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swish
June 9th, 2011, 02:20 PM
Who is drinking milk as part of their sway? How much are you hsving a day? I am not having any now mostly because I think it's a waste of my protein intake and I want to use it to eat more filling food like pasta. I am having a yogurt and taking a calcium supplement.
DoulaMama
June 9th, 2011, 02:21 PM
I drink about 2 cups a day:) Also eating about 1-2 cups of yoghurt too:) I'm also nursing a 12 mos old.... :D
purplepoet20
June 9th, 2011, 02:50 PM
I am nursing a 16mth old... no milk at all. I am taking calcium pills and whatever calcium is in the foods I eat, including roasted sesame seeds (mixed with 1-2 tbsps of fat-free greek yogurt) to flavor salads or fruit. I may have ice cream 1-2x's a week.
Indira
June 9th, 2011, 03:03 PM
I have half a cup steamed up in my decaf coffee twice a day :bigsmile:, love it, itīs one of the treats that keeps me going!
tweedledeedum
June 9th, 2011, 03:06 PM
I drink three cups of skim a day. I am nursing a 23 month old. I love milk!

Is that too much? Now you all have me wondering!
DoulaMama
June 9th, 2011, 03:11 PM
I am nursing a 16mth old... no milk at all. I am taking calcium pills and whatever calcium is in the foods I eat, including roasted sesame seeds (mixed with 1-2 tbsps of fat-free greek yogurt) to flavor salads or fruit. I may have ice cream 1-2x's a week.

Sorry...didn't mean to make it look like you need dairy to nurse... :) I only said it because I am HUNGRY ALL.THE.TIME....which is why I'm eating so damn much ;) LOL
purplepoet20
June 9th, 2011, 03:21 PM
Sorry...didn't mean to make it look like you need dairy to nurse... :) I only said it because I am HUNGRY ALL.THE.TIME....which is why I'm eating so damn much ;) LOL

I didn't take it that way... I would drink milk if I liked it that much but I love to save the cals and stuff for meals. I drink coffee, crystal light, and soda through out the day to hold off from eating. I drank a lot of dairy while nursing DS1 and he is allergic to dairy now so I choice to limited dairy as much as possible with all/any future nursing babes. If I wasn't nursing I would probably drink milk every 1-2 hours and then eat 1 meal a day and nothing else.
swish
June 9th, 2011, 04:11 PM
Interesting, I'm really wondering if I should be having 1 glass a day. What do you guys think? Or do you think the supplements should cover my calcium. I am so indecisive!!!!!
3boys
June 9th, 2011, 04:12 PM
I'm drinking a mug of skimmed milk a day. I am taking the cal tablets but like you don't want to waste all my protein on milk
swish
June 9th, 2011, 04:19 PM
Are you having one cup as you think it's important to have some???
zanacal
June 9th, 2011, 04:25 PM
I've started having more but not intentionally. I've had days where I need to have some extra protein because I've been low but I can't have any more sodium. I quite enjoy a glass of milk actually! I often have some dairylea light and a yogurt too but I don't have all those things on one day because it adds up to too much protein. As you know, I'm not taking calcium supplements.
swish
June 9th, 2011, 04:41 PM
Ok, I think I'm going to add rice milk to my diet, it is low in protein, anyone else drinking it?
Mochagirl
June 9th, 2011, 06:00 PM
I usually choose between having one yogurt or one glass of milk a day. They're both so darn high in protein that if I have both it means I can't have parmesan on my pasta...and I just can't eat pasta without parm. I thought I was clever and bought some rice milk, and only after suffering through a glass of the stuff (it tasted awful to me), I noticed that the particular brand I got had NO calcium! So be careful to read the nutritional info before you buy!
purplepoet20
June 9th, 2011, 06:06 PM
An adult 19-30 needs 1000mg a day of calcium... I am taking 2,000mg in pills but I will be increasing it with my next AF (when we plan TTC).
Out of the Blue
June 10th, 2011, 09:15 AM
I usually choose between having one yogurt or one glass of milk a day. They're both so darn high in protein that if I have both it means I can't have parmesan on my pasta...and I just can't eat pasta without parm. I thought I was clever and bought some rice milk, and only after suffering through a glass of the stuff (it tasted awful to me), I noticed that the particular brand I got had NO calcium! So be careful to read the nutritional info before you buy!

Yeah...I hear you on the protein...Even on a vegetarian diet (or even Vegan diet), I still find it hard to stay below 40g. I don't really like the taste of rice milk either but I drink it if I'm going to drink any kind of milk. The kind I buy has only 45 cals, 2 g of fat, 6 g of fiber (YAY!) and 20% of your daily alloted intake of calcium. BAD part is that one cup has 135 mg of sodium so I have to make sure it'll work w/the rest of my diet for the day. It can get tricky.
atomic sagebrush
June 10th, 2011, 05:26 PM
I drink three cups of skim a day. I am nursing a 23 month old. I love milk!

Is that too much? Now you all have me wondering!

If that is working for you, carry on but just make sure that you're getting 40-50 g of protein a day.
atomic sagebrush
June 10th, 2011, 05:27 PM
Ok, I think I'm going to add rice milk to my diet, it is low in protein, anyone else drinking it?

I drink it all the time and I think it's a great source of carb calories with very little protein.
atomic sagebrush
June 10th, 2011, 05:28 PM
I've started having more but not intentionally. I've had days where I need to have some extra protein because I've been low but I can't have any more sodium. I quite enjoy a glass of milk actually! I often have some dairylea light and a yogurt too but I don't have all those things on one day because it adds up to too much protein. As you know, I'm not taking calcium supplements.

Of anything, I think the sodium is the least important so if you need to fudge on the sodium because you're drinking a glass of milk and are worried about sodium, don't.
atomic sagebrush
June 10th, 2011, 05:30 PM
Yeah...I hear you on the protein...Even on a vegetarian diet (or even Vegan diet), I still find it hard to stay below 40g. I don't really like the taste of rice milk either but I drink it if I'm going to drink any kind of milk. The kind I buy has only 45 cals, 2 g of fat, 6 g of fiber (YAY!) and 20% of your daily alloted intake of calcium. BAD part is that one cup has 135 mg of sodium so I have to make sure it'll work w/the rest of my diet for the day. It can get tricky.

Hmmm...my rice milk has only 90 mg of sodium so you may be able to find a different rice milk if need be.
atomic sagebrush
June 10th, 2011, 05:31 PM
Interesting, I'm really wondering if I should be having 1 glass a day. What do you guys think? Or do you think the supplements should cover my calcium. I am so indecisive!!!!!

If I had my sway to do again, I would leave out non-vegetable sources of calcium, but that is up to each individual person.
atomic sagebrush
June 10th, 2011, 05:33 PM
Yeah...I hear you on the protein...Even on a vegetarian diet (or even Vegan diet), I still find it hard to stay below 40g. I don't really like the taste of rice milk either but I drink it if I'm going to drink any kind of milk. The kind I buy has only 45 cals, 2 g of fat, 6 g of fiber (YAY!) and 20% of your daily alloted intake of calcium. BAD part is that one cup has 135 mg of sodium so I have to make sure it'll work w/the rest of my diet for the day. It can get tricky.

You don't need to stay BELOW 40 g, in fact 40 g is the minimum number. 40-50 seems doable for people.