Foods You've Lost Your Taste For

Ghostofachance
Ghostofachance Posts: 305 Member
in Food and Nutrition
There are several foods I've completely lost my taste for since I started counting calories. Some of these are partially due to their high calorie load/low nutrition, others I simply don't enjoy anymore due to taste.
  1. Donuts
  2. Most milk chocolate (I still love really good chocolate)
  3. Lunch meat
  4. Boxed macaroni and cheese
  5. Cake/muffins

What are some of yours?
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  • victoriarunner3572
    victoriarunner3572 Posts: 56 Member
    Mac and cheese, biscuits, fried foods, French fries
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I still like the same foods I've always liked, but now I like so many more, so many of my old favorites are eaten very infrequently. I have the same experience as PP, I like it better when I eat it more rarely and in smaller amounts (I never imagined I'd ever say something like this :D ).
  • Kelkat405
    Kelkat405 Posts: 166 Member
    Ground chuck....but donuts?? Never!
  • galapagospenguin
    galapagospenguin Posts: 2 Member
    I haven't really lost my taste for anything, but when I have been eating healthy for a while, I take more notice the effect that some unhelathy things have on my body. Dairy fats are a big one for me - I still love the taste of a milkshake, but if I have more than half of a small one I will regret it very much an hour later!
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I second the sweetened coffee drinks mentioned above. Also any type of sweetener in tea/coffee, artificial or otherwise...and any creamer other than milk (dairy or almond milk are fine to me). I used to love all of the flavored creamers but now I hate the taste of them.

    I still like most sweets, but also like someone mentioned above, I've lost a taste for most of the prepackaged stuff and would rather have "better" baked goods, my own or from a nicer bakery, when I do have them. No more Hostess or Little Debbie...tastes waxy and weird to me now.

    I would mention chips - almost never eat them now - but I was never a big chip fan anyway.
  • lindsayloou
    lindsayloou Posts: 1 Member
    I just tried to eat a reese’s Easter egg and it was terrible, way too sweet and just wrong, reese’s were my favourite so it’s a little sad I won’t be able to enjoy them occasionally now.
  • Zodikosis
    Zodikosis Posts: 149 Member
    Pasta. I still like it, but it's not as magical anymore. I used to have to carefully plan how much pasta I made, because I would eat as much as I made. It was so addictive. Now it's still pretty good but I can have just a little bit and stop. I also drink a lot less wine than I used to (used to be a glass a day, now it's more like a glass a week). I still kinda miss it some days. :D But I know I'm better off without it.

    I stopped liking most fast food junk and prepackaged cakes/cookies/candies when I hit my 20s, so there's not much of a baseline to work off of in terms of favorite junk foods. It's not that I ate a particularly unhealthy junk-filled diet before I started this (I wasn't *that* big to start with), it's just that I ate too much of it.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Pop. That's about it. Been over a year since having any.

    Still like donuts, mac'n'cheese, lunchmeat, cake, chocolate.
  • BattyKnitter
    BattyKnitter Posts: 503 Member
    I've lost the taste for some things like pepsi/coke (still love Dr Pepper though) and ike others have mentioned I don't have a taste for boxed stuff and especially crappy baked goods, if I'm gonna splurge I'd rather have something high quality and really delicious.

    For other things like pizza, which I will never stop loving, I find that having it only on a rare occasion makes it taste even better.
  • rainingribbons
    rainingribbons Posts: 1,051 Member
    Fried foods I can't really do anymore. Most I just don't really care for the taste of now, but some I do still love make me feel awful for a day or so after eating them. Baked goods as well, I would rather spend my calories on foods and baked goods that I've made myself over store bought.
  • holytricoli
    holytricoli Posts: 36 Member
    I agree with you on the sweets. Anything packed with sugar - whether it's candy bars, cookies, cake, donuts, ice cream, or sugary drinks - makes me feel sick within the hour. Milk chocolate is just too sweet and I never thought I'd switch over to dark chocolate but it truly tastes better to me now. I haven't had cravings for fast food this year at all. I hardly ever eat pasta anymore which was one of my favorite things in the past, but I don't miss it. If I do want to indulge, I have something well made and delicious. No cheap crap anymore.
  • minionpower4ever
    minionpower4ever Posts: 1 Member
    I've lost my taste for most carbs, fried foods, and sweets. I crave mostly proteins. Boxed foods drive me nuts. Still getting used to more fruits & water.

