Potentially stupid ? alert...does taking three Viactiv chews at the same time have any impact on weight loss? I have been told to take three - one in AM, one midday and one in PM, but my work/life makes that hard, so I take all three at the same time along with my chewable multi. I am 7 weeks out overall having good results but pretty slow progress recently, and just wondering if anyone thinks it could be related?

Talk to your doctor/nurse and/or NUT but there is a reason you are not supposed to take Calcium with the other Vitamins. That is one thing that I hear from all docs so don't take them all at once with your multi!!

Take them later in the day. I'm not sure about taking them all at once. I assume that isn't a good idea but I don't know why. If it was a good idea, they would have you do that already. Please follow doctor's orders and don't make your own rules. You will be more successful in many ways that way.

But is that causing a stall? Probably not. My guess is that if you aren't following the Vitamin rules, maybe you aren't following some of the other rules? Be very diligent.

Best of luck! Let us know how it goes.

I don't think your body will absorb all the calcium at one time, that's why you are told to take them three times a day as your body sluffs it off as the day progresses. I'd check with your professional team and see what they think.

Personally I don't think it's your Vitamins I think it's just your body's reaction that's stalling you. As esskay77 said make sure that you're following your plan and that's not what's messing you up. Good luck.

You have to take the calcium & any vitamin with iron at different times. They compete for absorption. One will cancel out the other.