Daily Post--3/20/08

Okay, another one from the group! How have your tastes changed since surgery; i.e. what do you love now that you hated pre-surgery?

I really like the crispness of things like lettuce, green onions and pickles. When I eat a sandwich I have to have extra lettuce and pickles. But I do not like tomatoes since surgery. Michelle

I haven't noticed anything I like now I did not like before but, I do not like eggs. I just can not take the smell or taste any more. I have tried to eat them but it a no go. I also can not eat anything spicy, if I do I get so sick and I use to eat alot of spicey food before.

The only thing that I have really noticed are sugary foods. Those that I absolutely LOVED pre-op, now I can't take very much because I can taste the sweetness in them toooo much! Of course I still love my chocolate.. but regular soda.. can't do it. On that note, I have to say that Cherry Coke Zero ROCKS!!! I'm sooo addicted. Cheers!

I haven't found anything I absolutely love since surgery that's different. I do know that I can no longer tolerate most types of fish. Tuna used to be my favorite, now I can't stand it. It's just so fishy! Denise

believe it or not: protien bars, hated them prior to surgery and now I like them. With everything else my taste has not changed, what ever liked prior to surgery I stil like.

I never like the taste of chocolate and candy and now I crave that crap... Sweets were never my thing it was more breads and potatoes, I do not know why my body wants sweets now.. and the bad thing is I DO NOT DUMP.... thats sad..

Wow...great question. I am amazed at what happens by having this surgery! Why in the world do our taste buds change anyway??!! I would love to know the answer to that one! Since my surgery, just about everything I eat tastes like cardboard....flat and uninteresting! I do enjoy soup a lot but just about everything else is just food to keep me alive....I don't enjoy any of it. That is sad. You would think that I would lose weight very easily because of this, wouldn't you? But nooooo...for some crazy reason I keep searching for some food out there that tastes yummy and I end up eating more than I should. Jolene

I used to hate spinach. Now I love it. Still hate the soggy nasty canned stuff but I love it otherwise.

I havn't gone from hating to loving anything but I sure do eat a lot of poached eggs and cottage cheese now. I am lucky my tasts have remaned the same. Carla