Taste Buds Completely Changed After Surgery!

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I use to love the Protein shakes now I think they are disgusting

Try a new brand! Buy various samples online and try them with something other than milk. Protein Shakes aren't absolutely necessary but they are by and far the easiest way to hit your nutritional goals. I'm two years out and my daily goal for Protein is 90+ grams. I still drink a shake almost daily to achieve that goal.

~Cheri

[Jlewis229 191]

Try a new brand! Buy various samples online and try them with something other than milk. Protein shakes aren't absolutely necessary but they are by and far the easiest way to hit your nutritional goals. I'm two years out and my daily goal for Protein is 90+ grams. I still drink a shake almost daily to achieve that goal.

~Cheri

Other than Milk( I use Almond Milk) and I also use OJ, what else can you really mix it with? What are some that you do?

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Other than Milk( I use Almond Milk) and I also use OJ, what else can you really mix it with? What are some that you do?

My favorite way is to mix with my morning coffee or some tea. I'll brew, say, coconut coffee or chai tea over a little ice (I like it warm but not scalding hot) in my shaker cup and add a teeny bit of cream. Then I'll add in two scoops of Protein powder - vanilla, chocolate or unflavored (I prefer Syntrax Nectar) and shake it up, popping the top once or twice so it doesn't explode. No lumps or clumps! I pour it into my reuseable straw cup and voila! Protein Shake + caffeine fix, and I'm a happy girl.

I also make my own soymilk and use that, coconut milk is a nice once-in-a-while treat, almond milk is yummy and I like mixing unflavored or vanilla Protein with juice, too. I use cherry juice, orange juice, pomegranate juice...whatever I'm in the mood for that day. Oh, and the Nectars are good mixed with Water, too!

I struggled to get my shakes down until I started mixing with coffee and tea. Now I'm two years out and still not sick of them.

I guess the point is that it's always possible to find a Protein Powder and a liquid to mix with that works. Milk can make folks queasy immediately post op, so if that guy hates his shakes, he might try skipping the milk and trying some different shakes out. I can make all the difference in the world.

Best of luck,

~Cheri

[Dooter 1,457]

Thanks....make that 24 pounds...wo0t.

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DANG!! Did ya fart? I think that's all it's going to take for you to drop 4 lbs at a time! You're gonna melt like buttah!!

[SunshineSleeve 10]

I got my sleeve on the 19th of April, and I think my taste buds are on strike. I can barely stand the chocolate Protein Shakes that I used to love pre-sleeve, and almost every thing taste so darned sweet! Even drinks that are supposed to be sugar-free are horribly sweet. I'm not even enjoying coffee all that much anymore. What's most tolerable are sour tasting drinks/foods, like nectar Lemonade or Grapefruit and Bari-Wise Pineapple/Orange or anything lemon. The bigger problem is solid foods, I just don't seem to like the taste of foods unless they're either super, super ****y or very tart/sour. Is this really going to improve? Eating just seems like a chore, I don't enjoy anything about food anymore. I've taken off 46.6 pounds since surgery, and a total of 75 pounds since beginning my journey in February, and of course I feel great about that, but it gets more and more difficult to face food every day, and I know I'm not getting the nutrition that my doctor has prescribed. Any feedback or advice?

[GreginMI 76]

I was nauseus a lot after surgery and didn't like a lot of things that I did before, but as time went on I got back to liking most of them again. I will say though, that when I got to 1 year post op, I decided to reward myself after losing 122 lbs with a Wendy's single that I used to LOVE, and well...It sucked. Was nothing like I remembered. That's part of how the sleeve breaks your food addiction. And I for one am glad!

[kelliecalgary 18]

I am almost a month out and before surgery all I wanted was pizza, Pasta, burgers and all that good stuff!

Today my hubby made pasta, and just the smell of it cooking almost made me sick.

I was able to eat the sauce, but the pasta I didn't even want it. Usually I would have had at least 2 large bowls of it.

[SunshineSleeve 10]

I'm just over 3 and a 1/2 months out, and still cannot eat Pasta, potatos or un-toasted bread without becoming physically ill. They simply will not go down. Sometimes I think it's the taste and texture that I miss the most. But get sick trying to eat it once or twice, and you'll shake that longing fast!!! I know that breaking my bad food habits is a big part of the VSG success, so it isn't all bad. I guess it will just take time for my sense of taste to return to some normal level, and by that point, I will have learned much better eating habits. I have already!