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Hi everyone, I'm five weeks out and I was wondering if we are allowed to have popcorn. Its one of my only favorite Snacks and am craving it.

Thanks Maria

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I waited a few months before having popcorn... But I can eat it now. I love it too!

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Yeah, wait a few months. For most popcorn is a slider - that is it slides right through the sleeve and if you don't watch it you can eat a LOT of eat and never get full.

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I was told no popcorn! Maybe because of the previous post saying it slides right through! uh oh.

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I eat it all the time with no ill effects. I get the low fat microwave type, eat it slowly to make it last, and really enjoy the treat.

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Thanks everyone!!!!!

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I just had an ahha moment... I also got the concept of slider foods but I totally get it now! Thanks Rootman... And yes popcorn (and chips) are slider foods (for me anyways). Thanks!!

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I don't really like popcorn but I just had some last weekend for the first time. Even not liking popcorn, I couldn't turn down hot & fresh kettle corn. It's not really popcorn. It's pretty much its own food group.

I have no idea what I ate in terms of volume, but let's just say popcorn is definitely not a slider for me. I definitely felt it in the sleeve.

The term "slider" actually confuses me too. I used to think it was something you could eat "more than you should" of, like a food that "slid" through the sleeve quickly (hence the term slider), and you could eat twice as many ounces as normal (for example). Like let's say you can eat 3 oz of hamburger patty, but 7 oz of sloppy joe (same meat, just in a slider form). But if things like popcorn that really just compress are sliders, I've been wrong all along. In that case things like ice cream, cotton candy, snow cones, anything "whipped" or aired, etc. -- namely things that just LOOK like more food volume than they actually are, are sliders... :blink:

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From what I understand a slider is a food high in fat with empty calories!!!!

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unless is air popped!!!

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Don't forget, the reason to wait before eating popcorn. You want to be sure your staple line is completely healed before even considering it. The seed husks can lodge in your staple line.

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