Milk and losing weight

datorres
on 6/3/12 11:31 am

I know this may be a weird question for some of you, but I'm wondering if milk and milk products are ok to have when trying to lose weight and get lean? I've seen so many different opinions so I'm just wondering what my fellow RNYers say.

LJ1972
on 6/3/12 11:36 am - FL

RNY on 08/16/11

My surgeon's plan recommends 2 cups of skim / low fat milk or yogurt daily.

                 COURAGE TO START, STRENGTH TO ENDURE, RESOLVE TO FINISH
                             HW 353 SW 317 Original GW 180  Current Wt 170
                               First 5k 59:18; 5k PR 32:06; 1st 10k 1:20:27; PR 1:08:36
                                                    1st Half Marathon 2:48

Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15k- 1:47:34
Three Sprint Triathlons

poet_kelly
on 6/3/12 11:37 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Why wouldn't they be OK?

The only possible problem I see is that drinking your calories as opposed to eating them can be an easy way to take in too many calories. A glass of milk, for instance, isn't going to fill you up for long. But as long as you're getting the correct number of calories for you, then I don't see a problem.

Of course, some milk products, like ice cream and some brands of yogurt, are very high in sugar, too, which isn't the best thing to eat when you're trying to lose weight.

But things like Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, etc. are great foods for losing weight. I have milk almost every day in a protein shake and eat yogurt almost every day, too.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

Hollie313
on 6/3/12 12:02 pm - MI

RNY on 05/09/12

I drink a minimum of 20 oz of skim milk every single day.
I'm down almost 26 pounds in 26 days. I'm living proof
you can lose weight with milk...lol.

Surgery: 5/9/12 HW: 302 SW: 287.6 CW: 158

stlfocus
on 6/3/12 12:33 pm - IA

RNY on 09/19/11

I drink 3 glasses minimum a day of fat free milk. Helps with my calcium and protein needs, but also keeps me satisfied.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 6/3/12 12:37 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Milk, yogurt, and cheese are all good sources of protein. Cheese, of course, can be high in fat, so it should be eaten in moderation. I have some of each almost every single day (and have since I has my surgery), and I lost 185 pounds and am maintaining my weight loss at almost 5 years out.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Jane N.
on 6/3/12 2:59 pm - Round Rock, TX

RNY on 08/02/10

I have trouble getting in enough calories and protein in a day. I add a nightly glass of milk (Mootopia lactose free fat free 12 g protein) to augment that. I may drop it when I consistently hit my calorie goal through food. My schedule is too weird right now to eat as often as I would like. I graduate next spring so thing will settle down then.

H.A.L.A B.
on 6/3/12 8:49 pm

RNY on 05/14/08

I don't. Milk has 12 gr of sugar for 8 gr proteins. Liquid - so it does reach my blood very fast. I avoid it. I rather have protein shake. I may use 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt as a base for proteins. When I try to lose weight I try to minimize sugars and specially liquid sugars.
If milk oe not affect you or your BS - and you feel full after drinking - and stll are losing weight - great. But if not - limit it.

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

chatterpam
on 6/4/12 1:12 am - PA

RNY on 06/13/11

Early on milk was one of the ways I got my protein "quota", and I still use it now, though I am not a big milk drinker. I just make sure that I use skim milk and that I have "room" for it in my calories for the day.

I eat more dairy now that I did in the past. I just keep it fat free or low fat when I can.

Sara O.
on 6/4/12 3:51 am - NC

RNY on 03/12/12

I drink 4-8oz of skim milk most days. I eat cheese everyday. I'm down 50 pounds and i'm not even 3 months out yet. No worries. Just beware of high calorie items and stay away from whole milk.

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