I also like all these similar experiences
I'm in Week 2 and I've been trying a few different foods, like hot chips this evening for dinner (and a mashed-up banana for dessert). I break off the harder ends of the chips and kind of mash em up a bit before I try to chew softly with them.
Maybe I should get a food blender and eat my meals, NASA-style
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Anyway, it's really tough figuring out what foods to eat to begin with, with the braces making the teeth so sensitive. I don't think I'll be able to chew normally again till after the treatment. Still, I happen to like rice and pasta meals too, so that's a good thing. I'm drinking lots of water as well, to hydrate and keep my fluids up - and to rinse!
My mouth hasn't been sore or cut from my braces this time; I remember when I was 11 and had braces the first time the stabbing of metal and rubbing of the brackets. But this time I think the insides of my cheeks and lips are toughened, scarred from 20 years ago and I'm not having discomfort. Two front brackets were rubbing the inside of my lips for a few days, but I think that's just the period of time when your mouth has to adjust to the new temporary extensions to the teeth and your lips have to work around them for a while.