[Ivanna B. Skinny]

Hi all. I was looking through my WW "Getting Started" book today, and I found a piece of *disturbing* info. The book says that 2 cups of Cottage cheese counts as 1 dairy serving. But, it says that 1/2 cup ricotta counts as one also. Is this wrong, am I reading it wrong, or have I just been really, really wrong this whole time? I thought that when the container of cottage cheese says 1/2 cup = a serving, that it really was a dairy serving. Can any one explian this to me?

On that same track, how many points do you usually "spend" on your dairy servings?
Thank you in advance for any info you may have! Amy Jo

[Kelly_S]

No you are correct 1 /2 cup ricotta or 2 cups of cottage cheese is 1 dairy serving. It is based on getting the full nutritional value of 1 cup of milk (calcium, protein, etc) that is based on FDA/USDA Food Pyramid servings.

The serving on the container is only for the caloric and nutritional value on the label.

I spend 4-6 points on dairy (usually 2 on a cup of milk with my cereal or 1 cup yogurt in my smoothie for breakfast; 1 cup of yogurt a lunch and sometimes 1 point worth of cheese on my sandwich with lunch).

[Ivanna B. Skinny]

Thanks Kelly. I dont know why I never saw that in my book...I guess I need to look more closley! I sure wish that cottage cheese was less points...I eat about 4 points worth a day (1 cup), but I cant "spend" 8 points on it to get just 1 serving of dairy. Oh, well. Back to yogurt I guess. Thanks again for the info!

[Kelly_S]

So have 1 cup and count it for 1/2 of your dairy serving, then have 1/2 a cup of yogurt or milk for another point which would make your whole serving. Nothing says you can't break up the servings into 1/2 servings, etc.

I used to do 6 oz of Dannon or Yoplait yogurt (3/4 serving) + 14 gms of cheese (1/3 of a serving) for a whole serving.