Hi Happy,
Judging from the look of your post, I would guess that you are a "visual" person. If so it would make sense that the taste of food would matter less than a beautiful arrangement on your plate. You might start looking at food as a pallette and create your own masterpieces. Ever seen those Kraft salad dressing commercials? Just a thought...

As far as appetite goes. Dr Atkins says that there are times when you are just not hungry. His advice is to just pop a few macadamia nuts to go with your vitamins and wait for the hunger to return.