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I wish you had not said that. It will now bother me...hey, what do you put in your oatmeal, being a calorie-conscious individual? I've been tracking my daily deficit for the last three weeks as precisely as possible. A decent pat of butter in oatmeal will almost double my intake!

I don't put butter in it, but if you want the butter flavor without the calories, try "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" spray. You will believe it's not butter, but it's better than nothing, if you're looking for butter flavor. I always make my oatmeal with a little cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, raisins (or frozen berries), then add sugar-free pancake syrup for sweetener. I put flaxseed meal in mine, too (more for the nutrients than the calorie-friendliness). Now do you know more than you could ever want to know about how I like my oatmeal? (Believe me, I could go on.)

Thank you ever so much...that was exactly what I was looking for...in fact I have all those items except the ICBINB spray and the flaxseed meal. Cinnamon and nutmeg with raisins sounds great. I just tried it without the butter and only put frozen berries, but it was missing something...oh yeah, the buttery fat texture that I'm trying to beat out of my list of things that make food enjoyable.

Side story: Adrienne grew up with a pretty fit family who put butter on EVERYTHING! I grew up with a family of 5, 3 of whom all struggled with weight issues and we NEVER used real butter. This morning when I had my berry/yogurt smoothie, Adrienne was slathering butter onto a POP TART! I asked, "You're putting butter on a pop tart?" She said, "We always did this growing up, but mama rarely bought them because they were high-calorie."
"So you go ahead and add more, then, huh? Pop tarts have butter built-in, and lots of other hydrogenated oils and unpronounceable processing compounds."

Hummm... I would argue that butter is in fact good for you.