What to have for breakfast this morning was an easy decision: Might Maple Peanut Butter! Holy yum! 
This stuff is like nut butter crack!
I spread the Mighty Maple on two slices of hemp toast.
And, I added some fresh mango for some color.
Check out my new placemats that I used this morning! They were a serious bargain at the Christmas Tree Shop! Only $1.69 each! 
Feel Great Weight
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Question of the Day
What’s your Feel Great Weight?
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I think my feel great weight would be the weight that I don’t wake up with a backache in the mornings! I’ll get there, it’s a slow process though. Love your site!
I’m still learning what my Feel Great Weight is, but I’m making progress every day! I think my FGW will be the weight I’m at and look in the mirror and feel content with my looks – in theory that should be in any weight!
I love that PB!!
My feel great weight for body and mind seems to be where I am right now. I’ve learned to love it. Recovering from an eating disorder of 10+ years I wasnt sure where my own bodys natural happy weight would be. Suffice to say here I am and I have a new love for it! It’s a place I dont have to FIGHT for, starve for or feel bad about!
I know this Mighty Maple is definitely CRACK! OMG it’s amazing isn’t it? You have to try it on a date. Best thing in the world!
Hope you have a wonderful day Tina!
I LOVE that peanut butter. PB&Co. is genius. Pure genius.
Great looking breakfast! My mom loves the Christmas Tree Shop’s when they travel to the New England states.
Pam
http://www.alovefornewrecipes.blogspot.com
love that pb! i also love that article. i’ve often dealt with negative reactions from friends or family over my eating habits, telling me i wasn’t “fun” anymore. i’ve learned how to balance friends and health much better, but it’s taken a lot of practice (and your blog has seriously helped!).
my feel great weight is where i don’t have to work to maintain it – where i eat well, enjoy all the foods i love, exercise however much i want (or don’t want!), and don’t mind the normal fluctuations.
I just bought some of the maple PB! I’m super psyched to try it.
I love that flavor of PB & Co. The maple syrup makes it a little bit crunchy because of the sugar crystals. I can’t resist it – especially in the fall!
I haven’t had that PB in a long time! Must get some more soon! I like to have it as dessert =)
I love your placemats!
I don’t know what my feel great weight is yet…I am still struggling to get there (I have been overweight since middle school!), but I do consider my self at a “feel better but not great weight” right now.
Don’t you just love a bargain?
hehe.
My feel great weight is what I have been at since shortly after college, so about 7 years. I have learned that if I eat an 80% healthy diet and MOVE I stay very close to that weight all the time, allowing for holidays,vacations, celebrations, etc.
Gotta love that Christmas Tree Shop
As a Health Magazine employee, I might be biased, but I LOVE the FGW Program and think you’ve been a wonderful addition to it – so thank you! And I’d definitely say my “Feel Great Weight” is whenever I feel the most toned and in-shape. It’s not a about a number but rather how confident I feel in what I’m wearing and how it fits that day
I love the Mighty Maple! I just bought that and the Chocolate Dreams PB for $3 at this little boutique called Target. I had a whole wheat wrap with the Mighty Maple and sliced bananas all rolled up for breakfast this morning. You should try it Tina!
Cute placemats!
I don’t know what my feel great weight is. As someone who is recovering from binge eating disorder, my focus has been healing my relationship with food rather than being a specific weight. I am overweight at this point but I eat well, exercise regularly and I feel good most of the time and to me, that is more important than the number on the scale or the number inside my jeans.
130 at 5’4″- seriously when I see/read about girls who tout 120 at that height, they are spending WAY too much time working out and not enough enjoying food!
I love that peanut butter! I go to the actual store/restaurant in NYC just to pick up extra jars. I love the placemats too, they’re so colorful!
Oooh! Love Mighty Maple! PB & Co rocks! Dark Chocoate Dreams is my fav so far. White Chocolate Wonderful is good, but not spectacular. I really want to try the Cinnamon Raisin, but can’t find it locally!
Great placemats!
I think that’s the only PB & Co pb that I haven’t had! Hmm my feel good weight is anywhere betwenn 117 -122, I’m a short girl..and I like to give myself a range, sticking with just one number is too restricting
Very cute placemat! My weight has always hovered comfortably around 130 lbs. My weight seems to always go back to that number despite losses and gains. I’ve been that way since I was about 14.
so jealous of the mighty maple! I cannot find it here!!! It sounds amazing
I think my feel great weight is when I’m eating balanced, allowing for splurges, staying active and not worrying about my actual #. Fluctuations are normal. When my life is not about the number, but about being healthy.
I LOVE Peanut Butter & Co. products…it really is peanut butter on crack – I’m OBSESSED with its Dark Chocolate Dreams!
my feel great weight is at about 115-120 at 5’5. right now im 103 from dealing with a few issues..but im slowly trying to work my way back up to that weight before going to college. i eat very healthy, just not enough healthy fat i dont think since i mostly just eat fruit and veggies. but i do over-exercise sometimes i think which is my problem.
your blog has helped me see that you can eat this kind of breakfast (two peices of toast with PB) and still have a beautiful body without having to burn off all of the calories. thank you tina!!
