I Resolve To . . . Remember My Daily Vitamins!

Did you take your multivitamin today? Some days I'm good and I remember, other days I forget, so I intend to make a dedicated effort to 'Take My Daily Vitamins', as part of my I Resolve To . . . Challenge: 365 Resolutions For Health & Happiness. Why not join me? The objective is very simple: Do at least one thing each and every day to promote health and happiness for 'YOU'. Banish the 'Someday, Someday, Someday Syndrome'. Instead, make every day New Year's Day. Make every day count. The list of possibilities is infinite and can be tailored to your own dreams, resolutions and daily goals. If you need some help - a little nudge, a bit of inspiration, tips, advice, and news about the best ways to make resolutions a reality - please use IResolveTo.Com as one of your resources. Resolve365 in 2009!

One of the things I am doing to improve my track record with vitamins is to write down what I am taking every day. I already track my daily exercise on my calendar. Since 2005, when I did a one-year mini-case study on my resolution to exercise for 30-minutes daily, I've been tracking exercise on my wall calendar with foil stars and happy faces. I also tracked my case study on my first blog: ACreativeLife - and I'm happy to say that I showed up on my blog every day and exercised more than 80% of the days that year. Writing things down truly does help to keep you accountable, and generates positive forward momentum, when you're working hard to achieve dreams, resolutions and goals.

In this case, I am tracking my vitamins. In addition to my multivitamin, I'm being careful to take a Vitamin D supplement, B Complex, and chocolate calcium chews (added incentive to take my vitamins since I love chocolate). My doctor has been testing Vitamin D levels in my blood and it's a bit low, so I'm trying to get a little more sunshine along with the supplements. While Vitamin D is found in a variety of foods, like fortified milk, sunlight is a major source of Vitamin D. That's another good reason to get outside for fresh air, moderate sunshine, and exercise via walking, biking, swimming, gardening, or your sport of choice - there are so many different options!

Since I'm a chocolate lover I also try to keep things interesting with my favorite vitamin-laced power bars (chocolate, of course), smoothies with Whey protein powder, and other supplements like Omega-3 Fish Oil, and Flax Seed Oil. I'm trying to come up with a healthy mix of vitamin supplements that is simple, and contributes to a healthy diet each day, but doesn't replace fruits, vegetables and other foods that should be providing most of my vitamins and nutrition. As always, knowledge is power when you're working to achieve a resolution, or daily goal. I did my homework and found an assortment of cedible information that helped me to create a 'vitamin-mix' that works for me via advice from my doctor, books, and articles from credible medical sources. Here are some websites and articles that I find to be useful:

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Comments: 11

Mooch -. Feb 20, 2009, 3:07am EST

No, I don't take vitamins, I have read that the benefits of vitamins may not be as great as some would expect. Some people swear by them, and other people don't have as much success. I am one who does not have much success?

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Kim Simpson Feb 20, 2009, 3:15am EST

Hi Mooch - that's a very valid point. I've read some articles/studies that say you're better off getting your vitamins from the food you eat. I'd rather do that, but I take the vitamins as a back up.

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Jerry S. Feb 20, 2009, 7:49am EST

I used to be so good at taking vitamins. Thanks for the "resolution."

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Desiree T. Feb 20, 2009, 2:06pm EST

Good idea.

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kimberly g. Feb 20, 2009, 6:49pm EST

I take a multi vitamin everyday, I have mine by my deodorant so they are right in front of my face! Lol.

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Vic Needs Coffee Feb 21, 2009, 2:15pm EST

I take a multivitamin every day.

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Ruth J. Feb 21, 2009, 3:36pm EST

I would like to think I get everything I need from food but realisticaaly, I probably don't. I take vitamins too, as a backup.

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Tamara L~will view, may comment~ S. Feb 21, 2009, 5:30pm EST

My vitamins are sittin on the shelf. I tried to take them, but they make me sick.

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Kim Simpson Feb 21, 2009, 5:55pm EST

I have run into that problem periodically - if I take a muliti-vitamin on an empty stomach or in the morning when I'm drinking coffee, I get sick to my stomach. I try to take vitamins with food (when they're the variety that are suppose to be taken with a meal). I also tried a few different brands of multivitamin . . . for some reason this happens to me with the bigger multis, rather than with the single vitamin pills like Vitamin D. Hope you find something that works . . .

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Venkateswara Swamy S. Mar 1, 2009, 1:11am EST

Most of the sickness problems that some of you faced are from the B-Complex part which smell a lot. Taking them with food or after food is a good choice. We are supposed to get our vitamins and minerals from food but many of us have food allergies and thus we need supplements esp. as we grow old and need to watch our food intake. I take Riconia, a good multivitamin - mineral supplement but don't fret if I miss a few days. It is in fact recommended to skip the vitamin pills on the weekends (take for 5 days and skip two days) to prevent a build up of the fat soluble types like A, D and E etc.

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Kim Simpson Mar 1, 2009, 2:33am EST

Great information Swamy - it makes sense to skip two days. Thanks for sharing . . .

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