcome I have lots of questions too
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