Is it normal to have such bitter taste after brushing in the morning? I know of course before the surgery after you may have off taste buds after brushing but I'm experiencing a super bitter aftertastes lasting a good while.

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Your taste will most definitely change. For me, soda no longer tastes as good as it did before I had my WLS. I didn't drink the soda because I wanted it. I drank it to taste it and see if my taste had changed; and it did. I also don't care much for most sweets anymore. Now things taste TOO sweet and I don't like that. Food in general just isn't what it used to be. Now, I can only take a few bites of something, and I usually get sick of it pretty quickly. I really wish there were a place that served extremely small portions of different things so I could have a variety, lol.

My wife has been complaining that she tastes like she has morning breath after brushing every day.

I haven't noticed it on her, and I haven't noticed it on myself.

At first I thought I had no tastebuds change. I was prepared for it because I kept reading it in these threads but now as the weeks go by, everything is far too sweet to me and just the idea makes me nauseous... Even things that aren't sweet. That's what is wierd.

Everything tasted like bitter pennies when i first started

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Definite change in tastes. My toothpaste doesn't taste any different, but I don't like anything 'sweet'. Paste, no gel. And I have to brush bent over the sink because if I even swallow a drop of toothpaste my sleeve revolts. Retching for a good minute or so.

I bought some honey roasted peanuts the other day and was mad because they taste funny. Everything is too sweet or too salty or just tastes weird. chocolate tastes like chalk to me, except during PMS, when it is delicious. How weird.

Wow. I see. I could tell something was off.

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If you are tasting metallic overtones, it is most likely caused by ketosis.

Your body stores approximately 300g of glucose in the muscles, and all excess glucose is converted to triglycerides and stored as fat. When you cut carbs, these stores of glycogen (stored glucose) deplete and your body turns to body fat as a source of fuel. Your liver continues to produce glucose for bodily functions.

Initially, your body isn't very good at using fat for fuel. Byproducts of burnt fat, known as ketone. Loses, are used for fuel as well while you are in ketosis. There are 3 kinds of ketones, one of which is acetone and excreted through your breath. It is normal to notice a change of your breath smell when this process starts.