The smell of fast food makes me nauseous. Anyone else???

I'm 4.5 years out. For a while I have noticed that the smell of fast food makes me nauseous. Anyone else?? If it because I am eating healthier now? Or does our sense of smell change after weight loss surgery? I can also smell it permeating from people's pores even after they have eaten it. I'll admit I get my kid's McD's every once in a while. For up to a day or so afterwards, they have a distinct odor. I especially notice it when we are riding in the car.

Just curious.

Yeah. We have an I. And out by our house and when we drive by it I think it stinks like BO. I used to love driving by it cause I thought it smelled great. Not anymore!

I am sure I will experience this today but my hubby made bacon eggs and biscuits this am for the kids I about threw up from the smell. I basically locked myself in my room and went on the ipad. That is disgusting to me. But today we have a meet that is 3 hours away so I know we will be stopping to get the kids some fast food and I am sure the greasy smell will hit me again. YUK!

Totally.  And I took a bite of my kid's McDonalds cheeseburger yesterday and had to spit it out after a couple of chews... the meat didn't taste like meat, but like some kind of weird grease concoction... I do think our sense of smell and taste changes. 

Audrey

 

Not at all.  We eat out before every hockey game we go to and the food smells the same as it always has.  I get  a small salad with grilled chicken and eat peanuts or a protein bar after and have no problems at all.

I have not noticed a change in my overall sense of smell, but the smell of almost anything frying turns my stomach... Even the smell of a pancake cooking in a little bit of oil.  Occasionally I will "steal" a French Fry off someone else's plate if we are at dinner and once I get past the original crunch and saltiness, I usually just taste the grease.  I had a huge craving for a Crispy Creme dough it a while back, so I fired I could just have a bite or two.  The icing was wooooonderful... But then all I could taste was the grease the dough was fried in and I spit it out (and I have not wanted one since). 

I can smell garlic on people the day after we have eaten at a place with an extra heavy dose of garlic in their house dressing, so it makes sense to me hat you might be able to smell other things.

Lora

Some foods and places make me gag... while others are really inviting. Most of the time I can't even drive my McD without getting nausea. But subway and some other places make me drool.. I can smell so much more

Oh I wish I had this problem.  Fast food still smells like Heaven to me.  I have not partaken of the beast but I sure want too.  I am worried I will get sick from the fat/grease content though because my stomach is so sensitive to fat and sugar and starches.

The smell is bad but I don't throw up, however, we are 5 minutes from Appleby's and I sent DH down last night to get the appetizer (to split between us) with the sliders and your choice of 2 or 3 other items.  The hamburgers are the perfect size and don't taste greasy..one was fine for me.  Then came a couple of Mexican things that were deep fried and I ate one triangle spicy thing and one bite of a wrap with meat, cheese, and fried in a wrap.  They tasted good but my stomach hated it!!!  OMG I was in pain all evening, numerous BMs, never dumped but ouch!!

I can't even walk in a fast food restaurant - the smell of "grease" makes me nauseous.  I haven't eaten "fast food" since my RNY 4 years ago.  I have nausea after every meal that lasts for about one hour.  (Even if it is just liquid protein supplement).  I have been seeing an integrative medicine physician and working on some things to help with the nausea - and I do think it is getting better.  I know it is something that I will just have to live with.  I have a limited menu of foods I can eat - but I do eat healthy - mostly raw,  veggies, fruit and protein, no white flour (I'm gluten free), white sugar, limited sugar substitutes (I do use stevia).  I have to keep sugars to under 15 gm per serving or I have reactive hypoglycemia.  I also try not to eat processed food, no GMO food and stay organic.

I also smell the "grease" on people from fast food, mexican and other restaurants.  So maybe our sense of smell is hightened.  Also gasoline, powdered laundry products and other non-food odors cause nausea for me.

I'm so much healthier and maintaining goal weight.  My co-morbidities are gone.  I have energy and am very active - so I guess nausea is a small price to pay.

Hope you can deal with it.

 

Penny