Started out with a Fiber One bar, I know not the smartest choice but the quickest one since I got up for church, didn't quite feel my best but went anyway. Then my mom and I went out for lunch and shared grilled Tilapia, baked potatoe and salad, I ate one bite of potatoe, a few bites of fish and about 4 bites of salad, just didn't agree with me, didn't taste good to me for some reason. Then about 7 hrs later, and why 7 hrs I have no idea as I get hungry every 4 hrs I thought before it gets too late I better eat something so I fixed me some cottage cheese and 3 crackers, ended up throwing that away, just didn't sit well with me. Had a cup of Idaho instant four cheese potatoes I mixed with water in the pantry and ended up eating that, that for some reason tasted good. Don't know if I'm getting sick or what but my taste buds have been off all day. Haven't wanted to eat all day. That's a first.

Sinc being banded, my tatses have changed...things I used to Love...no longer appeal to me and do not have the tatse they used to...

Example of this is salads...when I was always dieting, I LOVE salads, and would come up with all different ways to make them...well now, I have no desire to eat a salad, let alone lettuce!

I know many people who say the same thing....as the band suppresses your appetitie, it also cahnges your tastes.....and in my case, I simply loose interest in most foods or eating at all....can take it or leave it most times....

Before being banded I could, and would, eat anything you put in front of me whether I was hungry or not.....

Now, it does not matter if I ate in the past 12 hours or not...I can grab something like a chocolate bar and just stare at it....then throw it away....no taste or interest...no appeal.

THANK YOU BAND!

yes even as newly banded as I am, (1/15) we had a family birthday dinner last night at a local steak house.. they have excellent steaks.. I used to devour steak, baked potatoe, (loaded) salad with blue cheese , dressing, rolls with cinnamon butter .. then be ready for cake.. last night I ordered mashed potatoes and applesauce (I am not on solid food yet) however my point is I was perfectly happy, I ate about 3/4 of my potatoes some applesauce and when they served the cake of course I did not have it. I didn;t feel deprived or anything.. I could small everyone elses food but it didn't make me hungry.

love it...

I'm newly banded still in my mushie phase and food does not taste the same and I never really feel hungry. Its so weird, I'm struggling to get my fluids in because it feels like I'm full already that the Fluid has no where to go.

I never ate when I wasnt hungry, my problem was portion control.

Anyway, I know exactly what you mean.

Donna didn't you have a fill recently, if you did sounds like its kicked in and you're in greenzone, this happens to me till I settle into it. Maybe that's what it is.

Summerrain I did have a fill this past Thurs. Omgoodness, are you serious, the green zone? I just do not have a desire to eat and can go longer to eat in between meals. The surgeon put .25cc's in. Not quite sure what I'm up to, I don't think I'm up to 5cc's yet and I have a 10cc band. food just didn't taste right yesterday and here I am up this morning and not hungry having to force myself to eat Breakfast. I'm out of Protein shakes or I would drink one, ugh. Like to keep them on hand for something quick and times I don't feel like a meal.

thanks everyone for your wise inputs.

Donna

I am in the same boat as B-52.

I hardly ever have the desire to eat, and actually have to force myself to eat.. Because our bodies need the fuel.

food doesn't really appeal to me anymore, which feels strange because 2 months ago it's what my life revolved around!

Also my tastes have changed so much, nothing tastes the way I think it's going to!

Summerrain I did have a fill this past Thurs. Omgoodness' date=' are you serious, the green zone? I just do not have a desire to eat and can go longer to eat in between meals. The surgeon put .25cc's in. Not quite sure what I'm up to, I don't think I'm up to 5cc's yet and I have a 10cc band. food just didn't taste right yesterday and here I am up this morning and not hungry having to force myself to eat breakfast. I'm out of Protein shakes or I would drink one, ugh. Like to keep them on hand for something quick and times I don't feel like a meal.

thanks everyone for your wise inputs.

