Question:
FOOD TASTES AWFUL HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST
— Hershal H. (posted on February 15, 2004)
February 15, 2004
Well I am almost 5 months out now and some things finally taste ok, but
other things like breads still taste gross to me. GOOD LUCK!
— Saxbyd
February 15, 2004
Sadly, not long enough! Hehe...you will begin to enjoy food again, I
promise. Some people it just takes longer than others.
— Rachael B.
February 15, 2004
I'm 1 year post op and food still doesn't taste like they used to a year
ago. But, do I mind? Heck No! Actually, I don't relate to food as I did pre
op with the help of a great therapist. I no longer need food as a
support/crutch only to nourish my body now. I eat to live rather live to
eat. Seeing a therapist was the 1st best thing I did next Lap RNY. Good
Luck!
— Hazel S.
February 15, 2004
The five of us in my family who have had RNY surgery all agree that food
generally tasted and smelled "awful" for the first 3
months....then we simply didn't care about food at all for the next 6
months and just had to watch the clock during the day to remind ourselves
that it was time to eat....then things started looking/smelling/tasting
good for the next 6 months, but we still had no appetite and could
"take it or leave it". Then, unfortunately, after about the
15-month-mark, appetite gradually returned and we completely understood the
phrases about "the honeymoon period" and "the window of
opportunity". You will have that first 15-18 months to completely
change all those old negative eating habits that helped to make us obese to
start with. That is the "honeymoon period" when nothing tastes
good, smells good, looks good anyway. Hopefully, by the time your appetite
returns....and it will....you will have adopted new and healthy eating
habits that will maintain your new health, your new attitude, and your new
figure for the rest of your life. Our surgeon told us that almost every
WLS patient will experience a slight regain of weight after they reach
their lowest weight. That is simply our body's way of
"normalizing" itself after such a rapid and dramatic weight loss.
However, he feels that any patient that regains more than 10-15 lbs. from
their lowest weight, is likely beginning to graze and eat/drink
"empty-calorie" foods. In other words, long-term weight
maintainence is going to depend entirely on the "lessons" that
you have learned in those early months, and in your ability to continue to
follow the "rules". Your "pouch" will never hold as
much food as your previous stomach could, but WLS patients can "eat
around" their surgeries and gain weight in later years by going back
to eating frequent, small portions of all the wrong things. Look at this
time of everything tasting "awful" as the best classroom
experience of your life. The eating habits that you develop now will be
the ones that will maintain your weight loss for the rest of your life.
Best wishes!
— Diana T.
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