What did you have for dinner II?

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Drewbydoo said:
Nothing.

I ate 4 burritos during Saturday's game against Mississippi State. Didn't eat anything yesterday.

I've struggled to find things I will eat. I think it's part of Long Covid. Many things I used to like now taste awful or lack any taste. I came to this board to see if something would inspire me to make or go buy. It's so weird not eating, it really is.
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Sorry to hear that, hope and pray you get your taste back one day
 
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VolNExile said:
Wow, that completely s*cks. I’m sorry to hear that. That would be life-changing for me. But welcome aboard!

What is there that you do like to eat these days?
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I liked eating those burritos. I still like deep fried clams. Beets, Asparagus. Strawberry or chocolate Haagen-Dazs. I used to love donuts but didn't eat them very often because they aren't remotely healthy. Now, I will eat one apple fritter, but it's as if it only has 30% of the flavor. Same for steak or what I remember a good hamburger tasting like.

It has been life changing for me. 5 months ago (over Thanksgiving break and for the previous 3-4 years I'd eat 6,000 - 8,000 calories a day. Somedays, maybe even 10,000 and most of it was healthy: Breakfast: about a pound of a mixture of fresh blueberries, strawberries, kiwi and orange slices Followed by a banana. an eighth to a quarter pound of Almonds and then a quarter to half pound of of cheese for breakfast.

Lunch: 2-3 sandwiches, a salad, 1/4 lb of some kind of cold pasta salad or 3 bean salad. A couple of apples. Then just to get enough calories in me: A sleeve of some kind of cookies, 2-3 ice cream sandwiches, a protein shake.

Afternoon snack, 2 protein bars.

After school snack: A couple of hamburgers, asparagus, half a bag of frozen peas .... a family size bag of chips and salsa....

Dinner? Steak, chicken or fish. Or if we were having something like lasagna that my mom made that was big and deep dish? I'd eat a third to half of it. A medium size mixing bowl of salad, cut up small so I could just shovel it in. Whatever vegetable we were having, my parent would take what they wanted and whatever was left I'd eat. I can't think of a vegetable I don't like, but I really like broccoli, brussel sprouts, spinach, Asparagus, green beans and on and on.

Dessert: My mom likes to cook and bake. We always have a pie or cake in the house because she says those are easy to make compared to her making cookies, but there were/are always store bought cookies and I'd eat those otherwise I'd never feel full.

I used to love all food: crawfish, fish, any seafood but octopus or sea urchin. In high school, sometimes my after school/pre-dinner snack was a pound of pasta with butter and salt on it.

It's so weird not liking anything any more. Anything that comes in a can tastes like metal to me. Foods I used to like are either taste less or taste .... toxic to me and I can only eat one fork full or spoonful won't/can't eat.

The worst part of all of this is how my parents and close friends treat me because they are (rightfully) concerned about me because I look so thin compared to what I looked like in January and because I'm tired of topic, but I DO completely understand why it's on their mind because it's so obvious something "not good" is going on.
I've had blood work, complete physical by my general practitioner. I go to Georgia Tech, so it's not really a burden or big deal to go to Emory to different specialists, including a psychiatrist and a therapist. btw: I'm not depressed, but sad or annoyed that I'm not allowed to run or play any sports until this is resolved. So far the only thing the medical community has determined is that my kidney function is slightly lower than it used to be.

I'm an only child, so my parents are all over it.

Someone posted a picture off gnocoli that looked really, really good to me, so in a few days I might try that next. My last final exam is Wednesday and I know my friends and parents are hopeful that this is related to academic stress, but I'm not stressed about my grades or exam preparation at all. I'll move back home on Thursday.

I'm not looking forward to going home like I thought I would be or like a lot of other students are because of this, but that's because I sense (or know) my helicopter parents have pent up parenting they've kept from saying/doing but have backed off because I'm in school.

I've read about long covid quite a bit and there are some really, really sad cases out there where people have crippling arthritis, severe depression, they've lost their job, can't work, can't sleep, can't eat, can't pay their bills, they lost their homes and live in public housing. I only lost my appetite and that's nothing compared to losing a job, a home and having to move into public housing and going on welfare/social security. This is NOTHING compared to those people, it's just weird to have loved eating a lot of food every day to forcing myself to eat something every few days.

If you're inclined, post a pic or say what your favorite food, snack or vegetable is. Nothing is too eclectic given that I think the next thing I want to eat are some beets.
 
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joevol33 said:
Sorry to hear that, hope and pray you get your taste back one day
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Thank you very much. I've read a lot about long covid and most people get their sense of taste 6-9 months and I started to lose mine just before Thanksgiving and would say it got bad or difficult to keep weight on in early January. I don't feel sick at all, I just miss eating. I think I am very high energy for someone that eats only 2-3 days a week.

I mentioned in a different post that some people lost their appetite, can't sleep, lost their job, their home, have crippling arthritis and joint pain, they spent their savings and their lives are completely ruined by long covid. I saw a video about them on PBS or PBS Frontline.

I feel like I'll be fine in a couple of months and that those people on PBS are literally suffering. I don't feel like I'm suffering, I just feel like I'm missing out on the joy of food which IS a big deal, but that's all I'm really dealing with and that I'll probably been fine in 1-3 months. I'm barely 19, a college student about to move back home after finals in a couple of days. I won't lose my job over this because I don't have or even need a job. It's just weird to not want to eat or even feel hungry and I've got some new ideas for some food(s) to try just from this thread/board.
 
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Drewbydoo said:
Thank you very much. I've read a lot about long covid and most people get their sense of taste 6-9 months and I started to lose mine just before Thanksgiving and would say it got bad or difficult to keep weight on in early January. I don't feel sick at all, I just miss eating. I think I am very high energy for someone that eats only 2-3 days a week.

I mentioned in a different post that some people lost their appetite, can't sleep, lost their job, their home, have crippling arthritis and joint pain, they spent their savings and their lives are completely ruined by long covid. I saw a video about them on PBS or PBS Frontline.

I feel like I'll be fine in a couple of months and that those people on PBS are literally suffering. I don't feel like I'm suffering, I just feel like I'm missing out on the joy of food which IS a big deal, but that's all I'm really dealing with and that I'll probably been fine in 1-3 months. I'm barely 19, a college student about to move back home after finals in a couple of days. I won't lose my job over this because I don't have or even need a job. It's just weird to not want to eat or even feel hungry and I've got some new ideas for some food(s) to try just from this thread/board.
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It's definitely weird how it effected people different. Try a big bowl of Cap'n Crunch, that's the best food in the world to me🤣.
 
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Drewbydoo said:
Nothing.

I ate 4 burritos during Saturday's game against Mississippi State. Didn't eat anything yesterday.

I've struggled to find things I will eat. I think it's part of Long Covid. Many things I used to like now taste awful or lack any taste. I came to this board to see if something would inspire me to make or go buy. It's so weird not eating, it really is.
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Feel your pain/frustration. Following triple bypass two years ago, I got Covid-19; lost taste & smell for a while, but it returned. Unfortunately, my taste has changed so that things I once enjoyed don't taste good anymore. Last night I just had some noodles with a small amount of Alfredo sauce. :confused:
 
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