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Post-op Gastric Bypass Gastric bypass post-op concerns, milestones achieved, establishing new eating/exercise habits, dealing with emotions without food to turn to, etc.

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Old 06-24-2008, 03:26 PM   #11 (permalink)
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New comparison added:

Flintstones vs. Building Blocks Bariatric Chewable Vitamins vs. Centrum Silver
Vitamin Comparison Spreadsheet

Be aware that the Centrum Silver dosage is 1 per day, while the others are two per day. Contents are per/tablet. All comparisons are taken from each respective website.
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Starting BMI: 60.4 / Current BMI: 33.6

Nearly 16 TEN pound bowling balls down... OMG, let me pinch myself!

I don't want to know how much I have left to lose -- I find it encouraging to see how far I've come!

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Old 06-24-2008, 03:27 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Birthday: my husbands. I said he can have a piece, my son can have a piece, my dog can have a piece without the frosting, and I'll just look at a piece and have a fugdcicle.

Vitamins: We're told to trust our doctors and do what they recommend to do. My doc told me to trust my NUT because I am her job, and she knows better than he because that's her field... and I liked that response.

Centrum Silver: I'll see what I can find.
So nice of you to include your dog in a birthday celebration...love those fudgcicles!

I loved the nutritionist I saw when I signed up. She really let the doc know where and when to change things and she did her research (nope, docs can't do it all). But, she has gone on to another job and her replacement knows NOTHING about bariatrics. OMG!

At any rate, I'm ordering Building Blocks today. Are you also taking anti-oxidents? Others from them?
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Old 06-24-2008, 04:01 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I'm going to print this out and compare it to my Optisource Bariatric Vitamins... since I'm a big advocate of doing the right thing on these, I want to make sure I'm getting the best I can.. thanks for taking this on, Marella..
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New comparison added:

Flintstones vs.
Building Blocks Bariatric Chewable Vitamins vs.
Centrum Silver vs.
Bariatric Advantage

Vitamin Comparison Spreadsheet

(Be aware that the Centrum Silver dosage is 1 per day, while the others are two per day. Contents are per/tablet. All comparisons are taken from each respective website.)

I personally buy Building Blocks... the 90 day supply is much cheaper, and you get FREE shipping.
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Day 188: Century Club - 100 lbs down
Day 366: 1 Year - 146 lbs down
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Starting BMI: 60.4 / Current BMI: 33.6

Nearly 16 TEN pound bowling balls down... OMG, let me pinch myself!

I don't want to know how much I have left to lose -- I find it encouraging to see how far I've come!

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Old 06-24-2008, 04:19 PM   #16 (permalink)
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In order to help you all evaluate if your multi-vitamin has what it needs here is the information that I have been able to find in regards to our needs post RNY.

Overview of Vitamin and Mineral Requirements:

Daily Multivitamin/Mineral

100% the RDI (or more) for vitamins A, E, C, D niacin

200% the RDI (or higher) for major B-complex vitamins, particularly folate and thiamin

100% the RDI for minerals, i.e. zinc, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, copper, chromium, potassium, magnesium, others.

Vitamin B12

At least 1200% the RDI for supplements

1000 mcg monthly shots

1000 mcg daily sublingual

Calcium

100% the RDI (or more) Calcium Citrate with ascorbic acid (vitamin C), vitamin D, or magnesium

Iron

Greater than 100% the RDI for fumerate or iron chelated to an amino acid or to citrate
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if you doubled the numbers for Flintstones because everyone I know who take them (including myself) has to take two a day
thats still not enough if you look at what GBS patients need. Yes we take 2 of the BB mulitivitamins a day as well.

i would love to see what the long term effects are of the different vitamins and people who take them
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I will be one week out tomorrow morning. I have been taking three Flinstone complete vitamins daily since being released from the hospital. I go to the Doc's on Thursday and will be asking for sure if there is a different vitamin I should be taking. Please continue to keep us posted. Thank you for the great info.
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New comparison added:

Flintstones vs. Building Blocks Bariatric Chewable Vitamins vs. Centrum Silver
Vitamin Comparison Spreadsheet

Be aware that the Centrum Silver dosage is 1 per day, while the others are two per day. Contents are per/tablet. All comparisons are taken from each respective website.

Thanks for the updated comparison chart - it's very interesting reading.

I should point out that the normal recommended dose for Centrum's following surgery is 2 a day, not one. The chewable was one of the recommendations at my hospital and at double the dose shown, it does a reasonable job.

I also want to mention too that it isn't usual to be taking the Centrum Silver. That's normally only recommended for post-menopausal women or those who are required to take additional iron supplements.
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Are you also taking anti-oxidents? Others from them?
I asked my NUT about anti-oxidents and she left that decision up to me.

The anti-ox'es are an extension of what the Building Blocks already contain, plus Coenzyme Q10 (which I haven't looked up).

Vitamin A (as beta-carotene)................................5,000 IU
Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate)..100 mg
Vitamin E (as d-alpha-tocopheryl acetate)..............100 IU
Selenium (as sodium selenite)...............................100 mcg
Coenzyme Q10 50 mg

So at this time, I'm not going add it.
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Day 188: Century Club - 100 lbs down
Day 366: 1 Year - 146 lbs down
Day 396: One-derland - 153 lbs gone forever! (my pic progression)


Starting BMI: 60.4 / Current BMI: 33.6

Nearly 16 TEN pound bowling balls down... OMG, let me pinch myself!

I don't want to know how much I have left to lose -- I find it encouraging to see how far I've come!
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