They didn't operate on my taste buds...

So why does nothing taste the same? It seems like everything I eat has lost it's flavor. Everything tastes bland. Foods that were sooooo yummy to me before surgery don't have any effect on me at all now. I had a sip of coke yesterday ( my before surgery crack) and it was like drinking club soda...all carbonation no syruppy flavor. I know this has to have happened to someone else.

That happens.  For me, I've lost all desire for things that are sweet.  I could honestly take or leave any sort of dessert.  Salty foods on the other hand is a different story.    I've slowly gotten back my taste for more food as time has gone on which is good, yet bad.  I like enjoying the tastes again but I don't want to start getting cravings back.

~Emily~

This happened to be in both directions. Some things i craved before surgery- now completely turn me off. Fast fod in general makes me sick to my stomach... which is an AWESOME thing haha...However before surgery i had no interest in sweets.... NOW, however, its my biggest struggle since i dont dump. the body is a weird thing :)

-Courtney

 I have no idea! but it was sooo weird at the begining!. but now i don´t k now if my taste is back to normal or just got used to it!.  but my taste has def changed. i was all about carbs  and salty now im all about sweet if i see cake or chocolate ore something like that god i have to have it i crave sugar soooo bad . i don´t dump pretty much  btw. lol. but is soo hard now to stay away from deserts  which i do btw!

well just be carful cuz things u don't like now early post op u may likem later. for example i stoped drinkign diet coke for more than a year. and i started drinking diet coke when i go to restaurants recently. ( the past weekend i had literaly 3 glasses of diet coke!!!!!!!!!!!!! shame on me!!!!! ps. u shouldn drink with food but i do sometimes when i go out for dinner) and its hard to stop it now so be careful don´t try it again lol. but if it was ur crack before surgery try to stay away cuz u prolly gonna like it again.

good luck!
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I am 1 week out and everything I eat tastes like crap! I have no desire to eat but I know I have to!

I have had the same experience, things I once loved, repulse me and things I was never really fond of, I crave!  I crave OJ, cranberry juice and zucchini all the time!  Your bodyis just telling youwhat you need, not what you want.  I am 6 mo post gastric bypass and I still want sweets occasionally (once every two weeks or so), so I give in a little and take a whole day to eat a sliver of a brownie, but it satisfies and I don't want it again for a long time.  I don't like meat very much anymore, but I hear that is typical, too.  I eaytnuts and cheese and no carbs because they make me sick.  I don't eat anything I used to and I miss it sometimes, but I just got under 200 pounds, so it is totally worth it! 

in time things will taste better.

to me i kinda appreciated this happening, it just helps you more towards the whole eating heathier post op not trying to challange your pouch sorta deal.

i still have no done soda or beer since surgery in march. i get scared its going to explode my pouch or something. haha

good luck! 

LOL...that's too funny.