Hi Judi...I've missed you : )  ....and to think with the vitamins I just thought they tasted nasty...lol  I did order some from Bariatric Eating and was not impressed, they were bigger than the optisource and chalkier...the vitamin b12 chewables passion fruit weren't bad though.   I think I would do better with swallowable ones but I haven't found any that are small enough to swallow yet.  You'll have to keep me updated on what everyone is reccomending.  Are you going to any support groups?  I can't wait for us to move closer to Fargo so I can start one.  There is no one in my small town that has had the surgery and I just don't have a support team here so I am ready to move.  Well, my students are here so I better go.  Thanks for replying, it was good to talk to you again!!

 

ok...so I checked the back of the bottle of optisource and the back of the bottle of flinstones gummy vitamins: optisource... vitamin A 1875 IU                     calcium   250 mg vitamin C    15 mg                    iron            7.5 mg vitamin D   100 IU                     phosphorus  50 mg vitamin E   125 IU                      iodine      37.5 mcg vitamin K    40 mcg                   magnesium  100 mg thiamin     375 mcg                  zinc  7.5 mg riboflavin  425 mcg                   selenium  17.5 mcg niacin            5 mg                     copper  0.5 mg vitamin B6 500 mcg                 manganese  0.5 mg folic acid    200 mcg                 chromium  30 mcg vitamin B12 125 mcg               molybdenum  18.75 mcg biotin            75 mcg                  sodium  5mg pantothenic acid 2.5 mg

flinstones..... vitamin A  2000 IU vitamin C  30 mg vitamin D  200 IU vitamin E  20 IU folic acid  200 mcg vitamin B12  5 mcg biotin  75 mcg pantothenic acid  5 mg zinc  2.5 mg iodine  40 mcg choline  38 mg inositol  20 mcg the childrens vitamins don't have half the nutrients that the optisource does?!  is it that we don't need all the nutrients from optisource or why is it exactly that we can have the children's?? thanks for any input. Danni

 

 

 

I'm 9 mos out. I disagree with the things you hear about children's vitamins. There are many hospital programs that endorse children's vitamins taken at successive times throughout the day due to better absorbtion. If you read the labels and compare, you'll find no difference except with the amount. That's why children take one a day and I take between 4 and 5.  Your new stomach can only process so much at a time, and the rest goes to waste. With the childrens version, you're taking them at different times in smaller amounts. Most programs endorse children's vitamins taken four times a day. My personal opinion about the Optisource vitamins? I feel putting the name 'bariatric' on it targets a customer that is willing to pay more because he or she thinks nothing else will do. The reason we had this surgery is to lose the weight and survive in a non bariatric world. You don't have to keep paying a price to be thin with all these exclusive products. If you've ever made the 'no bake' chocolate cookies that has been around for years, use walnuts or other nuts and include peanut butter and the protein powder, you can't even taste it. They are nice to stick in a snack zip lock bag in your purse and have through out the day. I also do a lot of stick cheese, as this is loaded with protein. How about the snackables? They are portable and lots of protein. The little peanut butter containers like they have in restaurants, and small crackers give you protein in a portable snack. These are easier ways of getting it down through out the day. Read the labels, it doesn't have to say 'bariatric' to be what you need.

I'm sorry you dont have a better support system, that is crucial. And if he thinks it's the easy way out he is wrong...I had my surgery in June of this year and I have struggled every inch of the way, still teaching myself to eat slower, smaller bites and the right foods. It is NOT easy, and it seems that way to everyone else because we lose so much weight so fast I think, but what they don't realize is we have to Work really hard to keep it that way. After 6mos - year if you are not eating right, excercising right, or taking your required vitamins you will re-gain just like other diets. But this surgery is a tool. I think you will do just fine and even if you need to get your support for on here I know my 'June 2007' has been the greatest for me. I will keep you in prayer and hopefully your husband will come around.

Omigosh, I don't recommend those vitamins! I buy the Spiderman gummies from Target in the kids section and eat about 4-5 a day, spread out to fascilitate absorbtion. There are like gumdrops and they have all the essential vitamins in a multiple. I don't do shakes, either. My sister developed a recipe for a protein cookie, and we dump that awful powder into the recipe and consume it that way. The taste of shakes with protein powder is awful, so this is the best use of this and it is totally hidden in taste and is sooo much better. As you get to know others locally who have already been there, done that, you'll find there are many more options out there than the guidelines initially given. It pays to read the labels and try things that work for others, so you don't get stuck with methods that simply don't work for you.