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! :-)

Are you taking a standard dosage? How long did it take for you to feel benefits?

Delta, it took about 2 1/2-3 weeks to literally notice it. I was walking around the mall and thought, "I feel good today." So it had literally snuck up on me. Just like the gradual change in feeling bad did.

I take about 2,000 a day now. Initially, the drs had high doses for me for a couple of weeks to get it in the normal range. At thebeginning of January was when it finally was in the normal range, so it's all recent stuff. I never knew that vit d could throw your entire body out of whack. Lol

I'm just hoping this is the reason for no movement in my weight loss...to make matters worse, I gained 4 lbs! It is so frustrating.

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