Thrive Question

TexasPrincess08
on 7/9/15 6:57 pm
VSG on 09/15/14

So I just left a Thrive meeting and was intrigued by the product. Have any sleevers used it what were your results. I'm going to try it for myself next week, but wanted to hear from the community.

Age: 24 HW:260, SW:250,GW:130

    

Stacy_WLS
on 7/9/15 7:57 pm

I haven't used it, but a friend of mine swears by it.  I don't think she has lost much weight with it, but she says her energy level is through the roof with it.

VSG: 12/12/13, LBL, small TL, BL/BA: 11/7/14 Twins 12/9/18 HW after Twins 260. 5'10 37 years old - Stacy_WLS (MFP)

TexasPrincess08
on 7/9/15 10:44 pm
VSG on 09/15/14

Wasn't looking for weight loss just the energy and vitamins boost seems easier then taking a bunch of different vitamins 

Age: 24 HW:260, SW:250,GW:130

    

(deactivated member)
on 7/10/15 12:19 am

I agree that having every vitamin and supplement in a single pill would be awesome. However, I checked the Thrive W out to the supplement facts. It's a nice multi vitamin blend, BUT from what I know (and I am no medical professional!) it doesn't contain enough B12, B1, or D3 to give you adequate supplementation for those essential nutrients after WLS. Thrive also doesn't contain calcium citrate which most programs recommend taking daily.

While VSG is not a malabsorptive procedure, many VSG patients aren't able to eat adequate amounts of food to get these vital nutrients.

Most WLS programs I know recommend 2000 IU D3 per day, not 200. The B1 level is pretty low, too. For the first 2 years post VSG I took 100 mg per day, then dropped to 300 per week. B12 recommendations I've seen range from 2500 mcg to 7000 per week.

My advice would be to ask your surgeon or your surgeon's nutritionist to give you the okay to use Thrive as your vitamin supplement.

Kiwideb
on 7/11/15 5:12 am
VSG on 01/19/15

I have a couple of aquaintences who swear by it too. I'm intrigued enough that I might give it a months try. But I've not done the big comparative yet. And it would really be the energy factor they report for me - I'm so damn tired at the end of the day...

happyteacher
on 7/11/15 5:22 am

Check out PatchMD. This is a patch vitamin- stick it on in the morning and forget about it. A couple ladies started using it and then had their labs checked and they were stellar. 

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JAZZY150
on 7/14/15 6:11 pm

I tried Thrive, it gave me REALLY bad reflux. It had a lot of positives, but I was so sick with reflux. My Doctor thought it could be the caffeine.  I was taking reflux meds and tums, still reflux was awful! My two cents

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