Losing weight after wisdom teeth removal?

I wouldn't worry about it for the short time your gums are healing and just eat ice cream, but...

Ask your dentist about food choices or look at the many resources online, and choose options that fit in to your version of 'eating healthy'.

Also, don't use a straw.

If this is a concern, you can supplement your intake with Ensure. They have many varieties, including one with extra calories.

But as was mentioned, do not use a straw. Creating suction in your mouth can cause renewed bleeding from the extraction sites.

Cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, salads, protein drinks, eggs. Just a few ideas anyway.

I got mine out two weeks ago. The first day, I had a large chocolate shake from McDonald's and a large strawberry banana smoothie from Smoothie King haha.

The first week, I survived on easy mac, mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs, avocado, milk, greek yogurt, pudding, and ice cream.

It sucked not being able to get my regular fruit and veggies in, but just focus on taking it easy and giving yourself time to heal!

Heh- I'm sure not everyone's experience will echo mine, but I just had oral surgery and pretty much lived on Ensure and V8 for two weeks. I also found Greek yogurt and ice cream invaluable. My weight also plateaued for about three weeks- while on around 990 calories of liquids and soft foods. Lost three pounds in a week and a half after going back to eating real food. I really can't explain that, except with what we used to "starvation mode" back in the 80's, which even mentioning here will get me screamed at because it's a myth and doesn't exist. Maybe someone else has a better explanation.

ElizabethOakes2 wrote: »

Heh- I'm sure not everyone's experience will echo mine, but I just had oral surgery and pretty much lived on Ensure and V8 for two weeks. I also found Greek yogurt and ice cream invaluable. My weight also plateaued for about three weeks- while on around 990 calories of liquids and soft foods. Lost three pounds in a week and a half after going back to eating real food. I really can't explain that, except with what we used to "starvation mode" back in the 80's, which even mentioning here will get me screamed at because it's a myth and doesn't exist. Maybe someone else has a better explanation.

Based on my experience with gallbladder surgery during weight loss, I think that this sort of thing may make your body hold on to water weight to use in the healing process (much like it holds water weight for muscle repair if you amp up your workouts a lot).

After the surgery, my weight went up a bit initially, held there (or close) for a period of days, then there was a big drop over a few days that put me at the weight I would've predicted for my calorie deficit for that whole period.

OP: I'd suggest considering increasing your calorie level to or close to maintenance (a level where you neither gain nor lose) for a few days after the wisdom tooth removal, based on my experience. While this isn't essential for a relatively minor procedure, in hindsight I think I would've recovered faster, gotten back to my regular energy level sooner, and generally facilitated both healing and weight loss if I'd done this, so I now recommend others consider doing so in similar circumstances.

I didn't use it as an excuse to eat more ice cream, personally.

Lots of eggs, ground meat, chicken sausage, mashed potatoes and carrots, butternut squash, soup, refried beans, protein pancakes and protein cheesecake, Greek yogurt, soft cheese. Took me 2 weeks before I was able to even have some broccoli

CureLunainTraining wrote: »

Thanks everyone! Smoothies, Greek yogurt, and V8 sound great. I wonder if I'll be able to chew tofu? Since it's soft?

I will admit that I'll also be eating more ice cream than I should.

Yes tofu is a great protein source but just make sure you buy the soft or extra soft/silk one. Some hard/firm tofu could be hard to smash by just tongue & might need some chewing...

I'm not sure how many teeth you're about to remove (I got mine extracted one by one... now all 4 are gone). Since this is considered a surgery, you might not get back for vigorous exercise soon while healing/ recovery. I'd just focus on diet & make sure your nutrients meet the recommended levels.

idk but I ate ramen noodles after mine and nobody told me that food gets stuck in your holes so that food was stuck in there while I was on vacation even though I rinsed and followed all the directions. and it stuuunk so bad omg

I ate a whole bunch of soup when I got mine removed. The pain killers made me sick tho, so I was throwing up ontop of barely eating.

im having major dental surgery next month. My boyfriend is coming to take care of me and planning on making different veggie soups and things like that (he cant stay but for a few days so will batch make stuff to last me awhile). i imagine i wont have much appetite anyways, so.... not too worried about it. he will make sure its loaded with good stuff though.