what food do you miss the most?

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#31 Post by **jambo532** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:36 pm

KimC wrote:caramel, definitely caramel

but I also miss being able to eat anythign that isn't cut into tiny pieces.

Oh me too!! i love caramel... I miss it so. 2 weeks down a million to go

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#32 Post by **avy** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:59 pm

I had SARPE about 7 months ago and got my braces on about 4 months ago and I still have a funny feeling in my 2 front teeth from the surgery so I cant bite and rip food if that makes sense. Like biting into a breadroll then ripping off a bite - that is impossible and give me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it! If i do have a sandwich or something i normally break off a bite sized peice and eat it that way. Chewing isnt really the issue, its biting and ripping food that is hard ( I sound like an animal

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#33 Post by **Boohill** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:37 am

I pretty much eat anything I want. I am about 5 weeks in and I didn’t do the soft food diet after getting braces or after my first adjustment. I went right back to eating normally.

It was uncomfortable but I survived. I don’t really bite into anything but I never really did. I’m a picker.

I have traded my favorite bagels with croissants in the morning and that works for me. I have cut back on my snacking but I still enjoy a taffy or caramel here and there but I suck it and I only have one.

#34 Post by **essdee** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:35 am

I really miss crusty, granary bread. But other than that, I've largely been eating the same things as I did before. Thought I was never going to manage pizza again, but had some last week with no problems... well, apart from probably looking pretty gross while I was eating it (I don't think I'll try any in company for a while yet)!

I actually seem to be eating more since I've had the braces on, which is disappointing - so much for the 'braces diet'! But that could just be with it being early days, and feeling the need to 'treat myself' a lot

#35 Post by **Jerseyman** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:51 am

I miss hard sourdough pretzels....nothing goes with a cold beer like hard pretzels. Total bummer!

#36 Post by **veevianz** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:29 pm

I miss chocolates, candies, jelly beans, ruffles and lays, popcorn, corn on the cob, curry and most importantly WINE!! I'm having the ceramics. Wine is going to stain my ligs badly!

#37 Post by **Jethro** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:56 pm

It's not so much the foods that I miss, but the way I used to eat them. I've been cutting corn off the cob, shredding chicken wings and ribs, and cutting up pizza and crusty sandwhiches like some sort of lunatic. I have to eat my favorite Jalapeno Popper Doritos so carefully I look like my dog eating peanut butter. Don't even think about having the spinach dip at a party...it'll wrap around your braces like some kind of alien.

And let's not overlook the mind-numbing rinsing, flossing, brushing, mouthwashing ritual. Oh, my bad, that's another thread. I am s-o-o looking forward to joining the Naked Tooth forum. No, really.

#38 Post by **Pattyb** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:08 pm

Snickers, popcorn, and really crispy cookies.

#39 Post by **Laura1985** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:38 pm

I miss Fiber One bars...I loved those things. And I also miss carelessly biting into hard fruits and vegetables like apples and carrots. And walnuts! I still eat popcorn and pretty much everything else! Just very carefully!

#40 Post by **BluelilJ** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:06 pm

I miss eating..everything! I just got my braces put on yesterday and its impossible to chew because my teeth ache

#41 Post by **Kitagirl** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:26 pm

I miss eating carrot sticks and Doritos (although I still sneak a few here and there!!!, and I sneak popcorn too!!! Chewing too many can mess with the cement in my back brackets). Mostly I miss nuts...I'm dieting right now and I'd love to have a handful of smoked almonds or something. Mm. And come summer I will totally miss corn on the cob.