Peanut Butter.

Peanut Butter Pie. Peanut Butter Candies.  Peanut Butter Cups, Peanut Butter Cookies.  Peanut Butter and Jelly.  I’m in love with another peanut butter.

I have a love/hate relationship with peanut butter.  Peanut Butter was my best friend when I weighed 300 lbs.  Now that I look back, peanut butter was probably one of the reasons I was obese.  Typical peanut butter is loaded with fat and calories.  I hate that!  Once I lost 150, I wanted to keep it off.

I gave up Peanut Butter.

Recently I stumbled across something called Better ‘N Peanut Butter.  I thought, “better than peanut butter.  Yeah, right!”  I missed regular peanut butter so I thought I would give it a try.

I’m so glad I did.

This stuff is amazing! No, really.  I fell in love with this stuff.  I’m now…in love with another peanut butter.

Better ‘N Peanut Butter is 85% (yes, you heard me) less fat than real peanut butter AND 40% (that’s right) less calories. 

Better ‘N Peanut Butter is an all natural, delicious peanut butter spread from Wonder Natural Foods. The texture is slightly different, but not in a bad way.

This stuff has 2 grams of fat, 100 calories (per 2 Tbsp.) 13 grams of carbs, no saturated fat, No trans fat, it’s gluten free, dairy free, has no cholesterol and no preservatives!

It is a MUST buy.

Cost:  $4-$5 per 16 oz jar.  This get’s kinda expensive when you have a 2 jar a week habit!!  However, it is worth every penny!  I mean it!

Product has to be refrigerated after opening.  So far, this is my only negative.  I would love to carry this stuff with me everywhere I go.

You think I’m kidding.

There are 3 versions available.  Regular, Low Sodium and Chocolate.  The regular and low sodium are my 2 favorites!  YUMMY.

Go out and buy this stuff.  You’ll love it.

Today is the last day of my Gratitude list. While I will not be listing out what I am grateful for on a regular basis, it does not mean I am no longer grateful. I have learned so much from my gratitude list. More than I will probably ever come to realize. I’ve made new friends. I’ve committed to something for more than 1 week (which is hard for me). I have come to appreciate the small things in life. I realized I have an obsession with peanut butter! I have learned it is okay to express gratitude, but only if you really mean it. I am more aware of my surroundings. I pay more attention to others and what they should be grateful for. And lastly, that I have a lot to be grateful for.

I’m ending my gratitude with the hardest of all letters. “Z”. And no, I could not think of 10.

Zoo. We have a wonderful zoo here in North Carolina.  Beautiful.  We visit at least once per year.  It is cheap,  they have tons of activities for the kids and it is good, quality time with the fam.

Zippers. Yes, I’m grateful for zippers.  I surely don’t want to wear pants with elastic waistbands (unless they are my workout pants!).

Zombie Movies. I’m a horror movie junkie!  And zombie movies are one of my faves.

Zilch. Zilch is a sugar free margarita mixer that contains zero carbs, zero calories and zero sodium, making it perfect for my low calorie, low carb diet!! I recently tried this at a conference in Texas and it was yummy.  Check it out!

Zero Calorie gum. I think gum keeps me from eating as much as I would normally.  I love sugar free, zero calorie gum and candies!

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah. Does anyone else know this song?  Zip-a dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay, my, oh, my what a wonderful day…Plenty of sunshine headin’ my way, Zip-a dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay…

My gratitude will continue…I hope yours will too.

Yesterday was a wonderful day.  I spent all day with Scott, my other half.  We cleaned out our storage building, tool shed, went to the landfill, hung out by the fire pit and just chilled.  It was nice.  I didn’t have to get made up.  Shorts, tank top, ponytail and no makeup for me.  Just the way I like it.  It was a nice day, regardless of the obvious manual labor.  I sure love him!

I also picked up my new glasses.  They are the cutest pair of horn rims EVER.  They make me look totally dorky, but I like them.  I must admit I am a little disappointed my prescription sunglasses are not here yet.  :0(

Gratitude Letter Y

Yellow box Flip-Flips. These are the most comfy flops in the world. I never thought I would pay $30 for casual flip flops. They are worth every penny.

Yahoo.  My 2nd favorite search engine.

Yesterday.  Gosh, yesterday was the best day.  I spent it with my sweetheart. No cell phones, no work, no drama.  Perfect.

YMCA.  The song.  Y….M….C….A….

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Surely you don’t think I’m going to come up with a list of “X” words, did you?  Heck, I can only think of 2 or 3 words starting with “X”, that I can spell, anyway.

X-ray (as in vision) and Xylophone (and I’m not so sure I even spelled that correctly!)

I’m taking a break today from my gratitude list since I can’t think of anything starting with “X”.  Hmmm…

I’ll leave you with a few of my favorite quotes about gratitude.

“Real life isn’t always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgment of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.”

~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.”

~ Edwin Arlington Robinson

Everyone knows what it means to be grateful, right?  Weeks ago, I was grateful, but I did not express my gratitude.  I didn’t tell those I appreciate how thankful I am to have them in my life.  I did, however, focus on the negative.  That time is over.  My life feels “lighter”.  I enjoy things more.  I spend more quality time with my family.  I have started exercising.  I genuinely feel better about myself…because now I know what it means to be grateful!

Gratitude Letter W.

Water.  I don’t drink enough, but I am trying to be better.  (I still like Diet Mtn Dew better)

Weather.  The weather has been beautiful all week long.  I love fall-like weather.  Almost time for sweatshirts!

Weekends.  Tomorrow is FRIDAY!  Yippee!  This means I can stay in my pj’s if I want!

Wok. I recently made the leap an got a wok.  It is fun to cook with and we have even experimented with new recipes.  I’m not a very good cook, but everything made in that wok has been yummy!

Watermelon.  Did you know watermelon is over 90% water?  I’ll get it somewhere…

White sale.  I love white sales.  Macy’s always have to best ones.

Winter. Even though Fall is my favorite season, I love winter.  Especially snow!

Walking. I have a love/hate relationship with walking.  I’m learning to like it, though.

See ya tomorrow.