I CANT BELIEVE my tastebuds!!!!!

IT WAS WONDERFUL!!!  Im 2 weeks post op, and my dr cleared me for broccoli, ground turkey/beef, and soft baked fish.  So, my husband and I decided to go out to dinner to celebrate my new job (I lost mine last month, and finally was offered a good job yesterday).  So, we chose Longhorn Steakhouse.   I knew they had good salmon, so thats what I was after.

I ordered a 7 oz salmon, sweet potato, and broccoli.  OMG it was heavenly!!!!  Is it me, or have my taste buds changed?? It all tasted so different!   I mean, I've had it all before but it just tasted, better???

I cant explain it, but I was curious if anyone else had this happen to them after eating/drinking practically nothing for 3 weeks!  LOL

Yes!  I was so happy to change from liquids I thought I could live in the soft food phase, everything tastes as if a chef lived in my house and made the most succulent food in the world!  LoL, there are times food still taste that way to me, but not as intense as when I first switched, congrats to you!

That is SO funny! My first real 'food' was a tiny bowl of grits...with butter and salt and pepper. It was the most wonderful thing I had ever tasted! LOL

First congratulations on your band, your new job and all that is great that is happening to you!  Yes, don't you feel like you are tasting food for the first time?!?  I always explain it as being released from the addiction of food and finally finding out what other people have known all along...it's not quantity but quality.  You will have trouble chosing meals off menus because you won't want to start with "stuff" like potato skins and high calorie foods.  You will want to eat real good food - AMAZING!!!

Just wait until you taste grapes and fruit and all that good stuff...better than candy I swear!

Rose S

You bet cha that I appreciate the taste of good food alot more now than I used to.  Even with drinking, I drink water most of the time but on the week-ends I make a half gallon of de-caf tea and have iced tea with sweet & low.  That stupid tea tastes so good!!  Another reason why I worry about the philosophy that we can have anything we want to eat, just smaller portions.  If I were to get a hold of a good piece of pizza, or pasta  alfredo, I don't know if I could reel myself back in!!!