Oral surgery and not enough calories eaten.

pudgy0602

Today I went to the dentist and had a tooth removed. The only problem is I'm stuck on an liquid diet that's not allowing me to intake my daily calories. What should I do? Because if I exercise and complete my food diary I'll be eating few calories.

lucylou9701

smoooooothies!!!!

Monica_has_a_goal

Protein shakes with fruit blended in theyre nice and cold and D'Lish!

taso42

^^^^ yeah. your blender is your friend for the next few days

its_betty

Relax and take care of yourself... but don't worry about how many calories you eat or don't eat for a few days. It'll be fine, you won't get malnourished or go into starvation mode in a couple of days. Probably shouldn't do strenuous exercise either, if you just had oral surgery.

When I had gum surgery, the recovery took a long while. I ate soft things like scrambled eggs and mashed potatoes for a couple of weeks, until I could eat regular food again.

sarah44254

smoothies
milk
coffees with sweetener (starbucks-y type drinks)

you may not be at goal of your macronutrients while you heal, but there are lots of options to drink up your calorie goal

MeganMac17

Oof, liquid diets are the worst! Hopefully this is only for a couple days! In the meantime, concentrate on recovering. I wouldn't worry too much about eating too few calories since this is only temporary .

pudgy0602

Sounds good!!!! Never thought about smoothies, its well worth a try! Thanks!!!!!!

Mybabie

Eat soups, have smoothies.

moriaht

I wouldn't worry about it unless you're on that liquid diet for like a week or more... then try protein shakes and meal replacements if you're really concerned but a few days won't hurt to be under. It is only bad if you are always under I think.

pudgy0602

Thanks!!!! Because I was stuck thinking how am I gonna do this. I'm doing so good eating right and exercising, I was in panic mode.