Question:
Changes in taste..
Hi, I am 7 weeks post op and everything I eat or drink tastes like crap. It is so bad I only eat once a day. I have lost 43 lbs since surgery but I need to get on track and eat at least 3 times a day. Any suggestions? — drunyan (posted on July 5, 2006)
July 5, 2006
First, congratulations on your weight loss thus far! Second, your body is
in ketoacidosis, when it is burnng fat and protein at a really fast weight.
This gives your taste buds a big change and things taste different. I
brushed my teeth so many times a day to try to get rid of the taste I
always had, but that did not work. I did buy a tongue scraper and that
helped some. You will get past this taste funk once your body goes through
such rapid weight loss and things that taste awful now will return to
normal. Hang in there, drink your fluids and keep up the good work.
Shelly
— scharlier
July 5, 2006
I know what you mean, I am having the same problem, what's working for me
is eating spicy food. I use Tabasco sauce, Red Hot Souce, Cayenne Pepper,
not too much, just enough to give it a kick. It's been working for me I'm
about 9 weeks out and i've lost 55 pounds, so i guess it's working for me.
Good luck to you and remember you must eat to lose weight.
— Ulises Robles
July 5, 2006
I have to agree, food tasted terrible and I hated Skim Milk, when I used to
love it. Franks hot sauce I think I lived on, not to spicy but worked
wonders on meat and veggies. I am now 5 months post op and love milk again
and food tastes great again. Good Luck and many wished to lots more weight
loss.
— MikeL
July 6, 2006
Congratulations on the new beginning! My friend and I both had the surgury
and we both experienced this same issue. To me everything tasted metalic
and to her everything tasted sweet. What worked for both of us was
Minutemaid Light lemonaide. The sour/tartness of it seemed to cut that bad
taste. For me, it also seemed like the taste was worse when I was
dehydrated, so make sure you are getting plenty of fluids. I hope this
helps!
— onmiway
July 7, 2006
Hi Dawn- I am 3 1/2 years post-op and experienced this also in the
beginning. I use to cry when it was time to eat because I didn't want to.
I can't stress to you enough the importance of making yourself take a few
bites of something every three hours no matter how difficult or nasty it
may taste. I didn't do this and my stomach closed up. They had to go in
and re-open it. This will pass and food will taste good again.
Congratualations on your success and good luck to you.
— dl_roark
July 8, 2006
Food taastes like crap for a while, but experiment to see what you llike
best. I found shrimp and lobster salad did best, as well as cheeses.
— Novashannon
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