Trouble with vitamins
I crush my vitamins and mix them into a little sugar-free Greek yogurt. After surgery, my tummy wouldn't tolerate anything sweet like the vitamins and mixing with yogurt cut the sweetness, and I actually enjoy having the little vitamin-flavored yogurt twice a day.
Goo luck,
Carol
Surgery May 1, 2013. Starting Weight 385, Surgery Weight 333, Current Weight 160. At GOAL!
Weight loss Pre-op 1-20 2-17 3-15 Post-op 1-20 2-18 3-15 4-14 5-16 6-11 7-12 8-8
9-11 10-7 11-7 12-7 13-8 14-6 15-3 16-7 17-3 18-3
i have had trouble also. I take it after a meal like you did but i do not chew it. i let it sit on the back of my tongue until it melts >5 minutes. even so it upsets my stomach a little
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Your stomach may have been too full. I have always had problems with multi vitamins making me sick to my stomach so I have to take with food. The best results for me are to take my multivitamin and then eat. This way I get it down and the food sits on top of it so it doesn't come back up.
I hope you find the right combination that works for you.
I have a hard time too. I never was a big sweet eater and this is killing me -- between the chocolate shakes, jello, ice pops and then the vitamins. I now take the Celebrate bariatric vitamins in capsule form. It is sometimes really hard getting them all in and they still make me a little nauseated but I can't even put the chewable ones near my mouth without gagging.
