I was warned about food tasting different post-op but I did not expect flavors to change so much!

I'm 41 days out & I ate teriyaki chicken from one of my favorite spots. I snuck a piece of orange chicken & suddenly did NOT like it. it tasted too sweet! Also Kraft cheese slices. I grabbed half a slice to to pair with some chicken & it tasted SO weird. I know it was never good cheese but it tasted worse than usual lol. Things in general just taste sweeter & stronger.

What about you guys? Also are these taste changes permanent for you?

The change in our taste buds, & sometimes our sense of smell too, is just temporary. The flavour, texture or smell of some foods almost turn your tummy or taste disgusting.

While being extra sensitive to sweetness is pretty common, other flavours, textures & smells can be individual. I remember the first time I was able to eat vegetables as a side & sat down to my favourite asparagus & sugar snap peas & blah!! Just awful. Took a couple of weeks before I could eat them. Strangest one was smoked salmon. I often found it too rich pre surgery but suddenly I could eat it & had it every second day with cucumber & a little cream cheese. Then one day nope, couldn’t stomach it & haven’t been able to face it since.

PS - Personally, I embraced the sensitivity to sweet & never really reintroduced sugar, sugar alternatives or sweeteners back into my eating.

things didn't really taste different for me, but my sense of taste intensified for awhile. Sweet things tasted sweeter; spicy things tasted spicier. I don't notice it anymore - not sure if it was temporary or if I just got used to it.

So many things taste different to me. I used to love eggs, now I can't eat them more than once in a month or so. My nose is very sensitive, so things just smell so bad to me.

so far 7 months post op only thing that i loved before and hate now is powerade lol. use to drink that stuff all the time and now its disgusting.

I had the sleeve done in 2017 and a revision to a SIPS on Oct. 4th. I've noticed that foods I could stomach with the previous surgery, my body doesn't like now. Such as eggs and salmon.

I have had lifelong taste issues and was surprised that a bunch of them got better post surgery:

• I went from exclusively drinking water my entire life to not being able to make myself drink it at all. I only drink tea or diluted apple juice now. Water didn't used to have a "taste" but now it's gross.
• I only used to eat salt and butter. No pepper, or any other spices. I now love spices (not talking about spicy food), and overseason everything with black pepper, mustard, garlic, etc.
• I can now eat onions and mushrooms. I love them. Previously I would gag and couldn't eat them.
• After a few months of thinking everything was too sweet, I'm back to where I was before surgery and enjoy them again. Oops!

I don't get it really but I appreciate being able to eat more foods without gagging.

Things seem to taste sweeter. I never had a sweet tooth but now when I eat things savory that has a smidge of sweetness, like sauces, it's a ugh. It's amplified.

I'm glad some of these changes arent permanent!!