tastebuds/ smell / softfood

I am having a hard time with other food other than soup.I feel like the only thing that tastes good to me is soup because it is small and not that much chewing involved . My taste buds arent the same anymore what looks good dosent taste good and the way food smells its like I don't smell food anymore has this happened to anyone post op 11/29/05 down 46lbs. Please help need some easy recipes Thanks

Check out bariatrics .com . They have some good recipes. My smell is keener but I don't like alot of the food I used to. Anesthesia affects people very differnetly. If your sense of smell does not return please let your MD know. Take care Linda ( RN in NC)

I am having the same issue - the only foods I really eat are tunafish, cottage cheese and chili - not much else really appeals to me....I can still smell things - however a lot of times I hate the way some food smells.....wierd...I had my surgery the same day as you and am down 50 lbs.

my sense of smell has gone into overdrive. I can smell a cigarette smoker a mile away! I also hate the smell of bacon...I used to love the smell, but I got sick on some my wife cooked for me, now I hate the smell. I am still only eating very soft foods. Foods that are tough or dry I have a problem with. I seen a recipe for tomato bisque where you add low fat cream cheese to tomato soup. I took that and added some pureed lobster delights (fake lobster meat) and some heavy cream and tomato sauce and made a lobster bisque that was high in protein and very good too. Good Luck!