Do you count?!?

I typically stay away from all "dressings"...however, i probably chew 100 calories a day in gum. No logging for me.

Don't log them. Cals vary enough with trying to choose the closest items sometimes - Not everything is exact, so I'm not going to worry about 10 - 50 cals here or there.

I figure you burn more than 5 calories chewing gum. Chewing in general actually.

That's why I don't log Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburgers. SOOOOO much chewing!

a calorie is a calorie. They do add up. I count them because I have food amnesia and I have to make sure I count everything to keep myself honest.

I log everything I eat or drink.

I count everything. I have set up most of my meals and logging them only takes seconds. If I am out dinning, I don't log until I get home. That way I don't offend my friends or partner. Habits become easy and I will never forget what gets me fat. Eating right isn't just for now but always. After so many months of logging you get a great picture of what is good or bad for your health.

I eat 6X a day and keep fit and full.

If it goes in my mouth, I log it.. I recognize that there is no way to be completely precise in the actual calories ingested but there is a principle behind the accountability of the log that keeps me honest - so small things are logged as well a major ones. I log cough drops and breath mints too.

One of the reasons I do is because I don't want to fall into the trap of mindlessly eating ever again. I can't imagine how many calories I ingested over the years with just a bit of this and just a taste of that, a few little candies every Sunday from the guy at church whose 'thing' is to hand out Werthers hard candies. A slurpee on a hot day, hot cocoa on a cold day - all of these never really 'counted' in my mind before. Now, with a very tight budget of calories, I spend them like a miser and even 4 calories for a stick of gum isn't always worth it.

I've only been on MFP for ten days, and I have been logging everything. I have discovered that I was totally clueless about calories! Right now, the more I log, the more I learn.
I feel good about myself when I meet my calorie goal, so to me, every calorie counts- even the ones in gum, honey mustard, water flavoring, etc.
Heck, I even log things like Diet Dr. Pepper that I know are calorie free.

I don't count it because I'm always under my calorie goal daily due to the amount of exercise I do daily.

No. I never logged gum, mints, vitamins, or spices. Heck, I stopped logging olive oil because let's face it.. I'm not consuming the entire serving size with my meal!

I feel like logging these things make it far too obsessive.

agree. gum...you burn off the calories chewing it if you chew it for enough time. if i'm sick im not going to count cough drops or tums...i think thats a bit ridiculous...