Popcorn. I have a question!

I am only 6 days out (almost 7!) and I can obviously NOT have this anytime soon. However, when did you safely have it after surgery?

 

I love popcorn so much!

i had a few pieces 3 mo out. didn't have more than a couple of pieces until 6 mo out and at 75% excess weight lost.

Ok thanks. I always worry because popcorn is pretty hard on the stomach normally so I was wondering how it would be post-op

I was probably somewhere between 6 and 9 months out (It has been way too long to remember exactly, but I didn't eat ANY non-protein snacks until after 6 months).  Popcorn actually chews down into almost nothing (so you have to be very vigilant about portion control) and most people that I know have no problems with it at all.  Make sure it isn't loaded with butter or artificial bitter flavored grease, though, because that really jacks the calories and fat up!

Lora

Popcorn has always been a snack for me.  I got permission for it about 6months out.  I usually make my own.  1/2 cup of unpopped popcorn,1 spritz of Pam olive oil, put it in a paper lunch bag folded down and in the microwave for 2 min 30 sec.  about 100 calories and volume.  I can ususally eat 1/2 the bag.  My nut has given a thumbs up. Lots of fiber.

 

Wow! I would have never thought you could do  your own version of "microwave" popcorn like that!! How do you keep the popcorn from popping out of the bag and making a mess? Do you seal it somehow at the top?

I'm three months out, have no diet restrictions, and I've eaten those 100-calorie single-serving bags of popcorn more than once without any issues at all.  

I am 6 months out and have popcorn when I go to the movies (no butter) It goes down fine. I can't eat much but get a pretty good taste.

I think I stayed away from popcorn until I was past six months out. I am now four years out, and can eat about half a bag of the microwave kind with no problem. Any more than that, and I begin to feel sick, so enjoy, but proceed with caution!