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Before surgery I rarely drank milk because of the calories. But since then, I find myself drinking it more and more. I've always loved milk, but I drink it now because it does down easy, and its nice to drink something that isn't sweet, and I figure its a Protein boost. I usually drink 12oz a day mixed with my Protein Powder, and then another 12 ounces throughout the day. So a total of 24 ounces a day. It's 1%, so about 250 calories, 23g of protein. I'm losing weight fine, and reaching my protein requirements with no problems, so I don't think its an issue. Do you think that's too much?

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I'm not a doctor but i go by "if it ain't broke don't fix it" :)

Really I'm taking in way more milk products everyday since surgery than i ever did. Protein shakes and a Greek yogurt everyday.

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I eat a ton of greek yogurt, and cheese too. At least 1, sometimes two yogurts a day. And at least 1-2 cheese sticks too. It's just hard to go from the pre-surgery thought of "stay away from dairy, its calories", to now eating it all the time.

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It took me a while to wrap my head around it too.

But in the beginning stages especially its a good way to get your Protein in easily.

Now that I'm further out I don't drink shakes everyday anymore I can get protein through lean meats. But I have a bit of cheese everyday and

Without fail a Fage 2% Greek yogurt with Splenda and frozen blueberries!

As a matter of fact that will be my dinner tonight.

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Milk is a great source of Protein and I found that if I was lacking protein in a day, that was a great low calorie way to get a boost!

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