Vitamins and supplement calories -- 80 cals / day?

[Stacy_wls 135]

Hi everyone,

I have a question about your Vitamins and supplements. I have been tracking in myfitnesspal and am kind of shocked / annoyed atop many calories there are in my Vitamins. I'm three weeks out so not cleared to swallow pills yet. This is what I am taking daily:

Calcium chews - 30 calories (NUT recommend twice as much)

Fiber gummies - 30 calories

Multi Vitamin chewable - 20 calories

So 80 calories sunk on just vitamins. Is everyone else doing the same thing?

[mistysj 1,940]

Hi everyone, I have a question about your Vitamins and supplements. I have been tracking in myfitnesspal and am kind of shocked / annoyed atop many calories there are in my Vitamins. I'm three weeks out so not cleared to swallow pills yet. This is what I am taking daily: calcium chews - 30 calories (NUT recommend twice as much) Fiber gummies - 30 calories Multi Vitamin chewable - 20 calories So 80 calories sunk on just vitamins. Is everyone else doing the same thing?

Why not just take Metamucil for your fiber or ask if you can add some dextrin (Benefiber) to your shakes? It goes clear.

But you don't need to worry about 80 calories when you are probably having less than 400 total, I guess.

[Stacy_wls 135]

I am at 700- 800 calories per day. So 10% of my calories going to these pills is weird. I tried Metamucil and it wasn't working as well. All of the Fiber supplements have calories.

What is surprising is how high in carbs the calcium chews and multi Vitamins are. I guess once you move to pills they don't have as many calories.