    My soda habit has died down considerably, although I still have 1-2 a day. It beats downing 12-24 12oz cans of Coke a day! Soda was always my "go to" item when I was stressed out. Yoga has helped me keep the stress level down, but on occasion a soda is craved.
  • runningforthetrain
    runningforthetrain Posts: 1,037 Member
    Deep fried foods-- most of them.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    None. I love anything and everything, and I fit them into my goal just fine. :)
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Nothing..oh except hard boiled eggs/egg salad.. yea I overdid it then ended up with gastro so I have an aversion, hopefully it passes at some point.
  • Rivers2k
    Rivers2k Posts: 380 Member
    1. Fast food breads (buns, subway roles, many soft tortillas)
    2. Boxed Mac and cheese
    3. My wife and I call it "chemical cheese" like on nachos
    4. Soda
    5. Milk chocolate as well. I love Dark
    6. Chicken Nuggets (any processed chicken paste) gag.

    I used to love all of the above
  • SabAteNine
    SabAteNine Posts: 1,867 Member
    Rice, although I wasn't a fan even before. Potatoes. Fruit yogurt. Pasta. Skittles. Basically any kind of very sweet dessert that is not also very chocolaty.

    But everything else, it's still there allright - including bread, croissants, milk chocolate, pizza, fresh pretzels (staple street food around here, you can always smell them in the morning). I think I'd enjoy them just as much.
  • Ebony_Kitty
    Ebony_Kitty Posts: 41 Member
    French fries with the exception of McDonald’s when they are hot, fresh, and crispy.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    McDonalds.

    Which is weird, because I do still eat fast food, but for some reason McDonald's is completely unappealing to me. Maybe part of me knows the behavior that used to go with the McDonald's eating and I don't want to feel that way again.
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    Subway.....potato chips.....frosting.
  • candylilacs
    candylilacs Posts: 614 Member
    Before the stroke came I cannot stand meat. Now, I eat hamburger and steak. But I eat more vegetables: onion, bell pepper, spinach and broccoli.

    After the stroke I cannot handle sugarless drinks. They always taste like chemicals to me, but the notable exception Diet Cherry Zero. It's the best.
  • 25lbsorbust
    25lbsorbust Posts: 225 Member
    Dominos Bacon Jalapeno cheesy bread..

    Ok, it's still delicious, but I had one the other day and not only felt like trash afterwards, but didn't feel clean again until I had taken a long shower and cleaned my entire apartment.

    Also sweet yogurts. They're like candy, minus all the delicious bits. Gross.
  • starryphoenix
    starryphoenix Posts: 381 Member
    edited March 2018
    Garlic butter and garlic salt
    Marshmallows (toasted)
    Hershey’s chocolate
    Beef (still eat it sometimes)
    Salted mixed nuts
    Soda
    Quest protein bars
    Most cake unless if I’m super hungry.
    Dry cereal
    Cheap ramen ( I love the authentic stuff)
    Hot dogs
    Boxed Mac and cheese

    Just to name a few. There are others.
  • jigglypuff_wigglytuff
    jigglypuff_wigglytuff Posts: 33 Member
    *gasp* :o people lose their taste for mac n cheese?? I hope I can be one of you someday. <3 jigglypuff
  • Wendyanneroberts
    Wendyanneroberts Posts: 270 Member
    Used to love lemon cheesecake, a particular make being my favourite. Because of the high calorie count, plus the one I loved having 6 portions. With nobody to share it with and don't like waste, I'd given it a miss (for over a year). Was the only food item I missed. Recently had the opportunity to have a small slice and thought I'd treat myself and work it into my budget. But I hated it, it tasted as if excess sugar granules had been stirred through. It was that bad I only had a couple of mouthfuls and left the rest. At least I know longer feel like I'm missing out.

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