How long did you wait?

Seeds, nuts, popcorn... all of that I was told to wait until I was cleared for solid food (no restrictions on foods at all other than "eat healthy foods"). So I think that was about 3 months?

And honestly, the popcorn is just slider crud, so I don't eat it at all any more. Actually, nuts and seeds, while good for you in small quantities, can be slider foods so you have to be very careful to measure and track the portions.

What exactly does slider foods mean?

I had to wait until six months for anything with hard bits.

For me, a slider is any food that I could mindless and easily overeat without realizing it.

Nuts is one of them. If I went to White Castle ever again, their Sliders would be a sliders for me. When I was a teenager (in the 60's) we also called them "grease bombs." Also, I could get in trouble real fast with chips, fries, Cookies, cake........so on and so forth.

Ask your surgeon. But I was cleared for nuts, seeds, fibrous raw veggies and skins at 3 months.

What exactly does slider foods mean?

Slider food generally are foods that "slide" through your sleeve without issues so that means you can eat waaaay more of the food than you should, since you never feel really full. My doc said be VERY aware of anything that turns to mush in Water (like bread, crackers, cake), or melts (like ice cream or slushees) as they are a danger food you should avoid.

But things like nuts and seeds can be chewed up into mush, and since they are so high calorie/fat, eating them could also mean if you're not measuring them and being careful with your portions and calorie counts, you could eat way more fat/calories than you should because it's easy to mindlessly eat foods like we used to when the restriction isn't felt.

You have to work with your sleeve and not try to sneak foods through it that don't trigger the restriction.

That's one of the other reasons (once you're cleared to eat normally) that most doctors push for you to eat dense Protein first and then veggies with Fiber - it is because they sit in your sleeve for some time as they are broken down and digested so you feel the restriction early and stop eating, and then feel full longer since it takes them much longer to break down.