Milk

[Kelly827 9]

Just had my first try at milk but limited it to only 1/2 cup of 1%due to the sugar level. So far so good. What were your experiences with milk post op?

[iamsoworthit 430]

I drank milk every day from day two post surgery on. I still have a glass as snack three every night. It's high in Calcium, 8 grams of Protein. My team really encourages milk. I am 1 year out and 136 lb loss from my highest weight so I say if you tolerate it, it should be good.

A typical day for me:

Breakfast: Protein smoothie with powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury vanilla, 1/2 cup milk and either 1/2 cup frozen unsweetened berries or PB2.

Snack: greek yogurt

Lunch: 3 ounces grilled chicken, arugula salad with white balsamic vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon olive oil.

Snack: cheese stick and small piece of fruit or carrot and celery sticks

Dinner: 3 ounces of chicken or fish or beef (I limit beef to once a week) with a vegetable and maybe small (less than 1/4 cup) potato dependent on protein.

Snack: glass of milk or greek yogurt. Typically I am not hungry at this point but my team want something small to keep metabolism revved through the night.

I hope this helps!!

In the beginning when still on liquids and even mushies I drank 2 and sometimes even 3 glasses of milk a day.i was lucky and never got lactose intolerant like some post rny patients. Oh and my 1 year bloodwork was perfect.

[Kelly827 9]

Thanks for the info. With only being 2 weeks post op the sugar contents worry me. I was told to stay under 8 grams of sugar per meal so not to dump so I am super scared about the milk since it is 12 grams per cup. Any more advice you can give would be greatly appreciated.

[treilly 16]

I drink at least 1 glass of skim milk a day. As far as the sugar I try to stay with sugar free stuff and you have to watch the more refined sugars that are in Desserts. I eat greek yogurts that have sugar in them and that hasn't bothered me at all. but when I tried a spoonful of icing that was a totally different story. Let's just say I won't be doing that ever again.