<![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food! - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food! - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> "Is it masochistic to watch a weight-loss show while working out? Sadistic? Just ooky?"

I eat while I watch my fat people. Chips or cake or chocolate. Mmmmm. (I also eat during America's Next Top Model, but not really during any other shows.) The gum thing is ridiculous. I keep expecting Jillian to say "have a bit of dust" next, what with all other bad food advice. (And if you don't know the Fat Fighters references, for shame! Check Youtube.)

lbeth

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> The problem with chewing gum as a substitute for food: When you put something sweet in your mouth, whether it's real sugar or fake sugar, it sends signals to your brain that you're hungry. It's great for about five minutes, then you just get really hungry.

The best thing is a hard-boiled egg. Doesn't give you minty fresh breath, but proteins make you feel fuller.

meli

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> ARGHHH!!! I saw this ad last night! Stabby!!! I knew we'd all get a chance to talk some satisfying shit about it soon.

Tiny-Moves

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Sure, I'll "snack" on gum all day, but guess what? Then I eat a bag of chips the second I walk in the door at night. NOT a good strategy.
I worked with a client (I'm a nutritionist) who proudly proclaimed she eats 1300 calories a day. I kept telling her that's really low... THEN it came out that she was able to white knuckle it for 4 days but she consistently binged on the 5th. OH! Well then it all made sense. If you are hungry EAT!

denises_24

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> This is all so ridic. It's like saying toothpaste is a snack.

Those 100 calorie things don't work for me. I just eat more than one cuz they're so tiny. Might as well just eat some oatmeal or a salad or something.

Bathsheba

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I think they're marketing the projectile diarrhea-inducing substance in sugar-gree gum, not unlike alli.

wring

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> chewing gum makes you hungry because your stomach automatically produces enzymes when you start chewing them when it gets no food it starts eating itself - science here is a little didgy but there is some truth somewhere

nothanks

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> My Mom, a true Southern lady of the type that always matches her shoes to her purse and does not put gas in her car, because "ladies do not do that" also decreed that "ladies do not chew gum in public." So when my sister and I got to chew gum, my mom split one piece between the two of us. And if she could tell we were chewing it, we had to get rid of it.

flyoverstate

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @nothanks: omg right there with you, the sound goes right through me. it's especially great when they do it in a quiet place like the library or where you're basically trapped like the subway or an airplane :/

LahFawnDuh

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @bigleggedwoman: That's totally where I got my first one, at the carnival, at the Houston Rodeo. That's the preferable way of eating fat-fried fat -- at the rodeo.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @LookMaNoConscience: "15 reverse sit-ups and 20 leg lifts (each side) before I open the fridge"

. . . and cut your energy bills by half!

LipstickLibrarian

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: Right, plus it makes you feel like you're at the county fair or something, huh? That's gotta be good.

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @thatsrealbutter: Drunkorexia?

Private Hangnail

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: I love Black Eyed Pea. Especially around 5:30 with all the blue-hairs. They are a friendly bunch and BEP rolls are heaven.

RosyCheeks

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> LKate, a 32-year-old advertising executive, chews an entire 18-piece pack of Extra a day to avoid snacking. Other women interviewed for the piece swear by Diet Coke, Starbucks, Tasti-D, and those apocalyptic 100-calorie snack packs as weight loss helpers.

That's not dieting, that's disordered eating.

ceejeemcbeegee

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @mccauller: lie on your back, point your toes, and lift both legs all the way into the air. Lower them without letting your heels touch the floor, and repeat. Hurts like a bitch, but it works.

LookMaNoConscience

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @bigleggedwoman: It usually comes on a stick. See, EVERYTHING tastes better when you deep fry it and put it on a stick -- 'tis the Texas way.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @CaptainHangNail: please explain how 3/4 of a pitcher of strawberry margs= paper

thatsrealbutter

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: Do tell: does one use a knife and fork when eating this morsel? Or one's fingers?

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: Love that "your stomach is all "yay food" and then nothing comes down..."!

Sounds like one of my damned dreams for pete's sake.

