This is exactly what I'm feeling. I hate chewing the 20/30 times because the food taste so different and then the food getting cold is worse. I just feel so not normal and almost feeling regretful that I did this to my body. I'm 17 days out and it's a struggle, my surgery date was 5/23 and I've lost of total of 28lbs since day of surgery, it's just a major adjustment for me. I pray with time it gets better.