150 cals of gum a day?

I'm addicted to gum too! I go through like a pack of it a day and I thought that was bad. I don't really like having that much artificial sweetner stuff in a day, but I feel like otherwise I would be eating nonstop. I've read that aspartame makes you crave other sweets though because it tricks your body into thinking you are getting sugar, but then you aren't actually getting any. That is why I am trying to cut back. Plus I chew obnoxiously and I'm sure I drive the people around me nuts

Chewing gum actually makes you bloated.
I used to chew 1-2 packs a day, I know it's hard to stop.
It's bad for you in excess, maybe trying cutting down for a while and see how you feel.

chewing gum is okay to help get that "sweet" in, but the bad thing is, chewing gum makes you take in air into your stomach causing you to bloat, and what you are doing by chewing so much is almost like someone smoking cigarettes so they don't eat. It's like OCD. You need to figure out why you are chewing (like when people eat ice) it's a sign of stress. You may want to start a diary, if you don't have time to write, use the record mode on your cell phone and just take some time while driving or at lunch and talk, let your mind work out some things, and maybe you'll feel more calm. You can also go talk to your pastor or a counselor. We have a tendency to be able to "handle" a lot, but our bodies end up telling us a different story! on the other side of things, artificial sweetners can make you feel bloated and crave foods because it gives your body a false trigger that it's taking in sugar and when it can't find it, it will make you hunt it down!