What foods/drinks do you crave that surprised you after surgery?

[Daydra 345]

I am totally surprised at what I'm craving or not craving. I expected to crave chips and junk food, you know, all the crap I craved before surgery. I am not craving those things at all. This of course doesn't mean that I might not pick a chip out of a bowl and crunch it at a bbq or decide to eat a cookie at a party, but I don't spend any time thinking about these foods. What I'm really craving is Water (oh, I so wish I could just chug a 1/2 liter bottle of cold Water fresh out of the fridge) and fresh fruit. I have been thinking about just digging into a nice bowl of cut up melons, or a whole pear, nectarine, plum, you name it. At least having a chance to have more than a single bite of some fresh fruit. I ran across an online magazine photo of some perfectly ripe, uniformly cubed, watermelon mixed with some perfect blueberries and I swear, I must have gotten lost in that photo for about 5 minutes. The thought of having a bite or two just isn't doing it for me... I really just want to dig into a bowl. Blurggg. I just keep reminding myself that a year from now, this is no longer going to be an issue. Thank goodness!!!

How about you all? What cravings or lack of cravings surprised you?

[ashleyxx 277]

Before surgery I was never big on hot or spicy food, but now after I crave it all the time..weird lol

[need2bthin! 235]

My craving is pickles and salsa! I mean really?!

[kvlasy 195]

Shrimp (most fish) and Greek yogurt! I also really like my morning Protein Shake mixed with expresso - sort of like a mocha.

[vegasneon 181]

The only thing I crave is pizza toppings and every time I have them I'm underwhelmed.

I have this weird mental aversion to fruits right now. Its like my stomach is telling my head I'm not ready but I haven't even tried any. I'm 16 weeks out.

[FindingElise 62]

I started getting the weirdest cravings about 3 weeks out of surgery. I was dying for something salty, so I took tiny sips of Pickle Juice right out of the jar. I can't explain how refreshing it felt, waking up in the middle of the night and standing at the fridge drinking pickle juice! Then came my broccoli cravings. Once I finally had a taste of a piece of steamed broccoli, it hurt like crazy in my sleeve, so that was disappointing. I'm pretty much over my cravings now (at 15 weeks out), and if anything, there are foods I can't stand the thought of - mainly yogurt, applesauce, horseradish cheese (yes, yes...this is an odd one), Laughing Cow cheese wedges, and oatmeal. These are things I got very ill on at some point during the early stages of my recovery, so I'm completely turned off from them.

[indecision 863]

I honestly crave beer... Other than that i am really not interested in food anymore.

[ashleyxx 277]

I honestly crave beer... Other than that i am really not interested in food anymore.

That's a good one I didn't think of! I miss drinking beer so much >:\

[MIJourney 490]

Not really craving anything but SO HAPPY I can drink Water again. It took 3 1/2 months for me to drink it normally without having it feel like a rock hitting my stomach. Glad I kept trying a few sips each day.

[920amy 409]

I see we have more pickle cravers here I had pickle fever BAD right after I was first sleeved. I don't know what it was about that delicious vinegary-brine...YUM! I also found I hated bacon and any kind of seafood! Very weird to see how my tastes changed literally over night. Things have mostly righted themselves now, but I still don't like overly salted foods whereas before surgery I was a salt fiend!

[FindingElise 62]

I see we have more pickle cravers here I had pickle fever BAD right after I was first sleeved. I don't know what it was about that delicious vinegary-brine...YUM! I also found I hated bacon and any kind of seafood! Very weird to see how my tastes changed literally over night. Things have mostly righted themselves now, but I still don't like overly salted foods whereas before surgery I was a salt fiend!

There's something about those pickles! There should be a pickle fever support group for the newly sleeved.

[NMJG 1,266]

I started getting the weirdest cravings about 3 weeks out of surgery. I was dying for something salty' date=' so I took tiny sips of pickle juice right out of the jar. I can't explain how refreshing it felt, waking up in the middle of the night and standing at the fridge drinking pickle juice! Then came my broccoli cravings. Once I finally had a taste of a piece of steamed broccoli, it hurt like crazy in my sleeve, so that was disappointing. I'm pretty much over my cravings now (at 15 weeks out), and if anything, there are foods I can't stand the thought of - mainly yogurt, applesauce, horseradish cheese (yes, yes...this is an odd one), Laughing Cow cheese wedges, and oatmeal. These are things I got very ill on at some point during the early stages of my recovery, so I'm completely turned off from them. [/quote']

I had Pickle Juice at week 3 too LOL. Never did anything like that before.

[bonmilligan 53]

I was craving dill pickles at about two weeks. I put some dill pickle relish in my tuna salad with some extra Pickle Juice and I really enjoyed it. No problems! We must need the acidity?

I also miss beer and pizza! I look at food porn all the time... Cooking channel, cookbooks, magazines, recipe sites. I think I need to head back to the shrink because I still have major food obsessions.

[Daydra 345]

Sign me up for pickle juice drinkers anonymous! I got started on dill Pickle Juice when I was a kid and somehow figured out that pickle juice stopped hiccups. (Now I just keep one of those fake lemons in my desk drawer and take a hit when it looks like I've got hiccups that are going to go the distance.) I actually also like green olive juice (and black olive juice...). I think I'm just gross... :-)

PJDA All the way!!!

I'm 8 weeks out, and I haven't really had any cravings for anything that were too far out of the norm for me, but I've had some issues with dehydration and nausea and seem to be developing an aversion to eating/drinking. Thank you MIJourney for saying that you were eventually able to drink normally! I have to keep reminding myself that it will get easier, but every day that I only hit about 20oz of Fluid, it seems more and more daunting. Somehow today, though, I managed to get 8 oz down on my 20 minute drive home. Maybe the new nausea meds are going to be my ticket back to hydration while my sleeve adjusts! One can but hope!

[VSGKirk 855]

No Pickle Juice drinking - but so weird, I was eating a crunchy cold dill pickle while opening this thread!