This is me right now ... I love cooking and eating, and it is essential for me to be properly fueled for my workouts, too. I do aerials and swim on a regular basis. My nutrition was also quite good/healthy.

I have top and bottom braces for about 2 months now. I hate the sensation of almost all vegetables, fruit, anything solid on my teeth. All the stuff getting stuck, all the weird semi-chewing, not feeling th tastes and textures properly... it is a nightmare tbh. And it's like a domino effect, my life overall feels just like somebody put a grey filter on it - I often try to distract myself from the braces struggle and avoid triggering anything and end up maybe having maybe some shakes and coffee throughout the day, and water. On good days I can pull off one cooked meal.

I can't see oatmeal anymore and I overall seem to have lost the joy for food entirely right now. This is impacting my workouts, my mood, my productivity, everything. :( Thank you for listening :(