I am so impressionable that when I read this I just reached for my gum. Hope you fucking dykes don't write about meth today!

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Ok I totally watch biggest loser while I'm at the gym. I too can't decide if its icky and weird that i use it as some sort of sick motivation, like if I'm not careful i might end up being sent to the "campus" so Jillian can swear at me until I cry while vomiting after running at 14 mph on the treadmill.

that aside Gum is totally terrible for you. The calories are empty because you're not actual gaining any sort of nutrients or calming your hunger. in fact gum makes you salivate which causes your stomach to contract in expectation of impending food consumption. plus all that repeated chewing and salivating forces air into your stomach which makes you fartier than my boyfriend after a bean burrito.

sillylittlelawgirl

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @tscheese: I would like the same, but a white please. With a straw.

badmutha

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> This reminds me of an interview by Janet Jackson after she'd lost a butt-load of weight. She stated she eats 6 small meals a day. It turns out most of those meals were those diet shake drinks. It ain't a meal if you cannot eat it, and gum ain't a snack if you cannot eat it.

jusgorjus

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Whatevs. I'm so strict about my diet that I just lick the gum stick and then throw the rest away.

AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: Oh, SURE. Give ME the Hot Carl stigma.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I want a snack now. And by snack, I mean an entire bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon.

Is this day over yet?

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @LipstickLibrarian: i need you now more than ever.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Ptarmigan: Actually, jenndavo went there first. I must give her credit where credit is due.

@jenndavo: Oh, you men are all alike. Seven or eight quick ones and you're off to the boys to boast and brag. You'd BETTER KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT! Oh! I think I love him.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @What's_Your_Poison: *yearning. I can haz typing lessons nao?

What's_Your_Poison

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: Does this skirt make my ass look humiliated?

LipstickLibrarian

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenalicious: Time to comment? Time to read.

LipstickLibrarian

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: She isn't dead, la la la, I can't hear you, I'm busy watching Young Frankenstein ...

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @LipstickLibrarian: see??? Dudes love a girl with a nice, hot oral....uh...fixation.

Sorry, got caught up in the moment. Not sure if I'm yerning for gum or blow jobs but that's the joy of oral fixation! Where the eff did I leave my tootsie rolls....

What's_Your_Poison

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: No you did not just pull out the Hot Carl? Yes you did. Oh snap.

Ptarmigan

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @LookMaNoConscience: So, reverse crunches as in, where you lie on your tumtum and bend backwards/up from the waist (so as to eliminate muffin top), or where you lie on your back with your legs in the air and lower them?

I NEED TO KNOW.

(Also, I'm trying to lose 20 lbs and dude, your pre-fridge workout sounds brilliant - I've already got the leafy stuff covered! Oh, and another one is "no beer." I mean, duh, but sometimes* one only has enough cash for a forty!)

*Most of the time.

hellodarling!

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> "That said, I will give up diet coke when they pry it out of my cold, dead hands."

Holla.

I also like gum. And chocolate. And grilled cheese sandwiches. And...

PhDork

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: I could make the obvious comment that MK is dead and therefore out of harm's way. But I like to pretend that isn't true. My poor, poor darling.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @katastic is children are tools of the PATRIARCHY.: I learned this firsthand when I complained to my adorable doctor about the stabbing pains in my head.

I copped to a heavy Bubblemint Orbit habit, and he said, "I'm the same way. That oral fixation is a tough one to beat."

Then, swear to gawd, he winked.

LipstickLibrarian

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @LipstickLibrarian: im watching you.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: Nooooo! Alright, then, it's a hostage standoff. You let Dame Helen go and maybe, juuuuust maybe, we'll let Madeleine Kahn escape unharmed.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> MISERABLE FUCKER!! ARRRRGGGH!!! Sorry - not you. Just a litle rage bubbling to the surface. Had to let that out. I seriously just made an appointment with my dentist. Thanks again! Now, I'm gonna go find that punk and kill him all over again...

Iconocleft

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: I'm besmirching Helen Mirren right now! You'd better come out and pound me!

