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Blaze21    5

Blaze21
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I take 2 children's chewables per day. I buy the BJ's store brand of Flintstones complete. I did try the Centrum chewable but I couldn't stand the taste.

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Hel    0

Hel
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I take 2 children's chewables per day. I buy the BJ's store brand of Flintstones complete. I did try the Centrum chewable but I couldn't stand the taste.

That's a great idea. I have a big bottle of Centrum chewable, but they are awful tasting! I'm gonna try the children's, thanks!

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Brockbabe82    0

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Definitely flinstone Vitamins, I do not know how people take the other chewable, they make me sick just thinking about them.lol Almost forgot, they have liquid vitamins at most pharmacys as well. Good luck

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HolliJ    24

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Buy Vitafusion Multi Vites, Gummy Vitamins, berry, Lemon & Orange, 70 gummies Online at drugstore.com

Adult gummy vitamins. They're really good!

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AlaskaGirl77    0

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I was told to stay away from gummie ones...??

Buy Vitafusion Multi Vites, Gummy Vitamins, berry, Lemon & Orange, 70 gummies Online at drugstore.com

Adult gummy vitamins. They're really good!

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HolliJ    24

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I was told to stay away from gummie ones...??

I haven't had the surgery yet, so maybe I get that memo later. :thumbdown:

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don14    0

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I use the Viactiv, Multivitamin is milk chocolate and I also use the Calcium which is caramel. I love them. Since I love my chocolate its a great substitution. The only con is that if you don't drink something after about ten minutes you kind of get a weird metallic taste but a sip of anything will get rid of that.

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staplegater    0

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flinstone Vitamins are good for the first few weeks for basic nutrients, but you really do need something that contains a lot more after that. There's a reason that they're for kids. Even One A Days are not that great. You should get basic nutrition from foods you eat and really only need a supplement for things you don't eat regularly. Definitely need all of your B's instead of the 2 or 3 that Flinstones ones have.

My surgery doc said only chewables, but my fill doctor says that swallowing pills is fine. I didn't really believe him, but I tried it out and nothing horrible happened. It just needed a few minutes to dissolve and move into my stomach. If you can swallow pills, I really like Rainbow Light brand, which is pretty cheap on Ebay.

I guess any Vitamin is better than no Vitamins, though. Just relaying what I've been told.

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missy0    0

missy0
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Thank you all so much for your input, I going to go to the pharmacy today and see what they have!

Missy:thumbup:

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cheri634    0

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I also take the Viactiv multivitamin in milk chocolate flavor and the Viactiv Calcium in caramel .... I find myself looking forward to my Vitamins each morning, it's like a little treat

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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