Changed Tastes

Most definitely. Chocolate bars are the biggest one for me. I used to eat about one a day, and now I can barely stand the sweetness of them. A lot of super sweet desserts and such I can't have a large amount of because they no longer satisfy.

Today a co-worker gave me a Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cup. I never have been a huge candy eater, but I could almost always eat a Reese Cup or a Butterfinger. I ate one cup, and it was "meh." It had a strange fake chocolate aftertaste. So, I am not that interested in candy anymore.

Also, it is much, much easier to avoid fast-food places. I used to crave fast-food constantly. Now it hardly ever crosses my mind. I bet I would enjoy eating it.....but I just don't think about it anymore.

The #1 for me is frosting/icing - I have become such a snob when it comes to this! It has to taste AMAZING...pretty much only homemade from scratch or the stuff from really nice bakeries & sweet shops will do. No more grocery store cupcakes or Great American Cookie Co. Also, Little Debbies, Hostess, and other snack cakes used to tempt me but not at all now.

McDonald's hamburgers. Even during the earlier stages of losing weight (before I joined My Fitness Pal) I relied on McDoubles as a quick & cheap pick me up meal w/ protein - I ate them about once a week for lunch, for a couple of years, and enjoyed it. Now they gross me out, coat my mouth with a weird substance & aftertaste of blood. Will NEVER eat them again. I still like Steak N' Shake hamburgers a lot though, and don't think the ones at Burger King taste bad (not great either)...it's really just McDonald's I guess.

Dinner rolls from Logan's Roadhouse. I ate 1/2 of one for the first time in a couple of years and it just tasted like NOTHING. I used to love 'em but won't be tempted by those again.

Pizza from most chains tastes *extremely* salty to me now, especially Pizza Hut and Dominos. I've gotten used to just eating the healthy thin crust veggie pizza my husband makes, with minimal cheese and low sodium sauce...sounds so boring and horrible, I know, but it's actually delicious. I still love pizza from a select few local/regional places, but again I have become a "snob" - about pizza this time - and not on purpose.

Regular old peanut butter. I used to eat spoonfuls of it at a time, but I switched to fresh ground almond butter for a while, and now regular peanut butter is weirdly sweet. It's a little unnerving.

I used to eat McDonald's a lot....like breakfast everyday on my way to work, and lunch 1-2 times a week. After a couple months of no McDonald's I was on the road and grabbed some food for convenience.....bleh, it just didn't taste good and left a weird aftertaste in my mouth.

So glad I'm not the only one!

There actually are a whole host of candy types I no longer enjoy, that I used to LOVE - Swedish Fish now taste like waxy plastic. So do Twizzlers. About the only candy I still enjoy are M&M's and Mike & Ikes!

I was out the other night waiting for my daughter and there were NO food options nearby except McDonald's and Dunkin Donuts. I chose to go in to McDonald's.

Nothing - nothing appealed to me for the calories offered...but I got a Grilled Chicken Bacon Ranch salad because that was the "lowest calorie" item on their menu. The veggies tasted odd, like there was a cleaning agent left on them, the chicken had a bizarre texture. The nutrition info on the salad was lacking the info for the salad dressing - the ranch salad dressing was going to add another whopping 170 calories and several grams of fat (that's how I knew the nutrition info lacked the salad dressing - there was more fat in the dressing than was listed for the entire salad.) I didn't eat the entire thing and didn't put ANY dressing on it.

I have lost all desire to ever go to McDonald's and I used to like several things on their menu.

The "light" sandwiches at Dunkin are just odd too - very rubbery. So while I'm grateful that the "fast food" doesn't appeal to me anymore, it puts me in a spot when I'm hungry and that's the only choice I have. :P

I am often dissatisfied with the "light options" in restaurants, particularly fast food places. I am pleasantly surprised with some of the recent Wendy's salads (like the cashew chicken one). But in general I choose "regular" items from the menus of fast food places. I'm not saying that's the right option...hehe. But if I was at Dunkin I'd probably get a donut and black coffee, because of the weird rubbery/fakey light options you describe...I totally know what you mean, too!

For me its the sugar. I have always has coffee with my sugar creamer... Iittle by little I am now proud to say I have given up sugar in my coffee all together and actually love the new flavor I have found. I have found that my once favorite Coke is way to sweet and just not worth it anymore. As many others say the fresh stuff is what taste the best. I do not feel deprived as a rule. I have made an effort to stay away from buns, rolls ,etc... 35 calorie toast one of my new likes.

Regular flavored yogurt tastes like eating pure sugar now!

this^^ totally happened to me today! a yogurt came with breakfast this morning and figured, eh ok whatever.....GROSS!!!!!

So many foods are no longer appealing. Number one is store-made cake/icing. Good lord that stuff is horrific!
For me: most of those things are a "good riddance". I don't like them, I don't crave them, I don't eat them. And I'm darned happy about that. AND! When I learned to eat I ADDED so many great new foods!

i also am finding my taste buds changing. can definitely taste the sugars in things....most things are sickly sweet now.
when i do have to get fast food, it just doesn't taste good.
healthier stuff appeals to me more now too. i've always liked veggies (certain ones) but now i REALLY like them!

also, portion sizes are totally different to me now too. i can def eat a lot less and be satisfied/full. and a lot of times i forget that i don't need/want so much and end up taking/ordering too much and then am amazed that i can't finish it!

fried stuff totally doesn't agree with my anymore....it equals an instant trip to the bathroom. i feel like i'm turning into such an 'old lady' saying, oh i don't want that, oh my body doesn't like that, but i think it's great really!! listening to your body is awesome!

So while I'm grateful that the "fast food" doesn't appeal to me anymore, it puts me in a spot when I'm hungry and that's the only choice I have. :P

I've come up with a solution for this. I keep a shelf-stable 16-oz carton of almond milk in my truck along with a shaker bottle containing my protein mix (I add other things besides just protein powder). If I'm ever in that situation, I just need to find some ice & shake.

I also carry a snack size of almonds and a protein bar with me at all times.