I am going to have to try that peanut butter! Yum!
I think I am very close to my FGW if I’m not there already. I’m really loving how I feel and look right now and I’m confident. I am trying to get away from the whole, “oh but what if I lost 3-5 more pounds” mentality. I’m getting there!
Mighty Maple is tied for number one when it comes to the PB&Co. flavors! Cinnamon raisin shares the top spot.
Yummm. I love PB&Co. I haven’t tried that flavor yet though!
I’m just wondering what type of hemp bread you are using. I’ve been looking for a yummy bread. How do you like it?
Great breakfast! I haven’t tried hemp bread yet. I am working on my FGW. I lost a lot of weight because of some GI issues in the past couple months and I really didn’t need to lose any. So now I am trying to gain some weight. I am 5’6 and got down to 99, I know, not good. So I hope to be back at 115 soon! I am gaining the healthy way, I don’t want to eat donuts and chips all day:) I am trying to eat more healthy fats, protein, and calories. Plus I am increasing my strength training. Sorry if that was too much info:)
PB & Co. is the best! They have so many great flavors. Your placemats are so cute, I love getting a deal at Christmas Tree!
I’m still trying to figure out my feel great weight. Like Maria I got way too low for my height and then flew in the other direction. Great. I think right now my feel great weight is becoming less about a number on a scale and more about how I feel in my clothes, my energy level, etc. I definitely do not want to get as skinny as I once was but I want my tone back.
We’ll have to try that flavor next.
That PB looks amazing!
Yep that is nut butter crack.. I’ve gone through 2 jars of it since I discovered it and have 2 more at home since they were clerancing them out at walmart.
That PB sounds amazing!
Maria i completely understand what you’re going through…i was 120 and dropped to 100 and im 5’5. im slowly working my way up but its going very slow, my strategy is the same though
There is an actual PB&Co restaurant in NYC! It serves only PB sandwiches. It’s so cute, I love taking friends there: http://www.yelp.com/biz/peanut-butter-and-company-new-york
I love all this feel great weight stuff! I think it is really great for women to get an idea of what other women actually weigh.
I’m 5 foot 6 1/2 and right now I weigh 133 pounds, which is in my feel great weight range of between 131-134. When I started losing weight I was at about 180 and miserable. I got down to 126 and was just as miserable; couldn’t eat what I wanted, didn’t feel strong. When I’m rocking out at between 131-134 my body is happy, I can eat a piece of cake and not freak out, and I feel strong enough to bike everywhere and work out almost every day.
I loved the article Tina!! It must be such a joy to get to do what you love (write about nutrition and exercise) for a living!
I really liked your article on Health. I went through the same thing when I started focusing on eating healthy. My family and my coworkers just did not understand, and still to this day make comments about how “regimented” I am or that I’m a “party pooper”! I just brush it off though – I’d rather be health and the butt of the joke than unhealthy with a big butt!
I’m so afraid to buy that pb…I have tried the other ones and they are so addicting!!!
I haven’t tried that one yet but I did have some almond butter with maple in it and about died…it was that good.
My feel great weight is about 10 pounds from now. I’ve lost over 100 in the last several years and I know that I will be in the healthy weight range in about 10 pounds. I look in the mirror and I’m really proud of what my body has accomplished but I know that I can still do better.
Something that I love about this question is that people are usually so scared to even talk about weight…as though it’s wrong to acknowledge that weight matters to us…as though acknowledging that we have “feel great weight”s means that we’re too vain/self-obsessed or have eating disorders. Yes, weight matters to us, and that’s not something we should have to hide.
My feel great weight is 113-117. I’m about three pounds over that right now (due somewhat to a running injury), but it’s worth it to let my leg recover.
i’m still figuring out my feel-great weight….i can’t wait til i do!
i love the christmas tree shops – wish they existed on the west coast….
When I am able to be active without being out of breath and when I don’t have to constantly look down to make sure my “pooch” isn’t hanging out.
Out of all 12 of my nut butters, mighty maple is absolutely my favorite.
I thought my feel great weight was 120, I weigh 119 now so I think it’s 115. When I get there i’m sure that will change to 113
That PB is AMAZING! It was one of my favs when Casey and I went to the PB & Co. and had a sampler of all the flavors! That place is awesome! So glad it’s in NYC! : )
I love all the PB&Co. flavors, maple is so yummy…makes me long for the crisp cooler days of summer already! (I’m in Florida, so I won’t get those until about Nov.)
How exactly is this a healthy balance? This is more like an unhealthy balance of a breakfast.
But, I suppose I don’t expect another free-loading leecher in our higher education system to actually have any unique intelligence.
Now go push some more papers for your slave-masters while you collect your undeserved salary.
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