October 25, 2013
Did I mention how much I miss eating the way I used to? Not even a full week and I already can’t take it. How will I eat sandwiches? When will a burger be in my future again?? As I said I’m majorly paranoid that anything I eat will knock off a bracket or break my wire so I’m eating tentatively as it is. Plus I’m somewhat sore. Forget eating carrots. And no nuts…but I like nuts… Oh well, it WILL be worth it, and maybe I’ll find a blog of someone whose boyfriend offered an engagement ring after 365 days of soups, rather than sandwiches. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, see here, http://nypost.com/2013/09/24/i-wooed-my-man-with-a-sandwich/.

I’m hoping that maybe I can use this time to eat healthier. If I already can’t eat what I want, I might as well eat healthy, which I also do not want. Hahaha. But I can’t eat any hard veggies or high acid fruits. Why must everything be difficult?! And on top of that, I can’t have anything that will stain my clear ligatures, which is hell in and of itself. Everything I eat I’m afraid will stain them. But I must say, I think Chinese food, and maybe other Asian food options, will be my saving grace. The noodles are sooo soft I can eat them without a problem. Rice is also very easy for me. At least I won’t have to give that up! But it’s still not healthy. I’ve decided I need to up my Calcium and Vitamin D intake because braces can aid in bone loss in jaws, which of course is the thing I target and decide to worry about. I’m going to invest in some Women’s Centrum, which has half your daily value of Calcium, some Cod Liver Oil pills, and stock up on almond milk, yogurt, spinach, maybe broccoli if I steam it enough, and some others. Maybe I’ll even get some protein shakes. I gotta prepare for my inevitable extractions of 4 (yes, 4!!!!) teeth anyway.

Today I got to use my WaterPik that I bought based on some suggestions in blog posts and such. It was…interesting… but I’m in love with it. It took awhile to understand how to use it because I like to see what I’m doing when I’m flossing. So that’s how I started and I ended up with a soaking wet face, wet hands, and a wet wall. Guess I have to give up that love of seeing what I’m doing. I flossed a second time with my mouth closed and just got used to feeling around. My mouth feels fantastic and even looks way cleaner than it usually does! It looks like this device is going to be my friend, even after I’ve had the braces taken off. My other discoveries today were, 1, do not eat bean and tomato soup if you have clear ligs because you’ll be paranoid the whole time that you’re staining them and 2, I can eat popcorn shrimp, fries, and chicken tenders without much problem! You may have noticed I still can’t find any healthy food to eat besides for smoothies and juice. That’s a problem. I need to find a better way. Maybe I’ll make a list at some point. Ciao for now guys.