Poll: Do you count calories for chewing gum?

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tbullucks06
tbullucks06 Posts: 128
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I don't. :smile:
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  • PokenStick
    PokenStick Posts: 204
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    no
  • Lisa0711
    Lisa0711 Posts: 1,405 Member
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    Me either.. I chew each piece for ever anyway, so I'm sure I'll burn those 5 calories back off... plus some. :wink:
  • MizzDoc
    MizzDoc Posts: 493 Member
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    Yes, I do. Usually 5 calories for my Eclipse gum.
  • godblessourhome
    godblessourhome Posts: 3,892 Member
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    yep. and cough drops too. :)
  • reinventingandrea
    reinventingandrea Posts: 323
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    I don't chew gum but if I did I probably wouldn't.
  • heathersmilez
    heathersmilez Posts: 2,579 Member
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    Yes, 4-5 cals + 1 carb per piece.

    The only thing I don't count is water. It artificially increases my sodium intake and to counter higher sodium levels you need to increase water consumption so its a vicious cycle + 0 cals, no need to log if it has 0 nutritional content
  • tbullucks06
    tbullucks06 Posts: 128
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    Me either.. I chew each piece for ever anyway, so I'm sure I'll burn those 5 calories back off... plus some. :wink:

    Never thought about that!
  • evandmegsmom
    evandmegsmom Posts: 88 Member
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    Nope. I figure I burn the 5-10 calories by chewing anyway. I just try not to chew more than 2 pieces a day.
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
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    I think it balances out considering you could burn the amount of calories in gum just by chewing it, so no, I don't count it.
  • briar_rose
    briar_rose Posts: 149 Member
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    no but I don't chew it very often either
  • eeeekie
    eeeekie Posts: 1,011 Member
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    Yea...and when I was sick I was doing Cough drops! I didn't know there was like 8 calories in each one. crazy!
  • donby
    donby Posts: 28 Member
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    no
  • evandmegsmom
    evandmegsmom Posts: 88 Member
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    ps...plus the carbs in gum are usually sugar alcohol, so nope.
  • Barelmy
    Barelmy Posts: 590 Member
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    I do so I can track my sugar properly.
  • catcrazy
    catcrazy Posts: 1,740 Member
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    If I think about it but I add 30 calories per day for tastes...so my 2 cals per gum would be covered

    "Tastes" are for when I taste the food I'm preparing...and i'm talking a taste, not a bite more a lick
  • 123456654321
    123456654321 Posts: 1,311 Member
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    I don't chew gum normally but I'm kind of crazy about logging things so who knows. The sane part of me would like to say no. I suppose it also depends on how much you chew on a daily basis too. If your chewing like 10 pieces of cum a day or something crazy like that, that's 50 cals.
  • amyrc12
    amyrc12 Posts: 183 Member
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    I do no log gum or cough drops. I figure I burn some of the calories chewing or coughing...
  • amarie35
    amarie35 Posts: 338 Member
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    I don't. You burn MORE calories chewing gum than gum actually has in it. According to http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/48463 you burn about 11 calories per hour chewing gum.
  • Barelmy
    Barelmy Posts: 590 Member
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    "Tastes" are for when I taste the food I'm preparing...and i'm talking a taste, not a bite more a lick

    I only taste what's left on the spoon after measuring, so it's already accounted for in the recipe. I cook for just me, so I end up eating the whole thing over a few days.
  • abyt42
    abyt42 Posts: 1,358 Member
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    Yes. And Dayquil. And Altoids.

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