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @What's_Your_Poison: With Tootsie Rolls, everybody wins!

mllej

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @tscheese: Okay, so every single one of your comments has cracked my shit up. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

Also, I highly recommend going back and reading the "Annals of Anorexia" post because omg, I'm literally convulsing with silent laughter at them. Wooo Friday!

hellodarling!

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BAngieB: Come sit by me. Right here.

Closer . . .

LipstickLibrarian

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> ok, this has probably been said, but there are way toooo many comments to read on this one..

a) calling gum a "snack" is a stupid anorexic thing to say.
b) however.. chewing gum can defffinitely stop you from overeating just because you're bored. people that are seriously obese are not just eating because they're hungry all the time. if you have an addiction to food, chewing gum can give you something else to do with your mouth.

jenalicious

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Iconocleft: It's best to go to your dentist about it and have him or her do an x-ray. My x-ray was fine but he noticed lots of knots and swelling around the joint due to tension. But that fucker might have knocked your jaw out of wack without you noticing. Don't panic though. There are lots of ways to treat it, all of which are non-invasive.

Algren

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> not to hate on the gum chewers, but I find nothing makes people look stupider than chewing gum. I don't mean at sporting events, or when you're among friends or in your car, trying to get rid of burger breath. (Or booze breath.)

But people in a business setting who sit at their desks and chew away -- and especially people who talk to you with gum in their mouths. It's an automatic smartness-demotion.

brendastarlet is on it

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> thanks to the "gum rots your tummy" jezebel post, I FINALLY concluded that my pack-a-day orbitz habit was causing my daily stomach cramps. Now I'm [almost] gum free but newly addicted to tootsie rolls. Sigh. Girls with oral fixations just can't win. Lucky for Mr. Poison, their husbands can *wink*

What's_Your_Poison

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @SheLaughs: no no, thats what the unfrozen twinkies are for! ice isnt very absorbent you know...

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Algren: Gawd! Hadn't had much trouble with the jaw lately and had written the whole thing off. Now that I think of it, I did get my first migraine not too long after the Incident. I think I will get it checked out. Thanks for that!

Iconocleft

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @DorothyZbornak: is it worst when you wake up? I occasionally have this condition where I wake up, open my mouth and can't get it open all the way. Then when I do get it opened wide, the jaw gives a pop! right in my left ear.

My dentist says it's stress (no surprise, since I'm facing a major deadline in a couple of weeks.) She only recommended ibuprofen, and the usual stress relievers like deep breathing. It is irritating, but I have found that when I get a good night's sleep and/or can relax during the day, it doesn't happen.

brendastarlet is on it

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: Meee-ow.

mllej

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @LookMaNoConscience:
Brava! That is some hardcore shit just to open the dang fridge. I used to do squats while brushing my teeth till I damn near choked and killed myself. Now I do the eeeevil ballerina leg extension for my glutes while brushing.

mllej

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: Oh, THAT'S right. Maybe I was thinking of the time Bette Davis and Jimmy Stewart spent the weekend tag-teaming a cabana boy in Cabo ... there were more than a few "carls" involved.
@rednrowdy: I love the BEP -- they never skimp on the butter.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BAngieB: Chewing gum is really fun on Mushrooms.

Algren

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: Was she using it for a tampon?

SheLaughs

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> 5 calories? Wouldn't you burn it just by chewing it? How does that make it a snack? I don't understand.

pantycrickets

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @lisas: So you HAVE chewed gum on weeeeeed.

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Iconocleft: You really should have it looked at if it's still bothering you. Jaw problems can lead to terrible headaches (not to mention terrrible BJs).

Algren

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @petuniacat: I haven't. But that's mostly because I moved since it started and I don't have a regular dentist. But I really think I need to get it checked out. I clench my teeth a lot, so that probably has a lot to do with it.

DorothyZbornak

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @lisas: i deal with munchies by chewing AND swallowing chips, cereal, flan, jello and bread with nutella. much more satisfying.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I chew gum to deal with munchies after smoking a nice bowl.

lisas

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I just recently decided to lose 30 pounds and the first thing i did was throw out all the gum I had around the house, because the price I pay for minty fresh breath is a strange and insatiable craving for carbs. Fuck you, gum!

