Still having the hardest time getting in my vitamins

ktharp89
on 7/11/11 5:07 am - Gaithersburg, MD

I am feeling really guilty lately about not getting in my vitamins and protein. I'm working on the protein but for the vitamins sometimes it's just so hard. Some of them make me so sick and I can't keep them down. I feel like I have SO MANY vitamins and it's overwhelming. I KNOW I need my vitamins. I don't need people making me feel even more guilty because I DO KNOW how important it is. Does anyone have any tips to make taking vitamins easier???

Height - 5'8 - SW - 292/ CW - 177.6 /GW - 150 - BMI - 27.1 - 114.4 lbs lost!
"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore" Vincent Van Gogh

Bralen
on 7/11/11 5:11 am

RNY on 02/22/11

If your vitamins are making you sick can you try another kind to see if that helps? I put my vitamins in a vitamin organizer for the week and I start taking them as soon as I get out of bed. They have to be taken 2 hours apart so I have a timer app on my phone that I set every time I take a vitamin and I keep going until I get them all taken.

Start weight 263 Surgery weight 247

Sillycar
on 7/11/11 5:12 am

RNY on 06/16/11

I'm in the same boat. My nut wants my vitamins spaced out in such a way that I have an alarm going off on my phone every two hours as a reminder. I have appointments with clients at work and can't always stop to take more vitamins. I need to find a way to consolidate it down to like twice a day because I am just not getting them all in with this crazy every two hours thing.

poet_kelly
on 7/11/11 5:33 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

There really is no way to cut it down to just twice a day. We need 1500-2000 mg calcium citrate and need to break that into three or four doses. Then we need iron but need to take that at least two hours away from calcium. So that means we need to be taking vitamins four or five times a day.

I think the easiest way to do it is to take some at breakfast, some at lunch, some at dinner and some at bedtime.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

H.A.L.A B.
on 7/11/11 5:34 am

RNY on 05/14/08

like you new Avi... you look great...

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

poet_kelly
on 7/11/11 5:34 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Thanks. Took me forever to figure out how to resize the picture.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

(deactivated member)
on 7/11/11 1:43 pm

RNY on 01/19/10

Kelly, you look fantastic! Love the new pic....

tori

H.A.L.A B.
on 7/11/11 5:26 am

RNY on 05/14/08

Initially I chose chewables. Ones that I can take anytime.The one that taste good to me. And try to take them with food - in between bites.
Now - I do some chewables and some pills, caps. Some (B12) I get as a shot - injection.

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

poet_kelly
on 7/11/11 5:31 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

The chewables made me feel really nauseous. I don't know what kind you're taking, but why not try something else and see if it works better? Like, I really like Upcal D for calcium. It's a powder you can mix in any drink and it has no taste at all. Works great for me. I also like ENS from Celebrate. It's a drink mix you put in water and it is one multivitamin. They also have ENS with protein in it as well as vitamins. I like B12 shots instead of sublinguals, but you can also use the nasal spray or patch.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

lynnc99
on 7/11/11 5:33 am

RNY on 07/15/09

I take as many as I can take together first thing in the morning - a multi, my B vitamins, biotin, probiotic, and first dose of calcium. This just leaves the rest of the calcium and another multi for later in the day (I don't have to take iron which simplifies it all.)

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