My Braces are hurting me alot!
Until your teeth adjust to having the braces you will need to eat softer food. A few ideas would be.
1) Soup
2) Yogurt
3) Mashed Potatoes
4) Jello
5) Rice
6) Apple sauce
I could go on but you get the ides really any thing soft or that requires little chewing should be fine.. I would stay with using a cover the counter product since you said it does help.