I am down 38 pounds ! Still struggling with protein... EVERYTHING IS TOO SWEET!!!

Congrats on the weight loss. Put your priority on getting enough Water. You'll be able to build up your Protein intake in time. And my taste buds were all screwed up for a few weeks, like your's. They did return to "normal", but mine were just the opposite, everything lacked flavor.

Everything was too sweet to me,too. Couldn't do my chewable Vitamins. Had to switch to capsules. I was diluting my Protein drinks with extra milk or Water. Had to dilute any crystal-light or Lifewater type drinks 1/2 and 1/2. Added unflavored Protein powder to every broth and diluted/strained cream Soup I could find. Drank a lot of decaf herbal teas.

Taste buds returned to normal about 3-4 months out.