How do you take your vitamins in the morning? - ThinnerTimes - Gastric Bypass Forum, Lap Band Forum, and Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Forum

GrayC25 · 07-30-2009, 03:08 PM

Hi everyone! I am three weeks post op and have a question about morning vitamins. I have a few to take in the morning, but if I am not allowed to drink water a half hour before I eat, while I eat and a half hour after I eat, how do I take them? Do you guys take your morning vitamins a half hour after you eat? Or do you have a liquid breakfast and take them then? I was doing protein shakes in the morning, but the milk was casing some problems in my new pouch. So I am trying to eat eggs or something a bit more solid/pureed instead of milk.

What do you guys do?

loki8481 · 07-30-2009, 03:25 PM

I take a chewable.

I keep them on a table by the door and just pop one as I'm leaving for work.

Jeanie · 07-30-2009, 03:30 PM

I would think that drinking a little bit of water to take your vits would be OK, but ONLY drink what you need to get the pills down. After you take the pills wait 15 min before you eat, or another suggestion is take your vits right when you get up in the morning then get ready for your day before you eat breakfast. That's my $.02 hope it helps.

GrandmaRose · 07-30-2009, 03:43 PM

I would never take a regular vitamin! They are too hard to digest, and too big to fit thru my outlet.

I take chewable - no water. I also took chewable iron, and chewies lemon flavored calcium. Can't take iron and calcium together either, you know.

So - I fixed up those little craft bags (ziplock) with 2 vitamins, 2 iron tabs, and 8 chewies. (one days-worth) I took one vitamin and one iron with breakfast, then put the bag in my pocket. Every two hours I take 2 calcium chewies, the last being about 3-4 p.m. Then I take iron and vitamin with supper, and finish the calcium every two hours after that.

Right now, with no teeth, I am taking liquid iron and liquid vitamins - but still having the lemon chewies (from Bariatric Advantage).

GrayC25 · 07-30-2009, 03:51 PM

Thanks for the replies! I take a chewable multi, a chewable Vit C, but the others are all hard and need to be with water: Feosol (Iron, recommended by my doctor), Vitamin D (also recommended by doctor), my folbic tablet and then something for acid (can't remember the name). The Folbic tablet and the acid one were all scripts written out by my doctors/surgeon.

I might be able to find my Vitamin D in chewable, but not sure.

My vitamin schedule:

AM:
Multi, Folbic, acid one

Mid AM:
Iron, Vit C, Vit D

Lunch: Calcium

Dinner: Calcium

Before bed: Multi (at least two hours after Dinner calcium since my multi has iron in it).

I am thinking of putting my Iron, Vit C and Vit D in with my morning pills (multi, folbic tablet and acid med) so I can get them all in.

P.S. - I have gotten the worse breath after surgery. I am thinking it's all the vitamins I'm taking, but JEEZ!!!!!!! I have a toothbrush with me at work to help, but I hope it's not like this forever. Anyone else have this issue?

GrandmaRose · 07-30-2009, 03:54 PM

If you take calcium citrate (NOT carbonate) that is specifically for bariatric patients, it should have enuf vitamin D in it.

GrayC25 · 07-30-2009, 03:57 PM

I am taking Viactiv Calcium chewables. It was recommended by my dietician. I don't really care for them, they are sweet and sticky, so I will be looking for something different when they are finished.

Corrine · 07-30-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by GrayC25

I am taking Viactiv Calcium chewables. It was recommended by my dietician. I don't really care for them, they are sweet and sticky, so I will be looking for something different when they are finished.

Viactiv is calcium carbonate, not citrate:

Quote:

Ingredients:
Corn Syrup, Sugar, Calcium Carbonate, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Nonfat Milk, Contains 1% or Less of Caramel Color, Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Soy Lecithin, Mono-and Diglycerides, Vitamin D3, Sodium Phosphate, Yellow 6, Vitamin K1.

Your dietician needs to be aware of that.

mistymee · 07-30-2009, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Corrine

Viactiv is calcium citrate, not carbonate:

Your dietician needs to be aware of that.

Did you mix those us, Corrine? I thought Viactiv was carbonate, not citrate??

Corrine · 07-30-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mistymee

Did you mix those us, Corrine? I thought Viactiv was carbonate, not citrate??

OOOPS! I mixed those up Kel - thanks for heads-up. Good job I posted the ingredient list. I'll edit that right now (me and oxycodone are a riot! lol).