Things I never thought I'd say, I now can not stand the following:

Simi, milk or dark chocolate, makes me gag

pizza

coffee

pudding

Ice cream

Nachos

chips

Brownies

I have sampled these items from my fiancé & son and I do not like them any more lol. Which of course is a good thing but never thought I'd say that.

I crave & love

Bananas

Kale

Popcorn

Pickles

Tea

Shrimp

Crawfish

That's great! Last week I went to the seminar for the surgery and the doctor said "sometimes peoples taste buds change". A lady who has had the bypass spoke to our group and she said she was a big sweet eater before surgery now, cant' stand it! I can only wish!

I had complications so my experience was different than many, but I completely lost my palate which has been really tough because we are wine collectors. I also have no desire or taste for sweets, but it's less my taste buds than how it feels on my stomach.

I used to be a HUGE coffee drinker and now Im addicted to decaf tea. Its pretty much all I drink. I used to be a HUGE sweet eater but now the only sweet that I really enjoy is the occassional chocolate covered strawberry or some skin milk with a hint of sugar free chocolate added and thats only during my 'hormonal' times of the month. I cant stand white flour anything (crackers, bread, etc), its tastes like glue. I really enjoy tomatoes, fish, cottage cheese, veggies and lots of fruits.

Sweets were always my problem--My mother craved banana splits so I was cursed in the womb--since surgery I don't want sweets and if I try they taste wayyyyyyy to sweet--now I crave nuts and salt--I wonder sometimes if the salt is because I drink soooooooooo much water. I also love celery and the fresh taste of cumcumbers. It's great!

It's funny you should bring up cravings. I was at my mom's house on Sunday and saw a bananna in the fruit bowl. And I must have had the same look on my fase as the dog in the Beggin Strips commercial. I was so exicted to see that bananna. I don't keep them in my house, so I was really surprised at how much I wanted that bananna.

New item to add, I now like radishes lol. Never thought I would. I ate one like an apple yesterday.