: Denise,

: Welcome! The protein in your brown
: can not count toward your protein
: count. Sometimes I have beans with
: breakfast and I can count those as
: protein if and only if I have
: another brown to go along with it.

: Also the protein in milk does not
: count toward the amount. Neither
: does regular yogurt. It is not
: dense enough. However, you can use
: Greek yogurt because it is much
: thicker. Think of it this way - if
: you can hold it in your hands
: without it slipping through your
: fingers you can count it (except
: regular yogurt some of it might be
: thicker but it has to be Greek
: yogurt in order for it to count
: toward your protein amount). Lots
: of people also do cottage cheese.

: Looking forward to hearing about your
: journey.

: Kari

Hi Kari,

thanks so much that clarifies things for me.

Denise