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Originally Posted by Vladadog
There's "FAGE", "Oikos", "Chobani", and one more I'm drawing a blank on the name that seems to be in all the stores around here. I brought home a container of each (the non-fat, plain version of each) and did taste tests. Oikos won for me although they were all pretty similar. The Oikos just seemed a little creamier. Plus it had 5 live bacteria, one of the others only had a couple.
Plain yogurt is a bit sour to my taste but with fresh blueberries and strawberries it sure is great. I toss in a few almonds too. This may well be the healthiest thing I eat each day.
(Oikos makes a chocolate and a caramel version they sell in 4oz containers (in a 4 pack). Makes a great dessert! I'd actually choose an Oikos caramel yogurt over Ben & Jerry's ice cream, it's that good. And since it is packaged in 110 calorie containers it is easy for me to stop at just one.)
Thank you for the information! I love Greek yogurt more than normal yogurt and would happily pay a dollar more than the stuff I normally get. I love how much healthier eating yogurt has made my digestive track, I can really tell that there's a HUGE difference.
I agree about plain yogurt being a bit sour, I tend to add a little bit of local honey [it really helps my allergies as well and it's GREAT for your skin] and then fruit and what not. Tossing in almonds is a great idea, and that would help me keep my calorie range where I need it [I have a bad habit of being under even without trying
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And the tip on the dessert, THANK YOU. I hate sitting around watching my roommate eat Drumsticks and thinking about how much I want some kind of icecream or frozen yogurt. I'll give it a try.
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Originally Posted by caryesings
Good for you! Despite some of the controversies brought up here, cutting saturated fat is generally accepted as a healthy choice.
Changing your milk type will help as sounds like the rest of your food choices already the lower sat-fat type.
As far as non-fat yogurt, I eat Stonyfield Farm as they're both non-fat and sweetened with real sugar. When I'm also trying to decrease my calories, I mix half with plain non-fat yogurt.
Yeah I realized last night how I'm already eating a low amount of saturated fat, but there's nothing wrong with being aware of it and continue to make an effort to limit my intake.
It's also GREAT to know that the Stonyfield Farm is sweetened with real sugar, that's my favorite 'non-greek yogurt' kind of yogurt, lol.
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
Jersey, when I first started on my weight loss journey I had just spent a few weeks in Italy and I noticed how they ate, and how they were all thin. I decided to start cooking for myself and that as long as I cooked it myself -- well I didn't feel too bad about eating it.
I used butter for cooking, cream for sauces, bacon, all that jazz and you're right, I did lose a significant amount of weight. I decided that for me, if I made a habit of continuing to eat those foods it would be easier for me to slip back into my old ways, so I started making different healthy choices, and my diet has changed into what it is now. For me, the weight comes off more easily, I generally feel fantastic and I love the way I eat now.
I don't have any fear or really much worry about eating these things, I just feel that for me to continue living this healthy lifestyle which I am enjoying so much that this is the right choice.