Lori,
I am a yogurt lover and after induction was well over and I was losing steadily, I introduced yogurt into my meals and snacks. As others have said, the fermentation process eliminates most of the lactose and turns it into lactic acid. I have been eating a quart per week of whole milk plain unsweetened yogurt with no apparent stall to my weight loss. I'm still losing about 2 to 2.5 pounds per week. However, as always, YMMV!
You'll have to go to a health food store or something like an Earthfare to find whole milk plain yogurt. I have on occasion found some Dannon whole milk plain yogurt at Wally World, and it is tolerable, but if you want the good stuff, head on over to the local health food store. The difference is appreciable.
So far I've tried
Cascade Fresh Whole Milk Plain Yogurt and
Nancy's Whole Milk Plain Yogurt. They are both top of the line yogurts so far as I'm concerned, but the
Cascade Fresh Whole Milk Plain Yogurt is the thickest, creamiest, smoothest tasting plain yogurt I've ever put in my mouth. It was recently on sale for $2.19/qt at my local health food store; and look at the nutrition label...only 12g carbs per 1 cup! However, keep in mind that most of that is lost in the fermentation process, so the carb count is actually much lower than that!
Sometimes I make a little yogurt and cream smoothie for lunch, dinner or a snack. I put maybe about 1/2 cup of plain yogurt, about 2 tablespoons heavy cream and some Davinci Vanilla SF Syrup in a cup with a few blueberries, blackberries or raspberries. I just stir it up with a spoon and it is soooo good. Kind of like eating ice cream or a milk shake.
Ron, aka The Former Donut Junkie
