New braces = Good way to loose a few pounds.

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#31 Post by **TuZZi** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:37 am

My favourite soups are veggie, veggie with pasta, clam chowder, cream of mushroom, and creamy turkey. With those, at least you are getting a lil more of a meal than just plain ole chicken noodle. I've also grown fond of protein shakes and protein drinks from the store. They seem to help with my energy level a little bit.

#32 Post by **jcdamon3** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:48 pm

Hi,

I have had my braces on for about 6 weeks and I have not lost very much weight. Maybe one pound. I don't really want to lose very much weight. I am 46 and if I lose too much weight my face looks too thin. Ick. I am 5'6" and weight 132-135. I find if there is a will or a way I will eat.

Anyway. Here are my thoughts on eating. I just have to chime in. In order for your mouth to HEAL you have to eat well. Your body needs nutrition. Since getting braces I am trying even more to eat really healthy foods. Yes, I eat pretty much everything, even if it hurts. I have damon 3 so maybe I don't hurt as much. All I can say is when I am hurting I feel like something is actually happening. I would rather feel the pain then feel nothing and have nothing happening.

Anyway here are some good eating tips. Most are pretty good nutritionally except for a couple.

1) Pizza : Try Pizza Hut pan pizza. The pizza is very, very soft and even if you eat the crust it shouldn't be a problem. Alot of people don't eat the crust on their pizza anyway. Not at all good nutritionally, but sometimes you just crave things.

2) Another really soft thing, but not great nutrionally is cheeseburger at MacDonalds. Very, Very Soft. French Fries, not so soft.

3) The best snack in the world is smooth peanut butter. You really don't have to clean your teeth afterward because you put it on your tongue and you don't really need to chew it! It just sort of melts in your mouth. You won't gain weight if you make it a snack and don't have more than 1 - 1 1/2 tablespoons.

4) Jamba juice. Get a vita boost, or an antioxidant boost (or both). It is better nutrionally than a milksake and guess what? The size sixteen is only about 300 calories.

5) cook your vegetables a little more. Green beans are very soft when they are cooked enough. I like them al dente but for now I put up with them softer.

6) If you like cucumbers but think they are too hard to chew, grate them up and put them over your salad.

7) Take a multivitamin and Calcium especially if you don't drink milk like me. I am lactose intolerant and also allergic to milk.

Yogurt is good for you and has calcium. I don't feel a need to brush if I am having yogurt as a snack. I just rinse my mouth out really good with water.

9) Bananas are usually pretty soft.

#33 Post by **jennielee81** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:47 pm

Lost 5 pounds then GAINED 10!!! I was "average weight" for my 5' 7" height now I'm pushing "overweight"

Braces don't stop me from eating...just stop me from eating a few things....

None of my friends have noticed the gain, but my husband (I'm sure) has. (though he hasn't said anything) It's hard to miss.

#34 Post by **privatepilot** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:14 pm

I too, was ready to lose a few pounds when I got these things. But, I have gained 3 1/2 pounds. I am eating less, can't figure it out. Maybe braces have calories! I guess I'll stick to my chocolate, wine and ice cream diet!

#35 Post by ***hotslinthesun*** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:15 am

I just went to my doctor's the other day because I had some bloodwork that came back, it turns out that I have high cholesterol. I'm 5'8", 139 lbs, 24 years old and female. I have always watched what I ate and excercised regularly. My doctor told me that the high cholesterol was genetic, since pretty much everyone in my family dies in their 40s of heart disease, and that the good cholesterol levels were much higher than average due to my eating/excercising (which is a good thing), but the bad cholesterol levels were too high.

So, I have to cut out anything with fat or cholesterol in it. Therefore with my braces, I'm on a no crunchy, no sticky, no fat, no cholesterol, no staining (I have ceramics) diet. Plus I just got an adjustment and my teeth hurt, so I'm pretty much living on chicken noodle soup, mashed potatoes and yogurt. I think it's impossible NOT to lose weight on this diet!

#36 Post by **Daisywho** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:35 am

*Layla* My post was supposed to be kinda humourous. How people respond to it, is their own.

I would never encourage using that as a means to lose weight. I'm very health conscious. Was trying to find anything positive at the time for not being able to eat much. More like venting. Losing weight was the only good thing

ahaha.

Oh well, I am actually just about pretty much used to it now. No more wax. And I'm eating pretty much anything. Woot Woot. Let's just hope I don't gain weight. I may have lost a pound or two and that's about it.

I have to say though, I do eat a lot slower (takes time to fish stuff out with your tongue), which is very good for digestion.

Yeepeeyayay.

#37 Post by **diande** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:31 pm

I lost 1lb in 12 days...trying to reverse that ASAP

I have the hardest time gaining weight and not about to let braces turn around my progress in this other area!

#38 Post by **diande** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:18 am

Yes KK, I decided to go into the archives,lol.
Your ortho makes a great point in his book...I need to apply it somehow. I still am biting down on 2 molar brackets on the right when I try to chew and it hurts, so I do feel limited - I can't grind or chew too easily since it's all a lopsided affair - However, I reckon at 14 days into the process my weight loss has more to do with this singular issue than having braces itself.

#39 Post by **diande** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:18 am

(Ooops it said not posted but a duplicate showed up anyway)

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New braces = Good way to loose a few pounds.

What weight loss?