gummy vitamins

ftsolk

I am having a really hard time remembering to take my multivitamin, so I am wondering if I should switch to a gummy vitamin supplement. Any advice on brands? I can't eat sugar alcohols or artificial sweeteners. I would love a vitamin that has added ingredients to help aide weight loss (b-vitamins, omega 3s, Fiber, etc).

Thanks

Laurend224

ftsolk wrote: »

I am having a really hard time remembering to take my multivitamin, so I am wondering if I should switch to a gummy vitamin supplement. Any advice on brands? I can't eat sugar alcohols or artificial sweeteners. I would love a vitamin that has added ingredients to help aide weight loss (b-vitamins, omega 3s, Fiber, etc).

Thanks

Vitamins don't aid weight loss. They only help round out your nutrition. Which I guess may help, if you were deficient in any areas and having side effects from it.

ftsolk

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Laurend224 wrote: »

ftsolk wrote: »

I am having a really hard time remembering to take my multivitamin, so I am wondering if I should switch to a gummy vitamin supplement. Any advice on brands? I can't eat sugar alcohols or artificial sweeteners. I would love a vitamin that has added ingredients to help aide weight loss (b-vitamins, omega 3s, Fiber, etc).

Thanks

Vitamins don't aid weight loss. They only help round out your nutrition. Which I guess may help, if you were deficient in any areas and having side effects from it.

I know, but I figure that I might be missing something in my diet, so I want to take a vitamin to fill any gaps

Francl27

So just take pills?

Lasmartchika

Wouldn't you forget to take the gummy too? Or is it that you would remember taking that one cuz it's like candy, sorta? I have no suggestion for gummy vitamins, except for maybe having one of those daily pill boxes: leave it on your kitchen table for the vitamins you already have. Maybe that'll help you remember to take them.

ftsolk

I have tried alarms, pill boxes, keeping the bottle with me, sticky notes, checklists, and more. None have worked, but I thought that maybe if I made taking a multivitamin more enjoyable I would remember to take it

Th3Ph03n1x

ftsolk wrote: »

I have tried alarms, pill boxes, keeping the bottle with me, sticky notes, checklists, and more. None have worked, but I thought that maybe if I made taking a multivitamin more enjoyable I would remember to take it

Have you tried keeping the bottle on your phone at night? Anything I need to remember I keep as close to my phone as possible.

I would think any gummy you get is going to have sugar or artificial sweetener. That's what makes them palatable. I could be wrong though.

La5Vega5Girl

my daughter hated them, but then again, she hates almost everything. LOL
we got the flintstones brand b/c she takes the regular flinstones "hard" vitamins. i don't really know anything about additives and not sure if they have any for adults. sorry, i'm really no help! LOL

ckmnacln

I have the Alive! gummies and love them! I look forward to taking them because it's like a sweet treat. lol

Francl27

ftsolk wrote: »

I have tried alarms, pill boxes, keeping the bottle with me, sticky notes, checklists, and more. None have worked, but I thought that maybe if I made taking a multivitamin more enjoyable I would remember to take it

Alerts on your phone? Sending yourself an email that you keep at the top of your inbox? I get it though, I always forget my vitamins too (speaking of which...).

Or just log it, this way you'll see it every day when you go through the 'recent foods' list?

Alluminati

Here we go.

ftsolk

Francl27 wrote: »

ftsolk wrote: »

I have tried alarms, pill boxes, keeping the bottle with me, sticky notes, checklists, and more. None have worked, but I thought that maybe if I made taking a multivitamin more enjoyable I would remember to take it

Alerts on your phone? Sending yourself an email that you keep at the top of your inbox? I get it though, I always forget my vitamins too (speaking of which...).

Or just log it, this way you'll see it every day when you go through the 'recent foods' list?

I've tried multiple apps on my phone. I'm honestly thinking that the real issue is that the smell of the vitamins is so repulsive that I'm subconsciously forgetting to take it. (Well that, and the size, shape, and smell almost make me gag). So, I'm trying out some gummy ones to see if that helps. I'm definitely not against pills, but I'd rather have something other than tablets. A smoother capsule is a LOT easier to swallow.

Ready2Rock206

I used to always forget too - but the gummies are so yummy I almost never forget. I take either the vita fusion or target store brand.

neveragain84

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

I used to always forget too - but the gummies are so yummy I almost never forget. I take either the vita fusion or target store brand.

I think I have the Vitafusion sour gummy vitamins. No clue about sugar. I used to be terrible about taking my vitamins, but now I look forward to it lol.

yellowdaisy3321

I take the Kirkland brand gummy vitamins, they are easier on the stomach than traditional pills. They taste like candy though so I am guessing there is sugar or something in them.

HeySwoleSister

I take the gummies, too. Pills tend to, uh, go from point a to point b without stopping. My stomach just doesn't like them. I take the Vitafusion multi and a Wegmans store brand calcium, and Rainbow Light's Sunny gummy D3 sour gummy. Adds up to less than 50 calories, and makes up for whatever falls through the cracks while I'm eating at a deficit.

snowflake930

I have trouble swallowing big pills, and vitamins I have tried, are big. I take the One A Day ones for women. I keep a bottle at home and a bottle at work in my desk, that way I do not forget to take them. I take them right after I eat my breakfast, so I don't forget. They do have calories, 10, for 2 gummies (the dose recommended). I do log them every day. I take a Mega Red daily too.
I see that they have a chocolate One A Day, chewable vitamin now too.

jbl0233

I also take the adult gummies. I cannot swallow those large vitamin tablets. I take NatureMade Vitamin D3 and also NatureMade Fish oil. I record them in my food plan. They are 15 calories for two gummies and 3g carbs and 3g sugar. Fish Oil is 4g carbs. I believe they are important so I include the nutrition info in my plan.

PearlAng

I use gummy vitamins. Usually I take them after breakfast so I remember while I'm eating breakfast and thinking "hmmm, what am I going to be doing after this?"

ruqayyahsmum

i had barretts gummy vitamins for a while after surgery. now i take what the doctor prescribes either in injection form or i half the pills and take half in the morning, half at night. i keep the pill box next to my bed so i remember to take them first thing in the morning and last thing at night

Francl27

This actually makes me want to get some. I've tried some and they were delicious. Maybe once I finish my bottle of pills (at this rate, in 6 months, although I guess technically they expired in December. Oops).