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Do you seriously lose a lot of weight in those first two weeks after getting your braces on? I train as a powerlifter and I am a bit worried about all the weight Ive gained over the last month or two going to waste. Were you able to eat chicken, and oats a couple days after?

You will be able to eat chicken starting with the first day...only if you put it in the blender.
You will be able to chew the chicken in about a week.

I was eating just fine after four days. It hurts, but if you're hungry its no big deal.
Chicken in a blender? No way, that is just too icky. I think you'll be fine.

Hah Chicken in a blender does not sound good at all.

I'll try to make my own shakes somehow.

You can still eat it just hurts a little, pasta and eggs go down easy!

UhOh wrote:Hah Chicken in a blender does not sound good at all.

I'll try to make my own shakes somehow.

That's what I said before jaw surgery and before I lost 11 pounds in one week. When you are hungry enough, you'll eat anything, even chicken in a blender.

I really don't understand the idea of the pain being so bad you cannot eat just because of braces.


Take small pieces, chew them softly if you need to, and just eat! It's really not that bad!

I never ever missed a meal because of braces. Yes there was quite a bit of pain in the first couple weeks, but just fight through it.

I've lost about 5 pounds since Tuesday, but that's when I had my extractions and I think that makes it harder to eat than the braces. There is a lot of pain, but if you're tough you just get through it. I used to eat and snack all the time and the fact that I don't now I think has less to do with the pain than the amount of time it takes to cut things up in little pieces and eat slowly! I just don't have the patience for that-lol!

Weight-loss is going to happen. I do a lot of weight lifting and I used to eat a lot on a very strict diet... up until last thursday. I'm only in the first week and eating is still a challenge for me.

Chicken still isn't happening yet but I am doing a lot of:

Eggs
Oatmeal
Fat free cottage cheese and yogurt
low sodium meatloaf
Pasta
Chilli

I'm going to try cooking up some talapia tonite, see how that goes.

...for now I'm basically sticking to things I can mash up with my tongue and swallow without really chewing too much - its not just the soreness, but I'm also getting used to chewing with the turbos they put on a couple of my bottom mollars so that the top and bottom brackets don't touch on my mollars.

To balance out my food intake going down I've been drinking weight gain shakes a few times a day as well, either cytogainer or something I put together myself when I have the time.

Can't wait for things to get better, but for now I'm getting by just fine.

afpilot313 wrote:Weight-loss is going to happen. I do a lot of weight lifting and I used to eat a lot on a very strict diet... up until last thursday. I'm only in the first week and eating is still a challenge for me.

Chicken still isn't happening yet but I am doing a lot of:

Eggs
Oatmeal
Fat free cottage cheese and yogurt
low sodium meatloaf
Pasta
Chilli

I'm going to try cooking up some talapia tonite, see how that goes.

...for now I'm basically sticking to things I can mash up with my tongue and swallow without really chewing too much - its not just the soreness, but I'm also getting used to chewing with the turbos they put on a couple of my bottom mollars so that the top and bottom brackets don't touch on my mollars.

To balance out my food intake going down I've been drinking weight gain shakes a few times a day as well, either cytogainer or something I put together myself when I have the time.

Can't wait for things to get better, but for now I'm getting by just fine.

Yeah cytogainer works might have to pick that up. I usually make my own shake with milk + oats and protein powder.

Has it been hard to eat oatmeal? I usually just add the oatmeal raw into my shake. I feel like it would get stuck in the braces.

i lost 35 pounds since i got braces

Hi UhOh,

I lost about 10 pounds since having braces. It's because I cannot eat candy, chips, etc. that I LOVE to eat. It's a good thing!