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Post Sleeve Surgery Change in Taste Buds

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Sapot    3

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Post surgery, my taste buds have changed and certain foods don't taste the same as they did before my Sleeve surgery. Has anyone else experienced this change?

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QueenOfTheTamazons    634

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I cant tolerate most artifical sweeteners anymore. McD's soft serve tasted like greasy blech. Jello sugar free chocolate mousse, that I used to love, had a weird taste and a texture I could no longer stand.

HW 385 SW 359 CW 338 Sleeved 10/5/16

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fancypants67    162

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Mine have. I don't like things that are super sweet anymore...used to love it, but now it doesn't appeal to me. The biggest thing I noticed is when I drink liquids, they HAVE to be ICE COLD. anything room temp is gross.

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Remix    153

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1.5 years post surgery

I cant tolerate Milk anymore.

I can't stand sweet foods but I think that's because I haven't had them in a long time. I tried a sip of pop a whole ago. It tasted like thick Syrup. So gross ????

Many foods taste too salty.

I also got used to Protein shakes thankfully. Before surgery it took everything I had to get the down.

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Heather I    500

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I had a couple Halloween chocolate minis and the chocolate tasted terrible -- like cheap, waxy crap chocolate. Had a bite of cake with frosting at a party last night, tasted gross, waxy (frosting) and too sweet. I haven't had a ton of sweet stuff, just a bite here and there, but it either tastes off or wayyyyy too sweet.

I am noticing all the salt in prepared foods, too. Now that I'm eating so clean, if I eat anything processed it's hugely salty to me now.

Pasta sits like a lead balloon and isn't worth the empty calories, so that's a win for me to not like it anymore.

I had a saltine last night and it was disgusting paste in my mouth. I'm like, how/why did I eat crackers so much before?

Mostly I'd say it's the sweet stuff I can't tolerate, which is fine by me. I'm thrilled my body is self-selecting healthier options.

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Sai    785

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I never had a sweet tooth but now anything sweet turns my stomach. I really think it's because of pre op and all those Meal Replacement shakes. I really really hated that stage lol.

My biggest taste bud change is I don't crave breaded fried foods anymore. I stayed away from breaded fried foods after the band in 2009 but I still craved them. Now after the revision, I prefer grilled fish and roasted onions vs breaded fish and onion rings. I'm wondering if it's because I'm just not "starving" anymore and therefore it's easier to make better choices. I'm really not sure. Either way, I'm so glad that switch is turned off.

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theantichick    2,204

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Yep. I used to like super-sweet BBQ Sauce and ketchup. I am finding that stuff makes me queasy now, and am preferring flavors like mustard which I used to like a tiny bit but not as a primary flavor. I'm finding that lots of the super-sweet things not only make me queasy but I'm not liking the taste as much.

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Sapot    3

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Just one last thought, after drinking liquids (Coffee, Ice Tea, Sodas) with artificial sweeteners, I get an unpleasant after-taste.

Thank you all for your kind support!

Enjoy and be well.....Si

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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