Did you taste buds change after being banded? I'm just wondering I will still have a taste for my favorite meals.

Yes, mine have changed a lot! I crave healthy foods now. When I go out to eat, I get really excited when I see that they have a really great fish that I haven't had for a while. I've never cared much for plain tomato soup, and I pratically lived off of it during the post-op liquid stage. I still crave it. I went to a working lunch the other day, and they had pizza. I turned my nose down at it...didn't even look good to me. I still like spicy foods, and fortunately I can tolerate them just fine. I do have to admit that I still crave chips and salsa but have been a good girl and haven't had any.

There's also that negative conditioning to deal with. If you put four dozen donuts in front of me right now, I wouldn't be tempted (well, not much.) I associate them with pain, not pleasure, now.

I found that the more I had to chew my food, the more I had to actually taste it and found there are a lot of things I don't like, but I still love my favorites and eat them occasionally, in addition to that I no longer crave fast food... it has to be the chewing, because it has a really bad taste after a couple chews. So the short answer is absolutely my taste buds have changed... for the better....