Milk Serving

1. What is a serving of milk?

2. I don't drink milk. What are some examples of what I can do to get my milk servings?


Right now I use 1/2 cup skim milk when I make my Farina or Oatmeal. I drink my coffee dark (1-2 tablespoons of skim milk) so that's no help.

I need ideas! TIA

Re: Milk Serving

you can do a smoothie, if you use the WW smoothie it counts as your milk serving during the day however it is 3 points,

yogurt-Dannon light and fit (1pt)
Cheese-

I don't drink that much either but that is how I have been getting it in...

Hope this helps

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I think the WW smoothies are 3 pts if you make them with 1 cup of milk, and 1 pt if you make them with water. Also, if you make them with one cup of milk, that will give you 2 servings of milk for the day and you are done! They are a little pricey, though, IMO.

I do like milk, so I don't have as much trouble, but other things you can eat are lowfat, hard cheeses - cottage cheese doesn't have enough calcium to count as a milk, I think unless you eat a HUGE amount of it (I just found something online 2 cups of cottage cheese = 1 serving.)

I will eat nonfat yogurt too, and make my own smoothies with nonfat vanilla yogurt and assorted fruits - bananas work well or frozen strawberries or other berries. Another good one is get those nonfat, sugar free Jello puddings that you make yourself. You make them with 2 cups of milk, so if you have a 1 cup serving of this for dessert or a snack, that would also be a milk serving, and I think it is 3 pts.

You could treat yourself to a nonfat cappuccino or latte in the afternoon and get it that way too.

One of my favorites in the morning is ricotta cheese spread on a bagel. 1/2 cup of ricotta I think is 1 serving, but I can check that out for you if you want when I get home. I prefer the part skim to the fat free.

Message edited 2/3/2006 12:55:13 PM.

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thanks!

so a serving of milk = 1 cup?
how about cheese? how much cheese is a serving?

I never paid attention to milk before WW.

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OK, I just did an extensive search on the WW Boards:


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Someone's Cheat Sheet on WW Message Boards
1 c. milk or yogurt
2 c. cottage cheese
1 1/2 c. ice cream/frozen yogurt
1 1/2 oz cheese
2 slices of cheese 1/8" thick

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Here's another post:
WW's serving list for Dairy is this from the online plan materials -

"WHAT COUNTS AS A SERVING?
Food Groups
Dairy

1 cup of milk or yogurt (8oz)
1-1/2 ounces of natural cheese
2 ounces of process cheese"

Note that the 6oz size yogurts don't quite meet the standard serving size. ALso, calcium fortified products (OJ, cereal) are good for you but don't count toward daily dairy servings.

There is a thread on another WW-related website that discusses the other criteria if you'd like to read the discussion -

http://www.healthdiscovery.net/forums/showthread.php?t=77563


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Here's another post:
Dairy serving = A dairy product (comes from an animal's udders) which (rule of thumb) has about the same amount of calcium as 8 oz. of milk. . . . or 20-30% of your RDA of calcium.

From the "Getting Started" booklet:

* 1 cup (8 fl oz) of milk (2-4pts)
* cappuccino, 1 grande (16 fl. oz) (2-4pts)
* cottage cheese, 2 cups (6-10pts)
* hard or semi-soft cheese, any type, 1-1/2 oz (2-4 pts)
* ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup (2-6 pts)
* dairy shake, reduced-calorie, 1 packet (2 pts)
* latte, 1 tall (12 fl. oz) (2-5 pts)
* milk shake, fast food, 1 (12 fl. oz) (10 pts)
* pudding, from fat-free, sugar-free mix (made with fat-free milk), 1 cup (3 pts)
* yogurt, 1 cup (8 fl oz) (2-5 pts)
* Weight Watchers Smoothie made with fat free or 1% milk, 2 servings (3 points) (if made with just water, 1 dairy serving and 1 point)

Message edited 2/3/2006 1:12:31 PM.

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Elbee, this is a little OT, but is the "getting started" book online, or did you copy that stuff out of your book? I was trying to just find the getting started list and couldn't and I thought all of that was supposed to be on the website.

ETA: 2 cups of cottage cheese is A LOT I tried to do that once to get in a milk serving and thought I would hurl (and I like cottage cheese....)

Message edited 2/3/2006 1:15:13 PM.

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It's funny because I haven't picked up the book since the first day. I do everything online. I just looked online and I can't find it, only on the message boards, I don't see see myself what WW says.

This weekend I think I'll pick up the book again and re read it.

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I dont drink milk either!

WHen I did flex I got my milk serving from yogurt & string cheese or laughing cow.