On Wednesday I went to the dentist for a procedure called power bleaching. If you’ve ever considered this procedure be aware that it takes about 2 hours and your mouth is propped open pretty much the entire time. It isn’t painful, but it tends to be uncomfortable at times. However, the results are pretty darn cool. (of course, results vary depending on teeth and habits) My teeth are so white right now that I no longer need a nightlight or cat-like vision to find my way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. All I need to do now is smile and even the slightest amount of luminescence reflects off of my teeth and lights the way for me. Ok, so maybe not quite that bright white, but they are pretty darn close. One thing that they emphasis after the procedure is that you avoid any teeth staining foods or drinks so that you don’t completely undo all of that hard work. The rule of thumb is that if it could potentially stain a white t-shirt it could potentially stain your teeth. For me this has been a bit of a godsend because it has brought my awareness for what I am eating to a whole new level. I consciously think about each individual food choice before it goes in my mouth. There is absolutely NO way that I am going to waste $250 by eating or drinking something that could stain these teeth. Not only have I been avoiding teeth staining foods and drinks due to the procedure, but I’ve pretty much cut out anything bad for me all together. Generally speaking if I eat something that I consider bad it is simply because I am mindlessly eating. Now that I’m conscientiously eating this is not an issue. Plus it helps that my biggest mindless eating food is chips and salsa. Guess what? Salsa is tomato based, therefore it is a major teeth staining food. I’m kind of wishing I would have got my teeth bleached when I first started my weight loss journey. It sure the heck would have helped me get an amazing jump start on a this lifestyle change.
Running Update:
Yesterday I went running with the hubs. We did walking/jogging intervals of 4/2. I had thought that the 2 minutes of jogging would kill me, but in reality it wasn’t too bad. The first interval was a bit difficult because he kept making me laugh. As I’m sure you are aware, laughing and running do not mix for a first timer. Long story short…I was setting the pace for the run/jog portion and I was going a bit slower than his normal speed. Therefore, he decided to do like a slow motion run. It was kind of like those scenes in Baywatch where they are running on the beach and the editors slow down the frame rate for effect. I kept laughing because he looked a bit ridiculous and he’s kind of funny. He looked at me and was like, “What? You didn’t say that I had to have the same form as you just the same pace.” What a goof. :-)
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