Alcohol tastes awful!

[TitianWasp]

I am 60+ days into Atkins and on rung 1/rung 2. My CCLL is pretty high, and I have not really found stalling with the occasional light beer or martini.

So yesterday we had friends over for cards, and they brought both good wine and saki. I joined them in a glass of red wine (Shiraz/Montrachet) which normally I would have loved, but to me, it almost tasted like the wine had gone bad, sort of over-fruity and cloying (and this was a dry wine!). Very disappointed with this, I made myself a martini - same thing. The alcohol had an almost punked flavor to it. As it it had been left out too long or in the fridge. Stale, almost slightly sweet, but in a bad way. No one else noticed this - it was just my retrained taste buds. I had a regular beer a few days ago, (versus a light beer) and it was a similar experience. The only alcohol that's the least bit palateable has been light beer and even that is mostly unappealing.

I dumped them all out. It's a shame to be wasteful, but I can't think that's a bad thing for a dieter.

Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon?

[Richt]

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Isnt it amazing how our taste buds change over long periods of time. Things that we used to love prior to eating the Atkins way taste so much different than they used to don't they?

Rich

[*Wendy*]

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Boy am I disappointed! I haven't had any alcohol since June & I was really looking forward to getting to that Alcohol Rung!! Oh well, I probably liked it too much anyway!

[Sera]

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thats kinda funny coz I had the opposite experience. I'm not big on alcohol in general but when I was on vacation I had some greek red wine and thought it never tasted better.
I could never taste all the flavours people say they can but this time I definitely could and really enjoyed.
A lot of things taste sweeter now and that wine was no exception, I liked it.

[*Emma*]

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oh i wish it tasted bad to me LOL - it tastes great! i can taste all the flavours in stuff now!

[TitianWasp]

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For me, I always liked the dryness of my beverages. I didn't like to add mixers to anything (if the alcohol isn't tasty enough to drink by itself, why drink it?). Dry wine, and a dry martini were my faves with the occasional beer in the summer. Now nothing tastes dry any more.

I think it's likely a good thing, but I am a little disappointed. Wish I was having your experience Emma.

[SunnySmile501]

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As a good little Baptist girl, I've never tasted alcohol, but I am/was a bread/pasta addict and in the very few times in the last two years that I have tasted bread or pasta, I didn't think it tasted like I remembered and didn't enjoy it at all. I tried one of my homemade buttermilk biscuits back in June, and my first thought was that I liked flax bread better. It's a good thing.

Sunny!

[Hoping]

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The same thing happened to me with soda! Isn't it crazy?
I feel like soda for one doesn't taste bad and two it hurts my mouth. It's just not the same as before.

[TitianWasp]

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Yeah, it's not just alcohol. I unconsciously licked the lid to my son's full-fat baby yogurt yesterday, and even though it was basically just the heavy cream that rises to the top, it was so sweet I couldn't imagine eating it. Yikes! So strange how our tastes evolve.

[jimmyolsenblues]

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if you have lost the taste of alcohol, I consider you so lucky.
On a hot day , I still succumb to a miller lite , especially when I go for drinks with friends. I don't drink alone but out on a Friday night with friends, I have a tough time not have less than 3 drinks. If Atkins has given you the taste buds to stop drinking, I think that is a better gift than the weight loss itself.

[TitianWasp]

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Ha ha - I guess so. I have never been a big drinker. Two kids, full time job and school at night, who has time? I enjoyed the flavour of alcohol more than the effect - and unfortunately Atkins ruins one, while increasing the other. Such is life.

It is a good thing, for weight loss of course, but I do miss the flavour. I find water and diet beverages alone somewhat limited.

[jengeesh]

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i still am a miller lite fan however just for kix about 2 months ago i tried A tiny piece of my sons french fries THE one bite was terrible it really tasted just BAD. Glad for that it ended all urge to eat fries. Beer is still yummy i've never liked wines.

[TitianWasp]

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Mmmmm - frenchfries! See, I can take or leave sweets, but fries, or chips, or buttered popcorn? Those I do miss. Did I hear that there were French Fry substitutes with turnips or something?

[ShannonK]

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I am so excited to hear someone address this part: decreased taste and increased affect!!!

I thought that it was just me. I had a few sips of dh's wine last night (okay, a half class) and it didn't taste right to me. I told him that I didn't like that kind of red (very dry) wine and he said I used to love it! PLUS - then I got a little loopy off just a few sips. Really, I felt like I had a two glasses. What is that about? I have never read that!

[TitianWasp]

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I am not sure why the alcohol takes effect faster. Last night, thinking of this post, I poured myself a nice, but very small, glass of single malt scotch. It tasted better than everything else (thank goodness) but after maybe a third of it, it started grossing me out. It made me very loopy and all in all, it wasn't the warm, relaxing experience it would have been a couple of months ago.

This is actually a real disappointment. One of our closest friends is a Food/Wine critic and whenever he comes over, he always brings several bottles of wines he's reviewed. These are now officially wasted on me.

I guess I am going to stick with the occasional light beer. The rest of my former favorites just don't do it for me any more.

How strange that strange foods (protein shake donuts and jicama french fries anyone?) taste good and normal foods taste strange.