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yes, every so often..i use those 100 cal packs when i eat it..

(easy to sneak into movies also) :)

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Great to know thank you, not a huge fan of popcorn but wouldn't mind a bit to munch while at the movies

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Sometimes restaurants put a bowl on the table and I do over eat it. At the movies with my grandsons, really over ate it. I try not to eat it. I use to eat a massive amount almost every night and since the band last night was the first time I made some for my husband. I had about 1 cup. That was great for me. I have an old time Whirley popcorn maker and it comes out so good.

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I eat the delicious buttery flavored whenever I crave it which isn't often and have not had a problem with it going down.

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I used to be able to eat popcorn with no problems at all but over the last month it is causing me huge issues. The last time I ate popcorn it sat above the band for days and caused severe swelling to the point I couldn't keep anything down. I had .5cc saline removed and doctor told me stay on liquids until I felt better. It took 5 days before I could start on mushies. I love popcorn but for now it is on my no no list.

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I eat the 100 calorie packs' date=' too. Never had a problem with it.

Btw, it is a slider for me. Big time.[/quote']

I eat the 100 a few nights a week. how is it a slider, thought slider was greesey or ice cram? How do u know its a slider, by the way it feels? Sorry I am still trying to figure out the feelings,.and looking for green zone.

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Big bags of Skinny Pop come home from costco with me each week. I budget for and eat one serving each night. No issues at all.

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popcorn is a "slider" which only means you may be able to eat WAY too much of it without getting restriction signals or being able to stop, and it really doesn't have any health benefits. That being said, I have been able to eat some in moderation (like a handful with my kids at movies) and it hasn't been a problem.

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I discovered today that pecans ....also a slider yikes! I counted them in my daily totals but I don't think I eill be eating them again

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Popcorn is a "slider" which only means you may be able to eat WAY too much of it without getting restriction signals or being able to stop' date=' and it really doesn't have any health benefits. That being said, I have been able to eat some in moderation (like a handful with my kids at movies) and it hasn't been a problem.[/quote']

Crap. I guess I don't understand what makes something a slider. What else is sliderfoods. Pecans! Omg. can u give me more examples. I thought just ice cream and fried foods!

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Oh yeah, popcorn is a definite slider for me. I make it the old fashioned way - in a dutch oven, using olive oil and a touch of sea salt. It's not very many calories that way. I still buy microwave for my daughter and her friends, but the old school just tastes better to me.

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Im still preop but my surgeon's office said no regular popcorn after the band due to the kernels possibly accumulating above the pouch (like the little flaky kernel stuff inside each piece). This was sad for me because I love love love popcorn!

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I was a daily popcorn eater my whole life, long before microwaves. When I started the process to get a band I cut popcorn out because I figured I would never have it again. I'm 6 wks postop. I really want to have popcorn but I'm still on soft foods. I hope one day I can have it in moderation, fingers crossed.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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