LMNC's weight-loss plan, in case you were wondering:
* Lots of lean meat and fish
* Green stuff at every meal
* 15 reverse sit-ups and 20 leg lifts (each side) before I open the fridge
* Not drinking more than half a bottle of wine per night
* Lots and lots and lots of cigarettes

LookMaNoConscience

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I'll defend the gum thing a little bit. I realized about a year ago that sometimes I was snacking when I wasn't really hungry, I just sorta wanted to taste something. Gum is great for this but at the same time, no, not a snack. The whole point is you don't really want a snack, just flavor.

At the same time, I prefer mints for this purpose because I hate when people smack gum and don't want to be guilty myself.

lumenatrix

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @mllej: They are so muscular. He is tight. Tight like a tiger.

@jenndavo: I heard it was a Filthy Sanchez. Ernest Borgnine gave him the Hot Carl.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @I, SBJ, A Fucking Dyke: Totally gives you the shits. Or nasty seat lifting gas.

badmutha

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BAngieB: is it hot in here? man, all of a sudden.. woof.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Years ago, some DUDE caught me in the jaw and for years afterward my jaw would click whenever I opened it too wide or chewed gum. Oh, no worries - I totally killed that guy.

Iconocleft

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @spectatertot: Because they just can't get the dessert right.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> first of all, i hated 'the biggest loser' before it went on the air and reading this article in time magazine just solidified my hate. i understand the inspiration that it gives people to lose weight, but the truth is frankly far more harsh and a little messed up than the "you can do it too" message.

that said, i'm on ww and have lost 16 pounds - the scale hasn't budged in 3 weeks (i'm doing ww online) and i'm ready to cut out an internal organ if necessary to get the scale to budge just two pounds. okay, not really, but c'mon scale! grrrr.

@jenndavo: i used to work at the black eyed pea. mmmmm, whole wheat rolls with butter fresh out of the oven. damn, now i'm hungry. i had better start chewing more 'orbit' gum.

rednrowdy

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> man i've been waaaaaaaaiting for this to get posted since I saw the commerical a couple weeks ago. Now that I'm the one millionth commenter, I'm sure I have nothing new to add. But....WTF? I'm chewing gum right now and it is not for a snack it is to get rid of my tuna sandwich breath. If I'm fucking starving with no food at my desk, I will pop a piece of gum b/c at least my jaw is moving and I pretend that I'm tricking my brain into thinking I'm eating. Gum is not a fucking snack and this commercial pissed me off more than anything I've seen in a long time.

frecklefacefreak

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> at least they're pushing it as a "snack" and not a meal? which, by the way, how come no one's actually come out with a three course meal flavored gum?

+ Watch video

spectatertot

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Colleen07: I'm sorry. I can't spell. Apparently my brain already thinks it's the weekend.

Colleen07

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: I don't think so. It was an episode of 30 Rock where Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan were acting out a scene in the men's room only to be interrupted by Brendon Frasier targeting Alec because he drank too much Guiness.

badmutha

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Didn't we determine recently that most gums contained sorbitol, which gives you the shits?

SBJ

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @DorothyZbornak: Dunno - have you asked your dentist about it? I've never had a problem with popping and locking (hee hee) - but I'll bet the dentist/orthodontist would be able to help figure it out. My regular doctor wasn't any help for it - all he could suggest was advil & heating pads.

petuniacat

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @mccauller: I love "son" because it's both endearing and threatening. It's like when your dad chews you out for missing cerfew -- he loves you, but he's about to kick your ass.

@Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: I've had to close my office door so no one can hear me laugh. Why is it so fun to degrade dignified celebrities? Why? Oh, and did you hear about the time Gregory Peck gave Richard Burton a Hot Carl?

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> If you chew enough sugar-free gum, you'll have miserable gass and won't want toe eat anything for the rest of the day. Not a weight-loss tactic I would recommend to anyone.

