Chewable vitamins
I'm just about 7 weeks out from surgery and doing well, but getting sick of the chewable vitamins. How long until we can take regular vitamins? I'm supposed to chew 4 per day but I sometimes can't make myself take that last one. Thank you.
5'2.5" Surgery date/ 12-02-15 Dr.Valentine Boise ID
Highest:289 SW/212 CW 122
Goal/125-130
Goal reached at 10 months
I am 5 and a half weeks out and I take the regular bariatric advantage capsules (3 a day) as I couldn't take the chewables anymore! Doctor approved and I have been doing fine with it.
Judith, 46, surgery date 12/3/15
SW: 317 CW: 210 GW: 180
I have the bariatric advantage capsules ultra multi formula with iron. I am sure you can switch! :)
Judith, 46, surgery date 12/3/15
SW: 317 CW: 210 GW: 180
The ASMBS recommends 3-6 months.
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
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I always figured the chewable vitamins were because it'd be hard to swallow a large pill for awhile after surgery. I bought a 100 count bottle of Centrum orange flavored chewables and once that is finished, I planned to go onto a pill vitamin.
My office only ordered me to take it 2x a day. I can not imagine taking 4 of those suckers a day. It's like chewing on crunchy flavored sand. It makes me shudder every time.
Heaviest: 335 Currently: 190
VSG in December 2015
i take the bariatric fusion, im 4 weeks out. and im supposed to chew 4 a day. sometime i just eat 2 flinstones in its place (in place of one) because i love the flavor. I could eat the whole bottle in a sitting, if it wasnt bad for me. but the worst is the chewable calcium from celebrate berries flavored ooooh no im supposed to eat 3 of those a day, i hardly do. the fusion seems to have it all in it. so when i run out perhaps i will start chewing that gross ass huge pill more often.
We are supposed to get 200% of the RDA of most vitamins and minerals. That would mean two of a high quality vitamin. Bariatric Fusion are poor quality. You would need EIGHT of those to get 200%. Flintstones, other children's vitamins, and all gummies are just as bad.
If you are going to the trouble of taking supplements, do yourself a favor and take good quality supplements.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.