question about peanut butter on cutting diet....

krosspyder · Fri, June 17th, 2005, 12:33 AM

im eating non hydro peanut butter (smuckers). my question is how much is too much peanut butter while staying well under caloric maintanence.

for my high protein days i find that eating about 2 to 4 TBS of it helps me get in my required caloric numbers. its about 210 cals for 2 TBS.

everything else is either tuna, chicken and protein shake.

thirtysomething · Fri, June 17th, 2005, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by krosspyder

im eating non hydro peanut butter (smuckers). my question is how much is too much peanut butter while staying well under caloric maintanence.

for my high protein days i find that eating about 2 to 4 TBS of it helps me get in my required caloric numbers. its about 210 cals for 2 TBS.

everything else is either tuna, chicken and protein shake.

I guess that depends on how your macros are set up and how much fat you get otherwise. I usually eat at least 1 tbsp of almond butter per day, often 2 now that I am trying to increase my fats to 30%.

krosspyder · Fri, June 17th, 2005, 04:18 AM

thats a good point. so theoretically a 40 % p, 20% c and 40% fat macro would be bad (in terms of loosing fat) even if one is well under thier caloric maintenance level?

thirtysomething · Fri, June 17th, 2005, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by krosspyder

thats a good point. so theoretically a 40 % p, 20% c and 40% fat macro would be bad (in terms of loosing fat) even if one is well under thier caloric maintenance level?

I am not sure. It is certainly higher than I have done. Hopeful one of the more expert members will pop in and advise

krosspyder · Fri, June 17th, 2005, 04:38 AM

cool cool. i dont do this often. just on days when i have trouble with preparing chicken or other straight protein sources other then whey.

plus i love peanut butter and jam.

Adam and Jess · Fri, June 17th, 2005, 05:02 AM

I incorporate a Tblsp and a half to my shake every morning and it fits well within my macros..

ADam

krosspyder · Fri, June 17th, 2005, 05:15 AM

hows that shit taste with vanilla whey powder and a bananna?... or what do you use?

Adam and Jess · Fri, June 17th, 2005, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by krosspyder

hows that shit taste with vanilla whey powder and a bananna?... or what do you use?

heh, thats exactly what I use.. the finacee uses chocolate while I suck down on the vanilla.. it taste just fine!

you can add a tiny bit of ground cinammon and a 1/4 tsp vanilla extract for a little zing..

adam