Kcnolan21

I am not opposed to the Celebrate Vitamins but, I don't like to chew them and I wanted to switch to the capsules. The problem is that the doasge is 3 capsules per day (3x per day). I find it hard enough to take 2 chewables a day and to space them out (which I am assuming you can't take 2 or 3 together) plus all the calcium (6). For the most part I am good about taking the vitamins but on occasion I get busy and I don't (please no flaming...I am trying). I think part of my problem is that I don't like to chew them. If I switch to the capsules, I need to take more and more more often! Which is another problem. HELP! Is there vitamin capsules that you take everyday (2x a day)?
I looked at Baratric Advantage and their dosage is 6 capsules per day! Which (again I am assuming) is 2 pills 3x a day?

What is your vitamin and schedule?

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Coleen


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AirForceW1fe

The only thing you have to space out is your calcium from your multi vitamins. So for me for example, I take my first dose of calcium in the morning, the second dose in the afternoon and then both my chewable multivitamins in the evening before I go to bed.

Hope that helps.

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Scale aka "Satan" Whore #62

"No one said this would be easy, but boy is it worth it!!!"

mistymee

No this isn't correct. You only need to space out your calcium from your vitamins is if your vitamins have iron in them. It is the iron & calcium that don't mix.

And you'll absorb more of your vitamins if you take one multi in the AM and one in the PM.

Calcium should be spaced out as well, since we can only absorb about 500 mg at one time.

My schedule is as follows:
AM- 1 multi/2 calcium
Lunch-1 iron
Dinner- 2 calcium
Bedtime 1 multi/2 calcium.

I am the opposite from the OP- I need to do the chewables because I cannot drink enough to get the other pills down.

My surgeon does not allow pills that are larger than the size of a pencil eraser and most of the multi's & calciums that are non-chewable are just too damn big.

(Added to that, I have a concern that non-chewables will pass through the intestine before they have dissolved enough to be usable. I don't know if that is the case or not.. can't find info on that last part.)

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Kcnolan21

As I was looking for vitamins..I did notice that the Baratric Advantage Vitamins are quick disolve for this purpose!

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Coleen


highest/current/goal
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SURGERY DATE 11/13/08!!!

*****ONLY 5 LBS TO GOAL*****

mistymee

That's good then! I've not tried their capsules or tablets.. I've only used their chewables but they were sooo sour, I couldn't tolerate them. Plus- they put calcium in the ones I had which I didn't like.

I hope you find ones you like that work for you! Getting them in is so important!

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Sherry_Lynn

I take the non-chewable forms of multi and calcium from Celebrate. I just couldn't tolerate the chews any longer. Yes, I take 1 capsule 3x per day of the multi's, and 3 tablets 3-4x per day of the calcium, and they are bigger than a pencil eraser, but I'm assuming that if Celebrate formulates them for us Bariatrics, that they are being abosrbed. I take them after breakfast, lunch and dinner, and you have to find a way to keep on schedule.

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AirForceW1fe

Wow I did not know that. I was going by what my surgeon told me. I take the Bariatric Advantage chewables which he gave me and they don't have iron but he still said not to take the calcium and the multi together. Live and learn I guess.

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Scale aka "Satan" Whore #62

"No one said this would be easy, but boy is it worth it!!!"

mistymee

that's weird that he said that.. that is a first... unless he mistakenly thought there was iron in the multi? Many do which would pose a problem with the calcium.

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AirForceW1fe

Probably, thanks soo much for clearing that up for me. You are so knowledgeable. So it would be better for to take my 2 multi's in seperate doses, check. Starting that today!

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Surgery Date- 7/14/09

Pre / Current / Goal

285 / 209 / 140


Scale aka "Satan" Whore #62

"No one said this would be easy, but boy is it worth it!!!"

mistymee

Was going to just edit my last post, but I wanted to hopefully make sure you saw this..

I was just downstairs and thinking about my previous post here.. it sounds kind of know-it-all-ish so I wanted to apologize. I didn't mean for it to sound that way.

I have honestly not ever seen anything that says we cannot take our multi with our calcium if the multi does not have iron. So, now you have me seriously wondering if I've been royally screwing up by what I'm doing personally as well as the advice. If you wouldn't mind...next time you talk to your doctor could you ask him/her why you're not supposed to be taking them together, if there is no iron in the multi?

I'm also going to PM Corrine & Beth since they are considered the most well read on that subject (well, they are considered that by me anyway )

I'm really trying to do right both by the advice I offer as well as what I do myself so now I'm really concerned!

Thanks.

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