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To have a no chew diet for a year?

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GertrudeBanana · 09/11/2019 21:13

Name changed out of embarrassment!

I’ve had to have a number of my back molars extracted today a mix between cracking some in labor Blush and a horrendous diet Blush

I have begun saving for dental implants but this will take 12 months. I really don’t have any other way to make this happen sooner.

Am I crazy to think I can have a no chew diet for a year? What will I eat to fuel myself and hopefully lose some of the number of extra stones I am carrying?

AIBU for thinking this is doable, I’m feeling really really down about it all of a sudden.

OP posts:
Rubyroost · 09/11/2019 23:25

I doubt very much you'll be able to get implants on the nhs at about 3000 a time! If anyone has known this to happen do let me know as I'll certainly be up for some after my dentist cracked my tooth with the clamp after trying to perform root canal.

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GertrudeBanana · 09/11/2019 23:23

Sadly my baby is very much not a baby anymore and I’m not in the UK.

Dental work where I am is eye wateringly expensive. Hence why I’m in this state, one of the teeth extracted today had previously had a root canal totally over a grand Sad

I suppose I could just liquidize things but I really wanted to use this as a new learning curve, break old habits and start again. I could really do with losing some of this weight too and kind of thought two birds one (or five!) stone.

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Span1elsRock · 09/11/2019 23:18

It won't do your digestion much good OP to have a soft diet for that long.

A friend did Cambridge for 6 months, and stupidly stopped eating any solid foods. She had horrendous issues when she started trying to eat it again........... your gut needs fibre to work properly.

madcatladyforever · 09/11/2019 23:15

I live purely on Huel after a gastric band. My band is too tight and I vomit if I eat solid food. It's fine. It provides all the fuel you need to live.

EatsFartsAndLeaves · 09/11/2019 23:14

roses2 just beat me to it but I'm going to post anyway since it's important. You can get free dental treatment for 1 year after childbirth. Are you still covered by that?

NewAndImprovedNorks · 09/11/2019 23:13
Hmm
MitziK · 09/11/2019 23:12

I wanted to like Huel, but I find it tastes very powdery (even though the texture's fine) and it causes bloating nearly as much as the whey ones do.

cdtaylornats · 09/11/2019 23:10

www.oakhousefoods.co.uk/all-meals/soft-bitesized.html

Just like normal meals but processed more finely

EducatingArti · 09/11/2019 23:07

I mostly live on Huel as I live on my own and don't enjoy cooking. It is great and gives you all the nutrients you need plus fibre. I don't add too much water and eat it as a porridge consistency because I don't like shake type drinks. I add their own rhubarb and custard flavouring to the vanilla Huel and a bit of truvia as I like it sweeter but don't want to add sugar. You can also add hot chocolate or cocoa or other things to flavour it. I can also give anyone a code for £10 off if you pm me.

roses2 · 09/11/2019 23:07

How old is your baby? Can you not get free dental implants under the maternity exception until your child is 12 months?

CravingCheese · 09/11/2019 23:02

Smoothies, soup, yoghurt, fruit purees, rice pudding, soft boiled eggs...?
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Very low chew (cooked vegetable, fish etc) seems like it might be easier but even no chew seems doable. But I would probably take a supplement.

pollyputthepastaon · 09/11/2019 23:01

I love it with (hot) water! My husband will only have it with milk which is GROSS!

Branleuse · 09/11/2019 23:00

Original huel is the best one. It tastes like readybrek. I rather like it. Make it up with milk or oat milk as its gross with water. Half the strength they suggest.
Also the flavoured ones are gross

Lifeisabeach09 · 09/11/2019 22:58

I'm going to have to google Huel. I might need some!

KeepYourCup · 09/11/2019 22:58

My back teeth are awful. I've not a hope in hell's chance of saving for implants.

Generally speaking as long as I'm careful, I havent had to cut out much from my diet at all.

Lifeisabeach09 · 09/11/2019 22:57

I always thought you could eat fairly ok without teeth.
Definitely. But you still chew, just with your gums.

pollyputthepastaon · 09/11/2019 22:54

Yes, the huel keeps me full. I normally buy a bag of the chocolate and a bag of the normal (vanilla) and either have one or the other or mix them 50/50

I like making it with hot water so it's a comforting warm chocolaty drink. I actually really enjoy it, although when I first tried it i remember not being keen. It must grow on you!

I have 70g (300 calories) as my portion.

middlemuddle · 09/11/2019 22:53

I always thought you could eat fairly ok without teeth. My grandad did anyway, he only put his teeth in for certain foods :D

Dodie66 · 09/11/2019 22:53

Why can’t you just get a liquidiser and liquidise ordinary meals/

DementedO1 · 09/11/2019 22:47

I'm with butchy. I have tmj problems and had a locked jaw for 9 mounds then surgery then softt for diet for 3 months, so a year of no chew. You can easily guzzle massive amounts of calories on soft foods. It's the speed of eating, your stomach doesn't get the messages from the mouth to say you should be full so you can easily swallow 300 calories in a yogurty drink or milkshake in seconds and still not feel full. Yes, great for your recovery but unlikely you'll lose weight through the no chew alone.

Butchyrestingface · 09/11/2019 22:38

Unfortunately I lost zero weight on a soft diet, notwithstanding the calorie deficit. 😥

RhiWrites · 09/11/2019 22:37

You need fibre or you’ll mess up your insides. Can you really not chew? That seems a very unsafe situation for your dentist to have left you in. Are temporary dentures an option?

Butchyrestingface · 09/11/2019 22:37

I had a soft diet after surgery. A soft diet as opposed to no chew is completely doable (if a bit tedious) and I could have done it indefinitely. Was also amazed by the number of foods I could swallow w/o actual chewing.

powershowerforanhour · 09/11/2019 22:34

Dunno about the no chew diet but I do know that

cracking some in labor

you're a legend and you can probably do whatever you want to do. Including make Chuck Norris cry.

Fakeflowersaremynewnormal · 09/11/2019 22:33

Cambridge and several others e.g. Exante do work as a total meal replacement with all essential nutrients but at a very low calorie level for people who want to lose weight fast e.g. around 800 cals a day in 4 shakes. Whereas huel is higher in calories per shake and aimed at people who want to lose weight slowly or maintain.