MadCity Cyclist

I'm getting my wisdom teeth pulled out in a week and a half. For a while I'll be eating only soft food. What do you recommend that can give me some serious protein (meals) and energy (on the road) for biking. To give you an idea of the consistency I need, at first I'll only eat applesauce, yogurt, etc., though it will get better later. Obviously granola bars, nuts, and seeds are out.

ShadowGray

Just inject novacaine into your gums and htfu for the rest.

Protein shakes?

robvas

Cottage cheese!

Shadiyah

Can you eat rice and beans or is that too chewy?

carpediemracing 

I would get some protein shake type things. I have a mix, comes in packets, from Champion Nutrition. Mixes with water, but you want to have a mini-blender thing else it won't mix.

For energy you can drink Boost or similar. Fridge pack, easy calories, no lactose products.

For meal replacements you can drink Ensure. They are different in that they have other nutrients in it. I can't remember if they have lactose stuff in it.

If milk is okay you can drink SlimFast. They have a protein version and a regular version. Not bad, sweet, melts in cold milk quickly.

You'll want to have chicken soup or something (broth), all the sweetness will drive you crazy.

For various reasons, over an 8 year period, I've had all of the above.

cdr

*edit* I forgot baby food. Buy the biggest jars, for the 2 year olds or something. That used to be my cheap pre-race breakfast when I was poor. I'd have 2-3 jars. I'd buy them based on grams of carbs.

ehidle

Tofu isn't bad for protein if you need something soft. I'd rather drink Hammer Whey with Water than eat tofu, but then again, I'd rather eat Rat Turds than eat tofu.

Perpetuem is a good maltodextrin-based energy powder that mixes well with water. Hammer Whey with vanilla soy milk makes a nice protein/recovery shake, or Recoverite in soymilk.

audioslavery

Just got mine pulled today actually

I've been eating smoothies with all sorts of fruit and protein powder

its pretty sweet

not really

im really missing hard food right now!

telart

scrambled eggs with cheese

aicabsolut

When I got mine out, I was in no shape to do anything athletic because of the pain and throbbing (not to mention hitting bumps in the road!) until after I could eat a little more normally anyway. Good luck.

MadCity Cyclist

Oh my god I hadn't even thought of that, and it is one of my favorite foods... I don't eat it much, though.

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I'm hoping I'll get to use them instead of laying around in pain, or something.

f4rrest

Popping prescription pain killers and cycling don't mix well. Maybe take a few days off?

Edit: now I faintly remember eating quite a bit of chocolate pudding.

emj2390

your going to be on antibioics which will give you incredibly tired groogy feeling when working out and pain killer which put you in a blur be very carefull with training intensity and navigation

merlinextraligh

the all Gu all the time diet.

Machka 

I feel for you! The had to put me under completely and then break my jaw bone to get my wisdom teeth out. I was purple, swollen, and spitting bone for weeks.

If that's what you're going to go through, you won't be on the bicycle for at least a week after the surgery, but when you do get back on the bicycle again, pick up a 6 pack of Ensure to take along with you. I use Ensure before my rides and any time where I don't feel I can stomach solid food. Great stuff!!

I've also used pita bread with processed cheese on long rides after some dental work.

G-Whacker

Opiates and beer.
Riding will wait, legal monster buzzes must be utilized.

MONGO!

Hammer gel, Recoverite, cottage cheese greek yogurt, protein smoothie.

mkauffman

I had mine pulled with just a bit of Novocaine and was back on real food within 24 hours. With that said, my brother didn't move for a week. It depends on the person, maybe you'll just get lucky like I did.

And my dentist didn't give me any 'real' pain killers, just 800 mg ibuprofen. I didn't have any motivation to stay sick for a while...

kirkcubs

...tailing off of that- just please be careful and take it easy for a few rides. You will have some open sores in your mouth and your body will be doing its best to fight off any infections- so it will need all the energy it can get to do the fightn’. When I got mine out I was in no condition to ride. For a few days the throbbing would get worse with rises in blood pressure / heart rate. But that's me- just listen very closely to what your body is telling you. You’ll be back to ‘normal’ within the week.
Good luck!

tombailey

Take a couple of days off then start slowly on the bike. All the food suggestions have been covered (I ate mostly protein shakes, soup and pudding/jello). Don't agree to do a telephone interview for a job you really need the day after though. I can tell you that it isn't much fun.

rjh299

For just energy on your bike SIS Gels. Everything else- blender!

Recumbomatic

Something cold to numb the pain. Ice cream comes to mind.

MadCity Cyclist

They're out... the doc says no 'strenuous physical activity' until the 22nd.

MrCrassic 

You could go nerd and measure the hardness of food which you want to eat, then compare it against the hardness-to-pain threshold of your teeth and go right at it...

Or you could try these:

Breakfast: Smoothies. Get a blender, and learn the art. You'll love yourself for it later. Scrambled eggs are good, waffles (cut into very small pieces) are good, untoasted bread is good...

Lunch: Rice and beans should be good, if the rice is made right. Salad should be okay, as well as tuna or any other chopped fish or meats. Frozen yogurt, perhaps?

Dinner: Mostly the same as lunch.

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MrCrassic 

Actually, I tried a cup of frozen yogurt the other day from Pinkberry (mostly Asian yogurt place in downtown NYC; it's crack for Asian women for some reason). VERY good stuff, and much healthier than ice cream (I believe it's non-fat, probably high-ish in sugar, but low everywhere else).

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SSIndyRider

Pea-nut, peanut butter, jelly. Ok the jelly doesn't have the protein, but it brought back a song in my brain (don't remember the origin of it).