Healthy food gross now, junk food ok?

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Scheduled a doctor visit this week, and generally eat quite healthily, avoiding junk food and heavily processed options. Also cook most meals from scratch, so rarely touch anything pre-made from the store, which honestly tastes pretty unpleasant in my opinion.
 
Totally get it. Maybe just cut white pasta out entirely. Lentil based or another alternative might sit better. It genuinely made me miserable the whole day after eating it. Still lost weight though somehow, which is wild.
 
Lost all interest in potato chips since starting this. Used to go through bags of them like nothing. Thankfully my taste for a drink is still fully intact.
 
Started off with a solid healthy breakfast then went and had crispy chicken and fried potatoes, lettuce wrap and all. Heads up, greasy food is not your friend on this.
 
That thread about diet while on the third compound or dual-action medication got me thinking, figured I'd start this one. Remember back on a low-carb diet, food chatter was intense compared to now, running the third compound. Was strict about it, but every so often needed a cheat meal just to stay sane. Back then I'd hit some low-quality takeout spots and treat myself to greasy wrapped sandwiches. Since low-carb ruled out fries, I'd just get double meat with vegetables and way too much sauce, the cheaper, greasier, more processed it was, somehow the more satisfying it felt, ha. These days I've completely lost any pull toward that kind of food. Eating feels plain, flavorless even, but healthy, and honestly I don't mind at all. It's just routine now, not something I look forward to. My one real exception, my actual treat, is a small bag of popcorn a couple times weekly whenever a snacky feeling creeps in. That small portion is exactly enough to kill any craving entirely. Anyone else have a guilty pleasure like that, or does this medication class just erase the need for one completely?
 
Been eating a ton of chicken and vegetables lately. Trying to keep protein high, carbs controlled, plenty of fresh produce and fruit, no bread at all. Drinking lots of water, sometimes with a sugar-free flavor packet mixed in. Also try to have one with electrolytes every day. Aiming to get down to 185, currently at 200, and I'm 6 feet tall.

Haven't had a real cheat day since March. An entire day of pure junk food... just don't want one anymore. Every bit of longing for my old favorite junk food has basically vanished. Such a strange sensation. I still love certain foods. It's all so bizarre.

Oh, and I spent 20 years working in restaurants too. I'm the stronger cook in my household. My teenagers love when I cook. My wife too. Still get in there and whip up whatever they're craving on a regular basis. Just not personally drawn to it the way I used to be.

Had a taste of a citrus pie a few days back. Far too sweet for me now, couldn't get through the whole slice. Roughly a month prior tried a cauliflower-crust pizza, honestly tasty, though one piece was plenty.

Can honestly eat a salad topped with grilled chicken first thing in the morning.

Feels like that old sci-fi episode where the kid forces everyone to eat what he wants. That's basically Tirz for me. LOL.
 
Caught a doctor discussing this exact topic on a podcast. Most of the science went straight past me, but apparently high-fiber foods produce a somewhat similar appetite-reducing effect to this drug class, just far less powerful.
 
What you describe, chewing without managing to swallow, nausea from nowhere, real aversion to food, isn't disordered eating in the usual sense, yet it's a genuine problem that merits more than 'just eat small snacks.' A relationship with food shifting this much is worth discussing with someone, not only your prescribing doctor but a person who works on eating and food psychology. Nothing is wrong with you, it just sounds draining and somewhat scary, and that support can untangle it in ways food tips can't. Your bloodwork is impressive too. Pre-diabetes reversed and normal cholesterol is no small win. Worry about losing those gains if you stop is fair, so raise it with your doctor within a larger talk on whether your dose or the medication still suits you.
 
Just wait, you might end up with my particular side effect soon. Not really from the medication alone, more from eating genuinely clean, which the medication helped push me toward over the past year or so. After cutting out snacks and sugar, suddenly a tomato, something I never even liked, tastes almost sweet to me now. Loads of foods I used to dislike or feel neutral about are actually great now, and coincidentally they're all the healthy ones. Once my body got some distance from processed food, whole foods just started tasting so much better.
 
Lunch is usually a bowl of Greek yogurt, dinner some chicken breast lol. Restaurant orders for me are burgers, beef or chicken, minus the bun. Just make protein the priority whenever you eat.
 
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