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Well I plan to be eating better food when I get used to the braces anyway,just for my health.I seem to be eating too much junk anyway and I think may help a bit
I think I'm going to buy a bag of licorice tomorrow and ruin my diet completely by pigging out on it! Yum
Funny that you should mention this, but I had a licorice craving this afternoon and just had to have some. Four twisted strands later.....I think I'm over it for a while.
I think you may find that after the initial acclimatisation, you will gradually drift back to the foods you normally eat now.
Tortilla chips and granola bars get stuck all over the place for me. And 3 weeks into getting braced and even thinly sliced carrots were a challenge for me. And sweet sticky fillings like in fruit cookies or chocolates take forever to suck off too. A lot of people complain about rice getting stuck everywhere, but it's a staple in my diet, so I just learned to deal. I love sushi, and still eat it. Just have to make sure I don't have chunks of seaweed stuck in my teeth afterwards. It's not very attractive =)
