Hi there!
I suppose for oatmeal and COW, you'd measure it wet - but I generally use 1/2 cup dry oatmeal as a serving personally.
1/2 cup dry oatmeal has 150 calories and 27g carbs. I haven't had COW in so long...it tends to lump up on me (actually Jim LIKES it that way - with lumps - go figure!) but I think that if you used a fist-sized dry serving of the stuff, you'd end up with an ENORMOUS amount of the finished product - I think a serving is 3 tablespoons dry...
Peanut butter - supposed to be a healthy fat - but there are better ones out there - and I don't have the strength of mind to keep a jar around the house.
Check out the "Articles Worth Reading" thread (sticky at top of this forum) for the article "Foods that Make you Look Good Nekkid- and foods that make you look nasty even when wearing a parka!"...
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The Okay Stuff
This category includes foods that are generally considered pretty good for the bodybuilder, but may not be perfect for everyone. Just play around with these foods and see how they work for you. We think most of these choices below lean toward the "good" side anyway.
Nuts and Natural Peanut Butter — Nuts make the "okay" list (instead of the "good" list) for one specific reason: they’re very calorically dense. For that reason, they’re often recommended to those supposed "hard gainers" out there. One ounce of peanuts (about 32 nuts to be precise) has 160 calories, eight grams of protein and five grams of carbs. Nuts are high in fat, but only a small part of that is saturated (two out of fourteen grams for peanuts.)
Now, since nuts are so calorically dense, you have to be careful. Just snacking on a can of party peanuts can quickly add a thousand calories to your daily intake. But overall, nuts make a good high fat, low carb food. (Cashews have the highest amount of carbs, about eight grams per serving, so be careful there.) They’re filling, portable and can be a healthy part of any diet.
We’re also a big fan of natural peanut butter, and yes, it has to be natural! Regular peanut butter is full of nasty stuff like corn syrup solids, hydrogenated oils, and sugar. The ingredients should read "peanuts and salt," period. And don’t be fooled by those reduced fat varieties. These are still full of unhealthy ingredients with the added benefit of soy protein! And if you’re still worried about the fat content, natural peanut butter allows you to pour off the excess oil before you stir and refrigerate it.
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One thing to keep in mind is that the article which I quoted was written from a guy's point of view. I think that men can eat more stuff like nuts, peanut butter, and things like that than us women can, especially those of us who are looking to burn fat. And if you eat the 'regular' peanut butter (Skippy, Jif, Peter Pan, etc.) like the article said, it has a lot of sugar in it. Personally, for 'healthy fat' I'd go with flax oil, Udo's, or having salmon once-twice a week. Besides, a 'serving' of peanut butter would likely be a small spoonful...
Hope that helps...
oatmeal and cream of wheat
