Carrots and braces...

I've had mine on for 5 months , still struggle eating most foods although always seem to manage okay with the unhealthy foods

I usually cut them into smaller pieces (like maybe 1/4 to 1/3 inch, pretty small, takes a little while to eat, but hey eating slower is filling right? tehehe) and use my back teeth (chewing slowly). I use same chewing method with nuts and celery, and just try to be super careful. Ive had my braces for a year and have only broken 1 bracket (it was on a granole bar that I didnt realize had whole almonds in it). Cucumbers are super easy to eat, right now I am hooked on baby cucumbers and eat them whole. Ive found raw broccoli super hard to try to eat and havent figured out how to get that down.

I had braces for 2.5 years while I was losing weight - for all harder foods dice, chop, cut into smaller bite sized pieces. as long as it's cut into small enough pieces it shouldn't be a problem to chew on your back teeth. A little more work but it helps with not popping off brackets.