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    How do you remember to take your vitamins?

    Posts: 212 Member
    edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    I have the best of intentions but 50% of the time I totally forget and I hate that. I need to make sure I take them everyday. I also don't want to leave them sitting out on the counter all the time, I like to keep the counters clear. Thanks!

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    • Posts: 671 Member
      I do it when I brush my teeth.
    • Posts: 7,074 Member
      Try putting a post it note on your bathroom mirror or put them in the cabinet next to the your toothbrush, you're guaranteed to see them and be like "Oh, I should just take this now".
    • Posts: 5,510 Member
      I put them right next to the *kitten* lotion.

































      Strike incoming?
    • Posts: 76
      Well I am Diabetic and take meds for it so I just put it in the pill box with meds.
    • Posts: 4,519 Member
      Same way I remember to eat.
    • Posts: 123 Member
      I keep them in my purse, so if I don't remember in the morning...then surely when I reach into my purse for my cell phone while at work, I'll see them and remember to do it then.
    • Posts: 130
      Maybe make a note for yourself on the refrigerator! When you go to make your breakfast, always grab your vitamins as well. You should always take your vitamins with food because that way you'll absorb your fat soluble vitamins (A,D,E,K). Hope that helps!
    • Posts: 89 Member
      I got one of the m-f pill holders. I pre fill it with my vitamins for the week. I sit it by the sink, and I take then with my protein shake in the morning... I had a hell of a time remebering, and this has solved the problem for me.. Good luck. :smile:
    • Posts: 320 Member
      i take them when i take my birth control and acid blocker (right before I go to bed)
    • Posts: 9,248 Member
      Been taking them so long it just becomes habit. Part of setting the table for breakfast includes putting out the vitamins (the kids are well trained! :laugh: )
    • Posts: 418
      Pill holder sits on top of the coffee pot and I NEVER forget my coffee. :wink:
    • Posts: 260 Member
      Pill holder sits on top of the coffee pot and I NEVER forget my coffee. :wink:

      This.
    • Posts: 1,917 Member
      I add them to my diary. That way if I've forgotten them I'll notice. I add my skin care routine too!
    • Posts: 171 Member
      i always forget. i should use some of these tips. these are great ideas!
    • Posts: 759 Member
      Always crave something sweet after dinner which is when I remember to take my gummi-vitamins, two birds, one stone kind of a thing
    • Posts: 456 Member
      I have one of those "pill holders" A compartment for each day. I fill them all up Sunday night, then have it on the kitchen counter. I don't have to think about it anymore, it's a habit
    • Posts: 616 Member
      put an alarm on your phone...pretty soon it'll just be natural. i know as it's what i had to do :)
    • Posts: 838 Member
      I have them on my dresser next to my birth control - it's a major priority to take that, and then I see the vitamins too and just do it all in one go.
    • Posts: 850 Member
      yep. I put them in my makeup bag.
    • Posts: 1,077 Member
      Just part of my morning routine. I make a smoothie for breakfast almost every day, and when I get the glass out of the cubboard, I fill it with water first to swallow the vitamins.

      I used to keep the vitamins in the bathroom and take them before my morning shower, but weekends would screw me up if I woke up and didn't shower right away. I'd forget the vitamins later on in the day.
    • Posts: 182 Member
      put an alarm on your phone...pretty soon it'll just be natural. i know as it's what i had to do :)

      That's what i did too. I keep my vitamins in my purse.
    • Posts: 640
      I log them in my diary. When I don't see it logged, I know I haven't taken 'em :wink:
    • Posts: 4,089 Member
      I have 2 bottles of each - one at home, one at work.
    • Posts: 326 Member
      I put them right next to the *kitten* lotion.

































      Strike incoming?

      CTFU
    • Posts: 106 Member
      Unlike most of the posters, I take a vitamin shake every morning (can't swallow pills). It's a lil extra work but I take my two scoops with water before I head out the door. I feel the difference when I forget or don't take them.
    • Posts: 5,510 Member
      CTFU

      Can someone PM me with what this one stands for? New one for me..
    • Posts: 879 Member
      Since I have to take rather a lot of supplements due to malabsorption syndrome thanks to gluten damaging my digestive system, I use a free app called Med Helper on my phone. That way I can schedule what I need to take and when, and the phone will alert me.
    • Posts: 49
      I have a mini fridge so i put it on top. When I lived back home I put it
      on the counter or on food I was going to eat for breakfast. Pack one in your bag or lunch too.
    • Posts: 294 Member
      I bring the bottle with me to work (and it never leaves my bag, except to take a dose).
    • Posts: 821 Member
      I set a reminder in my phone.
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