Thiamin (B1) answer to stalls?

Well, I just got back from the doctor and got my lab results. I am low in B1 (Thiamin). I got some tablets but couldn't find anything that could give it to me sublingually. I hope this does the trick. What I found out, amongst some disturbing complications if you let it go for too long, is that thiamin aids in digestion and in processing carbohydrates. Wow - incredible! So during the time I've been stalled, it could have been my low thiamin levels all along. This would explain the weakness in my legs and arms, aching muscles and such...along with a slight potassium deficiency. So I checked all my vitamins that I have and none of them....not even the sublingual B complex liquid has thiamin (B1) in them. None of them! Go figure. I did read on a website just now that apparently Bugs Bunny Complete has thiamin, so maybe when my levels are back to normal I can go to that. Or maybe I'll chuck all of this and just go ahead and order the bariatric vitamins online. Yeesh! Anyway - I wanted to post this for the slow losers out there. Make sure they check your thiamin and see if you are low. It might be happening to more people than we realize. Dina

Thanks for the info. Learn something new everyday.

Dina, I just checked the content on my sugar free chewable bugs bunny vitamins and they do indeed have B1 in them. I also checked the online vitamins my nutrtionist recomends they are chewable taste like oranges and have B1 in them as well. You can get them through www.bariatricadvantage.com My nutrionist recomends the iron, b12, multi-vitamin, and calcium, if your intrested. Hope this helps, Leslie

Thanks Leslie - I will definitely check into it! Dina

I just thought I'd add that I took a Thiamin last night and this morning I've finally lost weight. Was it just me coming off a stall or was it the thiamin? All I know is I was stuck at 33 lbs down for over a week (evevn gained 2 back for awhile) and now I'm down 36 lbs! Dina

Dina, Thanks so much for the info! I am going to see my nutritionist for the 1st time today and going to ask her about it I havent lost a darn thing in 14 days and even gained 2 and lost 2 up and down up and down. My vitamins have thiamin 1.6 mg or (107%) Do you know how much we are supposed to be gettin in? I usually take 3 of the chewables (OneSource Active Kids Complete) brand. so thats 4.8mg. Thanks again for the info. Best wishes. Elizabeth M -44

I see where you get thiamin that is added to all sorts of foods, and I saw how small a dose is needed, but my thinking is we have to have megadoses. I bought the tablets and they are 100 mg. Not sure how much of that I'll absorb but I'm hoping it is just right... Dina

Dina, I take the flinstones complete they have both of those ingretence in them I have only stalled for four days at a time. I have lost 35 lbs and inches are melting off. I wore size 26 pants the day of surgery, I wear size 18 now and they are loose. I also take the vita-k calcium chews. I really don't weigh myself as much anymore but I do try on smaller clothes a lot ... I have a ball in the stores now. I only buy one thing at a time but I try on about 10 things... LOL

I'm doing the same thing with clothes. I actually shopped in a "normal" store and I just couldn't get over the wonder of it. This was one of my dreams before surgery. I'm just at the top of the size range in most stores (18 as well), but it is so cool to be back in the game. I'm not buying much because we're changing so fast. But a piece or two lifts my spirits while I hang in there with khaki pants I had from days when I was able to lose a little of what I'm losing now. I remember how I struggled and those pants were tight. Now they're loose and on their way out. Once I throw out this set of khaki's, probably in a month or so, then I have NOTHING in reserve. In spite of the expense, I'm so looking forward to that day -- it will be a big banner day. I find it weird to have sales ladies pay attention to me... Gano

Diane - He didn't specify but it looks like you only need a few mg to meet the RDA. I'm not sure how much is absorbed, but I take the only size tab they make which is 100 mg. I read up on it and you cannot get Thiamin toxicity, so anything unused is peed out. Dina