I love nuts and eat pecans, hazelnuts, almonds, and walnuts every day. They are high in calories but nutritious. You could consider adding Ensure high protein drink to you diet.

I didn't lose it, but it got wonky. Example: my son was making tacos and I swear it smelled like baked apples with cinnamon. Took a couple of months to six months to completely rectify. It was a good weight loss tool for me!

I don't want to speak negatively, but stay safe and careful.

It sounds like you are -- keeping up with the doctors and all but don't forget this is potentially a systemic disease. It stresses your whole body.

Pay attention to even things you might normally have taken for granted. (Your heart comes to mind.) Stay active but don't over-stress.

My wife recently found out that she was somewhat gluten intolerant. She put some simple rules in place and it's amazing what a day-to-day difference it's made in how she feels. I help some. We still refuse to throw away food. Ha, ha.

We're all constantly changing. I'll say it again -- stay safe.

Did you get the Mono-Clonal Anti-Body Infusion? ... I did and it helped. Taste buds went south for about a week and felt like we had Laryngitis(both my son and I caught COVID about 5 days apart...ironically he caught it first). It has been about a week and a half for me and two for him and we are lucky enough to be back to normal...I am still a bit fatigued but aside from that all is good. We eat a ton of homemade granola and we just polished off 6 lbs. of Potatoes Au Gratin and a 5 lb. Ham(Pea Soup is next )

Cashews are good. Also try a grass-fed butter like Kerrygold. Eat a spoonful or two throughout the day. Good luck.

Achey. For the first time ever I'm feeling my age. Waking up and getting out of bed with achey muscles and joints thinking, is this what 70 is supposed to feel like? Well it sucks. Slowly getting back to my normal. Fuck covid. Suggestions to put weight back on? Steak, doughnuts, cheesecake, sticky date pudding, blue vein cheese. Whatever you do, make it fun and enjoyable.

Fortunately, I have not contracted Covid-19. At great expense, because I have virtually no social life. It can be depressing some days.

Smoothies…Fruit, plain whole milk yogurt, nut milk, protein powder.

I'm a nut. Making a meal of me would be easy if you've lost your sense of taste!

Milkshakes

I lost nearly 20 pounds during whatever sickness I had in January/February 2020. I didn't have a LOSS of smell -- but many normal things around me smelled putrid to my nose, especially food.

Since I couldn't keep any food down, not even water some days, not much sounded good to eat during the several weeks I was sick. Fruit smoothies and fish sandwiches was about all that I could keep down when my appetite returned slightly.

Once I began feeling less nauseous, it didn't take long to get back to my usual weight, just eating what sounded good, and working up my appetite by taking walks.

Don't make the same mistake I made... I had actually gone out and bought new pants for my new skinny figure, but it didn't take long, just a few weeks, before I was back to my usual clothes again and now those skinny jeans are collecting dust. Stick with skirts during the skinny times, haha, the lesson I learned from that mistake.

"Cashew nuts themselves aren’t toxic, but the kidney-shaped shell surrounds it consists of a toxic oil called urushiol. The good news is that the toxins which are created by urushiol can be eliminated through roasting".

See the following article about Brazil nuts.
[medicalnewstoday.com]

I do not understand your weight, but then you do work out and hike a lot. I was thinking that with all the goodies you make it would be hard to keep weight off. If I cooked like you do I would weigh much more than I do now.

Not so far. Don't think I have been infected.

From what I'm told, your taste and smell may return.