Started dieting, lost my appetite after about 2 weeks, into week 3 and I'm disgusted by the smell/taste/texture of all food. Is this a thing?

Sorry if this isn't the right place for this question. 32 Female, 293 (3 wks ago), 271 now

I've always been overweight, had some great success w/ calorie counting many years ago and in more recent years I tried keto and I lost quite a bit again. (I know many are not fans of this diet - it had some fast results for me at the time but I wasn't able to stick with it.)

I've gained quite a bit of weight again and decided to try keto again since it worked pretty fast originally. First 2 weeks I was good, I wasn't calorie restricting, and got to the point where my calories were naturally coming in around 1300-1600 daily. I felt full so I didn't worry. But now I'm at the end of week 3 and I haven't eaten more than 500 calories for the last 3 or 4 days. Today I'm barely at 300.

I'm disgusted by food. The smell especially. Opening my fridge and getting a scent of anything makes me nauseous. Pizza is my favorite food and right now, I feel sick thinking about eating it. My throat feels tight and my mouth is salivating like before you're going to vomit. (Sorry, TMI) I have a stash of ice cream in my fridge and haven't touched it. I just can't imagine I'd be able to stomach it.

I even dropped keto thinking it was a weird side effect. Tried to eat some fritos (it was the only carb-heavy snack I still had in the house). I could only stomach a few before I gave up. I only want liquids. Water. Diet soda. Broth.

I'm exhausted, but not sleeping well, I've been getting lightheaded a couple times the last day or two, and my emotions are all over the place.

Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? If I ever thought I'd be a person saying "I'm disgusted by food", my fat self would take that as a massive win. But honestly I feel like shit and it's getting a bit worrying. I've dieted on/off for years and this has never happened to me. Has anyone developed a sudden disgust for all foods? What did you do?

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