My SMART goal is to eat 3 servings of fresh vegetables everyday. And well this week, once again, wasn't any better than last week. I have been having some troubles with my teeth. I started eating regular food sooner than I should have and I became swollen all over again, so I was forced to go back to eating applesauce, yogurt, and pudding, ick! As of today I have resorted to eating soggy cereal because if I have to eat one more spoonful of applesauce I may actually throw up! To deal with this challenge I have been looking and researching a little bit for ideas of soft and different meals that I could eat, especially ones have some sort of vegetable in it. If you have any ideas let me know! This week I learned that when people tell you it's going to be "awhile" before you can eat solid food again, "awhile" doesn't mean 4 days, it literally means "awhile", like a week or two. I also learned that I need to be a little more patient with these kind of problems. Healing is a long process, in words of my mother and roommates "You have to remember you had your gum tissues cut open and four, rather large, teeth yanked out, you are NOT going to be healed in a week!" Darn it!! I will keep my plan the way it is. My plans for this next week is to do some deep research on meals that are soft and nutritious and if worse comes to worse, I have a blender!
So sorry to hear you are still struggling! A liquid diet is tough to get all the nutrients (or flavor) that you want. My tissue healed pretty fast so sorry I don't have any tips for you!
ReplyDeleteMy roommate and I have been making healthy 'smoothies' lately and maybe it is something that you could try too! We have been trying to eat more vegetables, especially green ones, so we buy them fresh at the store. We take anything green, like spinach for example, and put them in a blender. For flavor we add multiple fruits, like apples, oranges, strawberries or whatever we have and throw them in as well. We use different fruits and vegetables all the time, that way we are getting different nutrients and different tasting smoothies. Some of them don't always taste the best, but we are still working with flavors! We always feel good after drinking them and we feel more energized. If you are a picky eater though, you might be turned off by some of the tastes and textures.
ReplyDeleteI remember when I got my wisdom teeth out. A few days later went out and got a huge Jamaican Jerk burger at Health's Kitchen when it was still open in Canal Park. That night I threw up because I had started bleeding all over again and I guess Stomach didn't like blood and burger too much.
ReplyDeleteHave you tried mashed potatoes? And Jaime definitely has a good idea with smoothies. How do you feel about pureed veggies? I know pureed carrots don't "look" all that tasteful but hey, you're getting your nutrients. :)