Taste Buds....

[StacyS 20]

So, I'm on soft foods now and made my World Famous (in my families eyes) baked chicken teriyaki last night and brought some in for lunch today. I didnt eat any last night but here I am today, trying so hard to eat it when it dawned on me that it tastes, it tastes... Blah!! As if it really doesnt have any flavor. Has this happened to anyone else?? Is this what everyone says about our taste buds changing?? Are more of my favorite foods gonna start tasting blah to me???? Or did my chicken just not come out right this time?

[To Be Thin 2011 80]

My taste buds have changed, I use to love yogar, tuna fish, chicken salad... now, cant eat any of those things...they just dont taste right. I also am finding things I like now that I never did! Its odd, but I have seen other people say the same thing after WLS... they also have said give it time, maybe you didnt care for the chicken teriyaki today, but 2 months from now you will love it again...

[Billy363627 15]

Lots of times when they put you to sleep the medicine will make food taste a little different for 3 or so monthes. I know my taste buds are just now getting back to me.

[Beadingnurse 116]

I find my taste for foods have changed too. I used to have such a sweet tooth and now I feel physically sick if I take a bite of something very sweet. I tried some yogurt with caramel sauce on it (hubby's) and couldn't eat it. I can eat plain yogurt but it seems to be the sweet sauces that turn my stomach. I guess I shouldn't complain!

You may find that your appetite for your chicken returns after awhile too...I've heard people say that their tastes sometimes returns.

[foxgirl74 5]

All types of things don't taste the same to me as they used to. Which makes me happy because I am less inclined to eat things! In fact, I wish more things tasted strange so I would have an even more limited ability or desire to eat! I noticed when I tried to take a sip of my husband's Dr. Pepper the other day how chemical tasting it was. I am so thankful it tastes so bad and that the carbonation is too much for me, because it was a huge problem for me pre-surgery.