Trying to get accustomed to skim milk

Well I can tell you, the colder it is, the less you'll notice the difference.
I can't drink any milk but skim now - I'd nover go back to even 1%

Milk is pretty much my vice, I drink a lot of 2% milk and everybody who knows anything about health and fitness tell me I have to drink skim milk if I insist on drinking milk. It's just so awful, though... Anybody else have to do this? :grumble:

lol I know the feeling I grew up drinking 2% - but after about a year i got used to skim, now at this point it tastes normal to me, not watery like it used too

I never did adjust to drinking skim milk. I have no problems using it in smoothies or protein shakes or on cereal, but I can't drink it. Drinking for me is 1% or 2%. Anything higher than that is too creamy for me.

I love to drink milk and I have it half a cup at a time to work it into my calorie goal. You might try that with the 2% milk, which by the way what I also drink.

Hubby loves milk, so we have been making the switch as well. We've both found that by buying the more expensive milk (Lactania PurFiltre or Natrel Fine Filter), it tastes MUCH better than the cheaper one. I'm in Canada btw, so not sure what your options are, but that has worked for us and it's worth the extra $2.50 every 4L.

It is missing the proper vitamins that whole milk may have. Skim milk will keep you feeling not completely satisfied as well because it lacks the fat in it.
This is relatable to farmers:
“Guess what they feed a pig if they want to make it as fat as possible as fast as possible?
Low-fat milk, because if they give the pig milk with fat in it, the pig gets satiated. It’s satisfied and won’t eat any more. But if they give it low-fat milk, it will eat the grain they feed it forever because it’ll have a deficiency of fat.
Now think of what we’re eating for breakfast in this country…
If you don’t want to get fat you’re told to drink low-fat milk, and corn or wheat or oat-based cereal.
It’s the prescription to make you as fat as possible as quickly as you can get there. You’ll never stop wanting to eat because you’re never getting any food that causes satiation.
Americans are told to eat a diet that is scientifically designed to make you as fat as possible as fast as possible.”
-Dr. Al Sears, MD. Power for Healthy Living

Resources: http://www.eatingdisorderpro.com/2011/11/08/the-disadvantages-of-low-fat-milk/

I switched over to almond milk... rich & creamy!

Here in Texas we have a store called HEB. HEB has their own brand milk called MOOtopia...

Whoa, thanks for that tip. Will have to check this out 'cause the almond milk switch just isn't working for me.

There us very little calories and fat difference! They both always have the same amount of sugar when I compare! I'd be cutting down the amount you drink because of the sugars, but I really don't think you need to swap to skimmed. Just drink it in moderation! X

Milk is pretty much my vice, I drink a lot of 2% milk and everybody who knows anything about health and fitness tell me I have to drink skim milk if I insist on drinking milk. It's just so awful, though... Anybody else have to do this? :grumble:

well not everyone who knows anything about health and fitness would agree with the advice you've been given. The fat in milk is not bad, it's a good sources of fat soluble vitamins like A and D. The advantage of drinking skimmed milk is that it has fewer calories, so it's easier to keep it within your calorie budget. However if you can fit 2% milk in your calorie budget, then there's nothing wrong with drinking it if that's what you like the taste of better. You won't be able to have quite as much of it, or you may have to have slightly less of something else, to fit it into your calorie and macro targets, that is all. Some people drink full fat milk and still successfully lose weight and meet their body composition goals, because they keep it within their calories.

I grew up on skim milk. It's the only thing my mom would by when I was a kid. She was an obese child, and was always in WW in the 60s and 70s when I was little. So she only would have skim in the house. To me, it's totally normal. I can deal with 1% occassionally if I have to. But 2% tastes gross to me and feels disgusting on my tongue.

Anyway, if you love 2%, just do it. It's not that huge of a difference. But if you really want to cut it down, I think you maybe need to go from 2% to 1% first. And then maybe move to skim after a long while.

I switched over to almond milk... rich & creamy!

Yeah, almond milk is great. I get unsweetened vanilla almond milk. I use it in oatmeal and I use it with torani sugar free vanilla syrup to make a latte.

I have always had semi-skimmed milk but I definitely would not go to the skimmed type ... YUK!! May as well just drink water with a touch of flavouring in my opinion.

Skim milk is a terrible idea. First off, the fat in milk is healthy, heart protective fat. Secondly, most of the vitamins in milk are fat soluble, meaning you need the fat in the milk in order to digest the vitamins in the milk.

Drink the 2% milk. Much healthier than skim.

You said it better than I did!

Try unsweetened almond milk in regular or vanilla