Post COVID Loss of Taste & Smell
I had COVID on New Year's Eve. I had a mild case and, other than being a little fatigued for the next few days, was recovered by the night of January 3rd. During the time I was sick, I lost 12 pounds, and it has not returned. My lifts, as I've discovered, have suffered a good bit more than I anticipated. I will admit that I have been holding back a bit and am running a quick LP by adding 20 pounds to each lift, but I'm noticing that the weights feel a lot heavier than I anticipated.
My biggest problem is that eating just sucks right now. Steak, burgers, vegetables, rice, oatmeal, all my dietary staples taste the exact same: like absolutely nothing. It's one thing to order a 24 oz. steak, get halfway through it, and let my greedy taste buds and olfactory senses convince me to eat the rest of it. I get none of that right now. It is not pleasurable and it's just a depressing chore. My doctor informed me today that some people get it back in a few weeks, while others are still senseless from their illness in March. There's no real way to tell.
I'm banking on the assumption that I'll get it back in three weeks. I have no evidence to support this, but I like to be optimistic about it. Until that time, do you have any creative solutions or advice for me on how to start getting my weight back and to eat "properly?" I cannot begin to explain how absolutely annoying this is.
P.S. - If anybody reading this has the same experience, be careful about gas leaks and smoke in your house. We had a gas leak outside our home the day before yesterday and I had no idea. My wife and I both lost our sense of smell and had it not been for a friendly neighbor, the gas line would still be leaking... Or we'd be charred to a crisp. :)