You could go higher on the D if you wanted, honestly.  There are non-ops that are D-deficient who are taking higher doses.  If your labs are coming up, though, wait and check the D values.

I'm so glad you're taking more!  How much calcium are you getting now (in mg)?  I think the doses on those Citrical tabs are 2 pills = 600 mg?  I take 3 doses, and that's kind of a minimum for the DS.  You may want to think about adding a bedtime dose of calcium, too.

Hooray on the 3 pound loss!

I picked up the Citracal Calcium Citrate + D3 at Walmart.  I got the bigger bottle 180 coated caplets.  I think it was around $10.00.....I picked up a few things while I was there.  I am taking two of these at lunch and two at dinner.  They aren't chewable and they are big....so I have to have a flavored liquid to swallow them.

The Nature's Made vitamin D, I picked up at Happy Harry's when they were doing a buy one get one for free.  They are 2000 IU's, so I am taking one in the morning and then 2 at lunch and 2 at dinner.  I noticed at Walmart that they do carry 5,000 IU of vitamin D there....so once I am done the smaller dose...I am going to pick up the higher dose.

Dr Peters mentoned at the PMRI meeting that he tells his patients to take 10,000 IU of vitamin D a day. It was one of the questions that I asked him.  

My spine surgeon, told me that you cant overdose on vitamin d.  He didnt have gastric bypass, and he is taking 10,000 IU of vitamin d a day.  He also has a vitamin d deficiency.  

Great Rose. I think the window of oppurtunity doesn't close. It just narrows a little.

Let us know the what where and how much $$ for the new vitamins.

((HUGS(( Elissa

today I had another Dr Praeger's vegetable burger with a slice of swiss cheese on a whole grain whole wheat roll and a large grilled portabella mushroom.

This morning I got on the scale and dropped 3 pounds.  The only thing different that I did was up my vitamin D to 10,000 Iu and change my calcium to calcium citrate. 

I have heard that calcium and vitamin D helps with weight loss.  I hadn't noticed it before, but I think it might have been cause I was taking the wrong amounts and the wrong type.

I picked up Citracal Calcium Citrate + D3 and will be taking 2 servings......one at lunch and one at dinner.

Thank you everyone for helping to get me on track.