Question:
Can I eat this?
Has anyone eaten Breakstone's Cottage Doubles after WLS? I absolutely love these and was wondering if there is to much sugar in the fruit.(15 g). I have my surgery in about 3 weeks and I am trying to come up with some good tasting food I can eat afterwards. They only have 2.5 grams of fat but 20g of carbs. What do you think? This would be a great thing to take for lunch when I get back to work and they are soooo good! Thanks for any input!!! — jennifer S. (posted on June 30, 2004)
June 29, 2004
I think I've had one of those every day since surgery!
— lorien
June 29, 2004
As with every food, you'll probably just have to try it and see if it works
for you. I ate a lot of yogurt before I had surgery but don't even like it
now so you may be the same. Tastes definitely change after the surgery. I
can only eat about 10g of sugar at a time without getting sick so they
wouldn't work for me but may be fine for you. Definitely don't buy too much
before surgery because a lot of people can't tolerate dairy products after
surgery either.
— scbabe
June 29, 2004
For me, 15g is too much sugar. I have NOTHING over 10g and for the most
part I stay at or around 8g of sugar. I also dont suggest stocking up
before sugery. Your tastes will change and stuff you love now may taste
like crap post-op. I had to give away HUNDREDS of dollars in protein
drinks, shakes,bars and other stuff cause just looking at it made me ill.
Buy just a few things that are "safe" then try something new
little by little so you will know what you can or can not eat. Best of
luck to you!! ~Sidney~ Open RNY 10-23-02 down 140+ and below goal
— Siddy I.
June 30, 2004
If you're like most your tastes may change post-op. I ate the Breakstone's
product for a while but then got where I couldn't stand the smell of them.
Just play it by ear and see how you're feeling. Soup is always the great
equalizer when you can't stand anything.
— Cathy S.
June 30, 2004
Hi there! My suggestion to you is a bit different. Rather than looking at
a particular food and saying 'can I eat this?"...you should look at it
and say 'is this the BEST choice I can make?' While inherently there is
nothing wrong with having this yogurt...there are better choices- say for
instance- dannon fit and lite yogurt, and then add in some chopped fruit of
your own (this will be lower in fat, calories and sugar). When you have
surgery, I've found that it's best to look at what is the BEST possible
choice you can make in order to maximize your weight loss(ESPECIALLY in the
first 6 months) and try to stick with that. Good luck to you!
— LMCLILLY
June 30, 2004
This may cause you to dump post op (assuming RNY). They are good - I agree,
but even if you don't dump on it, it's probably not the best choice. What
you could do is have lo-fat cottage cheese and some sugar free fruit jam
with it. What I do is have 1/4 c cottage cheese and lo-carb yogurt with it
and some blueberries (I'm 20 months post op, so I can eat this quantity).
Good luck with the surgery.
— Yolanda J.
June 30, 2004
I tend to get light cottage cheese and put a couple of sliced strawberries
on top with some Equal - very yummy. I don't know what I would do without
cottage cheese but as the other posters have said - your tastebuds DO
change. Before surgery I could have turned into a chicken as much of it as
I ate. Now I never know on a daily basis if I can eat it or not - same way
with eggs. Good luck!
— Sunie I.
June 30, 2004
I eat Cottage Doubles for breakfast at least 5 days per week. The best!!
— Steve B.
June 30, 2004
I eat them I love them. I do not dump on them. and I am a dumper.
— **willow**
June 30, 2004
LOVE THEM! My grocery store had them on sale for .99 the other day and I
bought 4 of each flavor. I hated Cottage cheese before surgery and now I
can't live without it!~ I'm diabetic and never had a dumping reaction with
this or anything really. Good luck with your surgery! 3/15/04~~~275/216/150
— SJWendy
June 30, 2004
If you don't want all that sugar, just buy some regular cottage cheese, and
mix it with some sugar free or no sugar added Jam/Jelly. I've done that
and it's very good!
— Kristy L.
June 30, 2004
I would start out by saying that some of the things I liked before surgery
I hated after. It was as if I had a taste-bud transplant during the WLS.
Cottage cheese is one of things I can no longer stand, and I used to eat a
ton of it, along with scrambed eggs.<br><br>
I dump on anything with more than 5 g of sugar in it per serving, I had a
hard time finding the actual nutritional label for that product, so I would
wonder what the actual full breakdown is - how much protein is in each
serving? <br><br>
As a once a week treat, and if you can tolerate them, I would say that
would be fine, but personally I see a lot of people getting into a habit of
getting used to eating super-sweet things as post-ops, and into that mind
set of wanting it on a regular basis. Hate to see anyone fall into that
trap again. It doesn't happen over night, but gradually. Only wishing
everyone the best.
— kultgirl
July 1, 2004
Cottage cheese mixed with fruit is one of my favorite, and frequent,
breakfasts. I use 1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese and either fresh or frozen
fruit with no sugar added: half a cup of blueberries or strawberries, half
a fresh mango, that sort of thing. I also mix in 1/4 cup of Fiber One
cereal to give it some crunch and help with constipation. It's quick to
prepare and absolutely delicious.
— Celia A.
July 7, 2004
If you are a fan of cottage cheese and fruit, try this....I believe the
Breakstone's Cottage Doubles have sugar added (not to mention they are
expensive!). Buy containers of your favorite cottage cheese and make you
own using one of the following: 1) fruit in it's own juice, 2) sugar-free
jello, or better yet 3) Comstock brand (Meijers) or Lucky Leaf brand (Super
Walmart centers) no-added-sugar cherry pie filling (sweetened with
Splenda). During your recovery phase you can't have the cherries, but the
glaze is divine and there's a lot of it in the can! For other ideas of
sweets after surgery, visit www.freewebs.com/recipes-after-rny Good luck
to you!
— Lynette B.
July 7, 2004
If you are a fan of cottage cheese and fruit, try this....I believe the
Breakstone's Cottage Doubles have sugar added (not to mention they are
expensive!). Buy containers of your favorite cottage cheese and make you
own using one of the following: 1) fruit in it's own juice, 2) sugar-free
jello, or better yet 3) Comstock brand (Meijers) or Lucky Leaf brand (Super
Walmart centers) no-added-sugar cherry pie filling (sweetened with
Splenda). During your recovery phase you can't have the cherries, but the
glaze is divine and there's a lot of it in the can! For other ideas of
sweets after surgery, visit www.freewebs.com/recipes-after-rny Good luck
to you!
— Lynette B.
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