Popcorn??

I know I'm prob way off from being able to have it, but for the last two nights I have dreamt of eating it LOL 
So curious as to when it's tolerated, I know it's a slider food so it would just be a minimum of a treat.

I first tried popcorn about 4 months out and it felt heavy.  In retrospect I would have waited longer.  If it is something you crave, I recommend staying away from it.

Hey fellow buckeye.  I'm off topic but I was looking at your numbers.  You are doing great!  Congrats.

I was cleared for all foods as tolerated after two months.  I could eat popcorn then, but I wouldn't recommend it until your sleeve is totally healed.  Think about all those pointy little husks that get stuck in your teeth -- I don't think they'd be conducive to a partially-healed suture line.

Popcorn works for me as a snack -- I don't count carbs, it's not a slider for me, it's high in fiber, low in calories and I buy the low fat kind.

If in doubt, ask your dietitian when you can include it in your plan.

You don't count any carbs and lost all that weight how do you do it?

                susan

I had it probably at about 3 months without problems. However, it is an absolute slider for me. Whether because I eat so slow or what, I could easily eat a huge amount of popcorn. Probably a small to medium sized movie theater bag. Not that pre or post op I'd ever eat that mess. I eat only air popped with light salt and black pepper. No oil. Not healthy but a decent, once a month snack when we're watching a movie.

 I started eating popcorn at 2 months out or so. I also use it as a snack, though I do it fairly rarely. For me, although I can eat 4-5 cups of it at a time, I don't consider it a slider. I certainly become full on it, and when you think about the amount of room a chewed up cup of popcorn uses, it's not very much.

Give it a try and see what you think. What works for us may be different for you.

Well I will hold off for another month then and ask the dietician at that time.
Thanks for your answers.

My doctor instructs patients to stay on liquids for a month and gave as an example someone who ate popcorn in the first month and created a leak at the staple line.

So, probably holding off is a prudent decision!!!

Good luck, it is hard to resist some snack-y type foods at times although I don't have any hunger at all so far!!!

 I was really missing having popcorn at the movies, but my NUT advised against it - mostly because of the fat and carb count. I compromised by getting "puffed corn" and buying some of the white cheddar popcorn flavoring. I take a quart-sized ziplock Baggie into the theatre with me :)

The puffed corn is in the chip aisle at the grocery. Can't remember the brand ...