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I hated Peanut Butter prior to surgery but now I love it! I try not to eat it often tho since it's so high in calories Helps to have PB2 around.

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I love Peanut Butter.

But it's a huge trigger food for me.

And it's enormously high-calorie. Almost 100 cals / tablespoon.

And ... and ... and ... the amount my eyes think a tablespoon of Peanut Butter is is really almost 3 tablespoons!

(sigh)

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I was allowed Peanut Butter on purees, which for me was four weeks post-op. However, the peanut butter had to be weighed by the gram, and mo more than 15 grams per day. People are really bad at measuring peanut butter by volume, and it so high calorie, you can really mess up your weight loss if you get that wrong. Weighing it is the way to go.

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I can have Peanut Butter, but I have only had it a couple of times since surgery. It's one of those food that my taster has changed for, so I don't like it nearly as much as before surgery (it was my absolute favorite food before). Don't miss it all that much.

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I hated Peanut Butter prior to surgery but now I love it! I try not to eat it often tho since it's so high in calories Helps to have PB2 around.

Me too!!! How weird is that? Pre op the closest I got was a Reese's PB cup! Now I use Laura Scudders brand, nothing but nuts and a bit of salt.

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I LOVE Scudders. I have never tried the PB2... How exactly do you use it and is it better to eat after the surgery than regular Peanut Butter?

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@@agwj71 PB2 is generally a better option because it is so much lower calorie. I stir it into yogurt and cottage cheese, and add it to Protein Shakes. You can also stir it into hot Cereal if you eat that sort of thing (I don't do grains).

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