Donna[/quote']

Certainly sounds like greenzone, as others have mentioned things that once tasted delicious no longer do. One thing I have been told by my surgeon and nutritionist is only eat if you are hungry. There are no longer breakfast lunch and dinner but meals 1, 2 and 3. There are some days I'm only hungry for two meals. Just make sure you take your Vitamins and drink your fluids.

I think I have to disagree about you being in the green zone. I'm in the green zone and after 5 or 6 hours I get hungry. I'm wondering if maybe you're sick have a mild case of the flu. Even though I've had the flu shot I think I had a mild case about a month ago and I didn't eat for like a week. I wasn't vomiting or anything like that but I just wasn't hungry. Yes being in the green zone means you're not hungry between meals but if you go long enough you do get hungry for a meal.

I'm with Honk. You may be coming down with a cold or something that like that affects your taste buds. I have had a miserable head cold for the last three weeks (almost better now) and my sense of taste has been way off. Nothing to do with the band, just a cold.

I am in the same boat as B-52.

I hardly ever have the desire to eat, and actually have to force myself to eat.. Because our bodies need the fuel.

food doesn't really appeal to me anymore, which feels strange because 2 months ago it's what my life revolved around!

Also my tastes have changed so much, nothing tastes the way I think it's going to!

I have gone 24 hrs with no desire to eat....if I'm busy I forget to altogether....have to remind myself I have to eat most days.....

As I started to get in the green zone, my tastes in food also began to change....

Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I was REALLY hungry, as before the band when I felt I am starving....have to eat or else!

Does not happen anymore....he band simply tells my brain I'm full, no need to eat, even though I am not full nor have that feeling...(impossible with the band).

Honk and Tracey could be right too. Just your description is what it's like for me being in greenzone. I'm rarely hungry nowadays but do experience slight hunger at meal times which goes away very quickly and there are some days I feel no hunger at all and just looking at food turns me of, no interest.

I guess the next few days or week will reveal if you're actually coming down with something or really are in the greenzone.

I've run into the same thing as the OP. The good news is that most of what I no longer think tastes good is much good for me. Better yet, I've developed more of an affinity for vegetables than ever.

I got my first fill today and asked the doc about this. Strangely, he'd never had a patient mention it. I thought it odd since I've seen it discussed here.

Oh, and I don't have the flu.

Certainly sounds like greenzone, as others have mentioned things that once tasted delicious no longer do. One thing I have been told by my surgeon and nutritionist is only eat if you are hungry. There are no longer Breakfast lunch and dinner but meals 1, 2 and 3. There are some days I'm only hungry for two meals. Just make sure you take your Vitamins and drink your fluids.

Summerrain, but isn't breakfast supposed to "break the fast and start the metabolism"? I'm never ever hungry in the morning and have to force myself to eat something. Otherwise I could wait till 2 or 3 in the afternoon to eat. Help???

I guess I should start out by explaining that I'm on my 4th round of strong antibiotics for a cuticle toe infection due to a pedicure and then I started noticing my tongue is numb on the end and mouth burning with certain foods so nothing really tastes good with the exception of tonight. I made a small Quesadilla with low fat cheese, black beans and onions and it tasted good to me. Who knows!

Summerrain' date=' but isn't breakfast supposed to "break the fast and start the metabolism"? I'm never ever hungry in the morning and have to force myself to eat something. Otherwise I could wait till 2 or 3 in the afternoon to eat. Help???[/quote']

Donna I was told to only eat when hungry. If you research the Internet there are so many conflicting opinions about the breakfast thing. I'm up at 6.30 am every morning, while I get my three kids organized for school I start drinking my Water as not hungry, once I've off loaded them to school I come home and either go outside for my walk or if its raining I get on my treadmill, by this time it's just after 10 am. Sometimes I'm hungry at that time so I then eat my first meal of the day, other days I'm not hungry till lunchtime so I eat then. I just follow my surgeon's and nutritionist's rules to only eat when hungry and my metabolism seems fine, exercise and being active is a good metabolism boost.

I take all my Vitamins in the morning whilst drinking my water too.