Do any of you feel that when you eat dairy products, your weight-loss slows down?

I am not talking about those of you who are obviously allergic to dairy or lactose intolerant. This question is for those of you who are able to tolerate dairy but maybe it slows down your weight loss?

The reason I ask is because I love dairy products and I do not have any side effects and I don't feel bad with eating or drinking dairy products. But I have read that dairy products causes inflammation for some people and I am wondering if dairy products is making my weight loss extra slow.

Anyway, just wondering what you all think of dairy products. There are some schools of thought out there that think dairy products are not good for anybody and I feel that dairy products are a good way of getting Protein and Calcium but just wondering if anyone thinks dairy is negative for weight-loss?

Ii am sorta feeling that way -- I feel like when I added a Laughing Cow wedge each day, my progress slowed.

This often happens early on - we naturally have a big loss the first two or three weeks as we use up our short term energy reserves of glycogen (basically stored carbs,) before moving on to living off of our fat reserves. Glycogen burns very quickly while fat burns more slowly, so we experience a slowdown (and often the dreaded third week stall,) when we go through that transition. Since that is often around the same time as various diet programs are moving from one phase to the next (Clear liquids to "full" liquids to purees to soft Proteins, etc.,) people often associate those different diet or food progressions with a slow down in their loss. However, those of us who don't go through discrete diet progression phases experience that same slowdown at that time.

i've heard of some people not being able to eat dairy due to weight gain, as pretty much one of their only symptoms of an intolerance.

If it weren't for dairy products I would likely starve (or at least I would have in the first few months postop). I eat 1-2 cheese strings daily, Greek yogurt every morning for breakfast, and my daily protein contains milk. 6 months out and hit my goal weight this morning! 103 lbs lost, so I'm going to keep eating dairy here!!

There is something about Greek yogurt that is so beneficial...

A lot of people "think" things are causes of other things that happen, but that aren't.

For instance, if someone hit a normal stall at a time when they introduced dairy products (or whatever) she or he might conclude that the dairy caused the stall -- when it was merely a coincidental (and not a causal) relationship.

That's why science is done -- analyzing the results of large samples of respondents, not accepting one person's interpretation of their experience.

Not in the least, and as someone who owns goats and makes my own cheese, it's a big part of my diet. The catch is that it can be easy to 'miss' the calories as dairy is often liquid or semi-liquid, so some find that it slows their loss, but that's not (usually) something inherent in dairy so much as they up their caloric intake unawares.

I have often wondered about it. I have some friends who lose weight when they juice, so I tried it and I gained. I am convinced that we are really so different that "one size fits all" recommendations are just not realistic. There may be something in someone internal gut bacteria or their liver function is just slightly different which can cause weight and fat fluctuations. It's just not a simple matter of calories in and calories out. So try it, track it and evaluate.

A lot of people "think" things are causes of other things that happen, but that aren't.

For instance, if someone hit a normal stall at a time when they introduced dairy products (or whatever) she or he might conclude that the dairy caused the stall -- when it was merely a coincidental (and not a causal) relationship.

That's why science is done -- analyzing the results of large samples of respondents, not accepting one person's interpretation of their experience.

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Dairy absolutely has a place in weight loss. Like many things, though, moderation is advised, given the calories and saturated fat and sodium content.

My mouth thinks that dairy is a reason to live.

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It does with me if I eat too much cheese. Cheese has a nice amount of Protein, so I always need to remind myself it's fairly caloric since it also contains a lot of milk fat. That wasn't the case when I was younger, but now that I'm over 50 I do try to limit it.

OTOH, I do like dairy and (sleeve willing) hope to incorporate it into my diet.

The only dairy I eat is cheese and it's pretty much all Protein and fat. However, if you are a milk drinker then that still has sugars in it which might slow your weight loss.

I used to be lactose intolerant (beautiful, unexpected side effect of surgery is that I'm not anymore!!) and dairy made me retain weight, even when playing by 1200-1500 Cals and 45 mins exercise min. But now it's a staple. If you're legit concerned about it, talk to your dr about it- maybe you've got an intolerance.