what vitamins is everyone taking? I found and bought a vitamin called Alive but the pills are huge and it says to take 3 per day and I just don't see how I can. Any suggestions?

what Vitamins is everyone taking? I found and bought a Vitamin called Alive but the pills are huge and it says to take 3 per day and I just don't see how I can. Any suggestions?

Bought mine today... they're the melts and one is a chewable.

I take generic calcium citrate....and crunch up the big junebug sized pills with a little hot tea or coffee in my mouth

Flintstone's Complete chewables. (actually, the store brand equivalent)

B Complex....nasty tasting capsule

B 12...tasteless tiny tablet

and

D....chewable cherry flavor

I just had my blood work done today along with my 24 hour urine so this may change by next doc visit:

2 gummy multi - costco brand

6 (250mg calcium citrate) three times a day (18 pills, 4500mg) - costco brand

Zinc - 1 pill 3x a day 50mg

Vitamin A 3 softgels (10000iu) 3x a day

B12 - injection once a week

Iron 1 pill 4 times a day - generic

D2 1 x a day 50000iu

D3 1x a day 2000iu

Biotin 10000iu 1 pill 2x a day

I don’t crush anything. A whole lot of fricken pills... but I’m 6lbs from goal and will happily swallow all these pills.

Depends how far out you are. The first 2 months I stuck with either small pills, or chewables.

After that I found it far more efficient/effective to stick with real adult vitamins. My current multivitamin is 6 huge pills a day (2 per meal)

There is absolutely no reason you shouldnt be able to take and swallow normal adult vitamins after 2 months unless you have had true legitimate complications.

Dont be one of those people who takes childrens chewable candy multivitamins months out for god knows what reason.

As to the specific multivitamin I use I use Orange Triad because its a quality product and a decent price and is frequently on sale. Its no different from any other quality full multivitamin though.

Edited May 5, 20188 yr by Mhy12784

Depends how far out you are. The first 2 months I stuck with either small pills, or chewables.

After that I found it far more efficient/effective to stick with real vitamins. My current multivitamin is 6 huge pills a day (2 per meal)

There is absolutely no reason you shouldnt be able to take and swallow normal adult vitamins after 2 months unless you have had true legitimate complications.

Dont be one of those people who takes childrens chewable candy multivitamins months out for god knows what reason.

Here's what my nutritionist puts us on:

centrum complete multi vitamin chewable 2x daily

vitamin d

b12 daily or weekly

calcium bari melts 2 3x daily (at least 2 hours apart and 2 hours from multi)

others as needed based on monthly blood work (I did prescription d and an a vitamin for a while). I also add in biotin because my nails were breaking and it helped.

I struggled with vitamins because they made me nauseous. Now I've found some that are easy on my stomach and I'm happy. It's a lot of pills, but I space them all out throughout the day. If I'm home I just put them all next to my computer and take them one at a time throughout the day. If I'm not home it's harder to remember, but I put them in a baggie and keep them in my purse and take one whenever I remember.

Whole Foods Prenatal Multi - 3 per day

Viactive Calcium Chews - 2 per day (will switch to the Barimelts above once these are gone)

Nature Valley Biotin 10,000 mcg - 1

I also take Hyperbiotics Probiotics, alternating between the Pro - 15 and the Pro Women

what Vitamins is everyone taking? I found and bought a Vitamin called Alive but the pills are huge and it says to take 3 per day and I just don't see how I can. Any suggestions?

My surgery was at a Bariatric Center of Excellence, like many others. The nutritionist said that the PatchMD Multivitamin Plus works great and decreases many pills that must be swallowed. So easy to use! Slap on a new vitamin patch every morning.