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Stall may mean Vitamin D deficient hmm...

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seelessofme    63

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So I had my regular blood work done last week and I received a script in the mail from my bariatric doctor saying my Vitamin D levels were very low. I'm being put on a regime of 50,000 units a week...so basically, one pill a week for 8 weeks., Then i have to take 2,000 units everyday. Being that I received the script yesterday, I couldn't call to ask what that was about. So I decided to contact my good friend Dr. Google and I found many articles about Vitamin D deficiencies linked to weight loss plateaus and stalls. I'm not a doctor nor do I pretend to be, but this might explain why I haven't lost anything since December 15th.

Here's part of many articles: People, who are trying to lose weight, typically, do not ‘plateau’ if they are Vitamin D replete. Vitamin D directly combats metabolic syndrome so if you have been suffering from this there is hope.

I have hope....took my first pill for the week today.....so hoping the pounds are gone when I get up in the morning. Ha! :-)

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GeauxForIt    659

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Hmmmm, thanks for posting this! I Vitamin D

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GeauxForIt    659

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Dangit! I've struggled with a Vitamin D deficiency in the past. I'll have to inquire for my labwork details.

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ArtSong    291

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I hope that's what it is for me as well but won't hear back on blood work till Thursday at best ;)

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Mich grand    35

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Seelessofme,

I am so excited to see how much weight is gone in the morning. Haha. That is very interesting and appreciate the info as I too am coming up on my first bloodwork in about 2 weeks.

Good luck and will look for you future posts.

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delta_girl    931

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AH HA! OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!

I have been completely stalled for over 3 weeks. Big stall with nothing going on.

I thought it might be an ingredient in the Powerade Zero I'm constantly drinking that was impacting my weight loss.

I didn't even realize it until this thread. I haven't taken my multi-Vitamin in weeks!!! THAT may be what is going on. I'll find out soon because I'll be taking care of those Vitamins again starting now.

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TexasMiss    314

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I am Vitamin D deficient but have hypoparathyroidism. I'm curious what your blood serum Calcium level is (from a PTH panel).

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seelessofme    63

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AH HA! OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!

I have been completely stalled for over 3 weeks. Big stall with nothing going on.

I thought it might be an ingredient in the Powerade Zero I'm constantly drinking that was impacting my weight loss.

I didn't even realize it until this thread. I haven't taken my multi-Vitamin in weeks!!! THAT may be what is going on. I'll find out soon because I'll be taking care of those Vitamins again starting now.

Be careful about not taking those Vitamins. I've read many crazy things that could happen for not taking them it's got me scared silly. Just yesterday a friend told me she knew someone who didn't take the vitamins and follow directions and his body shut down where he had to learn to walk again and was in hospital for 10 months. I had forgotten to take my Vitamin and when I got home, that was the first thing I did! Take care!

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seelessofme    63

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They just prescribed me 50' date='000 units to take once a week. Hopefully that is why it is going slow.[/quote']

I just read the label and I'm taking 50,000 units too! Lets see where this goes.

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delta_girl    931

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Be careful about not taking those Vitamins. I've read many crazy things that could happen for not taking them it's got me scared silly. Just yesterday a friend told me she knew someone who didn't take the Vitamins and follow directions and his body shut down where he had to learn to walk again and was in hospital for 10 months. I had forgotten to take my Vitamin and when I got home, that was the first thing I did! Take care!

That is scary. I know Vitamin B12 is critical, so I'm very good about getting a monthly b12 shot. I don't have any reason nor excuse for not taking my multi-vitamins. I'm good about so many other things I really don't know why I have allowed myself to skip these. Thank you for the info.

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seelessofme    63

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I hope that's what it is for me as well but won't hear back on blood work till Thursday at best ;)

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Good luck to you hopefully we can get to the bottom of this soon. It's so frustrating!

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seelessofme    63

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I am Vitamin D deficient but have hypoparathyroidism. I'm curious what your blood serum Calcium level is (from a PTH panel).

What should it be..my doctor gave me a printout of my lab results. Unfortunately I don't remember everything he said when we reviewed the results together.

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Takingcontrol    467

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I'm going to have to have mine checked...I know I have been deficient in the past. Anyone know of a goos Calcium supplement? I just read that I'm supposed to be taking 2 of the chewables I have...& their way too sweet for me! :-/

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