Not happy 5 months post-op

I had the RNY in Sept, 2016. I am down 86 pounds. I feel much better now the weight is gone and I live with much less joint pain. But I am not happy. I cannot taste food hardly at all. Sweet slightly salty are really all I can taste. The taste and thought of eating chicken cooked in any manner makes me sick. I can barely tolerate beef and pork. I tend to just eat soup and fruit. I do eat protein bars and take vitamins to stay healthy. I miss the taste of food. I would not have had the surgery if I had known this would happen. I used to love to cook for my family but since I can't taste I don't do that as much. I feel like a huge part of my life has been taken from me. Has anyone else lost their sense of taste?

It comes back with a vengeance. How much fruit are you eating and what kinds of soup? As far as the meat is concerned, I wasn't allowed beef and pork (unless it was a pork lion) for 6 months anyway. Are you eating these meats dry? that could also be the issue

If you give us a bit more info we can try to help,

And yes, after surgery all I could taste was if something had too much sugar, or too much salt.

I can eat any type soup. I usually go for vegetable soup of various brands. I haven't found any fruit I can't eat. Melons are my favorite but I eat apple, orange, pineapple, ect.

The only meat I have been able to eat is chicken salad. I guess you could say I've tried to eat other meats dry. I chew them very well but the taste and texture is not appetizing.

I also had RNY surgery in September. I have days where eating food is a chore, and I just can't face eating a whole lot. Just had one in the past week, and I whined about it for a bit- it made me feel better, lol. Chicken is still a problem for me, and I usually avoid it. My secret for eating other meats is to make sure they are juicy, or served with some sort of sauce. Tuna (the flavored tuna packets from starkist) I mix with low fat mayo or plain Greek yogurt, pork and beef I either pressure cook with veggies or slow cook them. I love scallops and white fish cooked with green beans and a splash of lime juice (I lived on this for a while after I was cleared for them)

 I avoid soups unless they are bean or lentil soup because I try to eat protein first, and most fruits don't agree with me so I'm limited to cantaloupe or small amounts of sugar free jam in my yogurt.

I do find that if I don't eat on a schedule, my pouch (named oscar!) gets very intolerant of any food, and to complicate things, I can't eat much first thing in the morning, so I start with a cup of fairlife milk. I don't tolerate protein shakes (they make me gag) but the milk has 13 grams of protein, and then I can follow that up with a small something 1 hour later. If I wait too long, the rest of the day is a struggle to eat. 

This is a big change, and it will take time to adjust. Explore new spices, and new recipes, and you will find a new routine that will make you more happy with foods. If all else fails, go back to your dietitian for some ideas- mine came up with a way for me to use protein powder in diet hot chocolate that I can actually drink without needing to barf :)

I can eat any type soup. I usually go for vegetable soup of various brands. I haven't found any fruit I can't eat. Melons are my favorite but I eat apple, orange, pineapple, ect.

The only meat I have been able to eat is chicken salad. I guess you could say I've tried to eat other meats dry. I chew them very well but the taste and texture is not appetizing.

I would advise you to enjoy this temporary dislike of food.  Soon enough food will taste great again and you will have to work at controlling the amount you eat.

This is the honeymoon stage of weight loss surgery.  Real life is up ahead.

It doesn't last.  Be grateful for the reprieve.  I'm 18 month post op and want to eat all the yummy, tasty food. 

It sucks now, but you will get your taste for food back.  

I had points of food apathy... total indifference towards food. It wasn't necessarily taste related- more so that food lost its excitement since I couldn't use it how I used to. Adapting to nourishing your body via protein vs. endulging your emotional connection to food is a mind trip.

ride it out- you'll more than likely develop tastes for food again. 

I'd actually do anything to have those first few months back again.  I was completely apathetic about food as well....

We all go through phases.  You might want to talk to your dietician or surgeon's office.  Some of the foods you are choosing aren't food I'm suppose to have.  Too much fruit.  Soup (liquid and solid together).  Protein bars.  

Things taste different but much comes back.  Please don't get discouraged.  Be strong.  Nothing has ever been better for my life or deep happiness then having a second chance.  It will come together for you!