Colleen07

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Algren: Yeah, when I concentrate, I tend to clench my teeth, which makes it much worse. The slight adjustment to my teeth has really helped relieve the pressure - because of the way my teeth were before, my top & bottom molars didn't align quite right, either.

petuniacat

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: You are certainly spending a lot of time wondering about my pretty, pretty mouth...

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @mllej: well there goes your social life.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BAngieB: most certainly, my darling, most certainly. but i never thought such icky words would come out of such a pretty, pretty mouth.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @nadarine: They're only tiny fangs. Just a few inches or so.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @petuniacat: OK, I kind of think I have that. I have lots of popping on one of my jaws and for a while, my jaw would hurt and lock up a lot. It's gotten a bit better recently, but I've also pretty much stopped chewing gum (which always seemed to make it worse). Does that sound like TMJ to you?

DorothyZbornak

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: Mmmm, perfectly fucking acceptable excuse. Carry on!

mllej

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: No, Alec Guiness pissed on Miss America. Spencer Tracy pissed on Miss Golden Globes. But in his defense, he was getting a bit aged and she was wearing a dress the color of a urinal cake.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: One of my favorite things I love about being from Texas is when people end sentences in ", son." Thanks for making my 5-calorie snack (in Orbit form! Shiny white teeth is another bonus effect!) shoot out of my mouth and onto my keyboard during my giggling.

hellodarling!

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: Surely you know that I am not well-versed in the Ways of the Ween.

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @petuniacat: Yeah, my dentist gave me some pain meds and a list of exercises for it. I finally realized that it was from the way I hold my jaw when I'm writing. Dissertations have a way of fucking up one's body, as I'm sure you know.

Algren

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> The only thing i do more than diet is chew gum. I love gum. I buy 2 three packs every two weeks. But gum, while good for staving off unnecessary snacking (aka "bored eating"), is BY NO FUCKING MEANS A FUCKING SNACK YOU FUCKING MORONS! Most gums have between 3 and 5 calories! Ugh!!!

LaComtesse

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Rhody: It's not just a weird Rhody thing. I cringe when I know someone's chewing gum even before I lay eyes on them. Hearing the smacking that some people (my fucking boss, included) do when chewing gum makes me positively homicidal. When exactly did chewing with your mouth open become not rude?

AmazonRedheadedUberVixen

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @AlmostZooey:
Ms. Stoeger, my plastic surgeon doesn't want me doing any activity where balls fly at my nose.

mllej

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Jerseylicious: Makes my stomach growl. Must be all the air you take in while chewing.

NoFrillsLabelWhore

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @AlmostZooey: Nope. I still can't appreciate that movie. You can't make me like it. I won't! I won't!

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BAngieB: You can only use that excuse once!

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I chew gum sometimes while trying to convince myself that its some kind of substitute for real food but then it loses its flavor and I realize I'm still hungry and then I want to eat even more.

The product placement on Biggest Loser (which I too watch while working out sometimes) is so blatant it has become funny to me. Like yes, out of nowhere, lets cook with PAM! Its so bizarre to me that they promote health on the one hand and shill highly processed foods on the other.

BoredPhDiva

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Algren: TMJ = Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle.

I have issues with my front top teeth being too close to my bottom front teeth, resulting in jaw pressure & pain that's exacerbated by chewing gum. Fortunately, my orthodontist has been able to correct it a great deal with a spring retainer on my top front teeth (he could have put braces on me, but those teeth are the only ones that needed corrected, and the retainer is $300, compared to well over $1,000 for braces).

Dunno why I felt the need to share so much about my teeth...oh well.

petuniacat

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> If Extra is a snack Bubblicious (weighing in at 25 calories) must be Thanksgiving

Blujai

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: Whatevs, Alec Guiness totes invented that move. Or is he the once who pissed on Miss Golden Globe?
@CaptainHangNail: Okay, but start eating again when suits of armor start looking attractive.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: I love you, even though you said "fangs". shudder.

nadarine

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: I faintly remember that. I thought that was determined a microphone malfunction though?

Ptarmigan

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: "I would just like to say that the physical education in this school is a disgrace. I mean, standing in line for forty minutes is hardly aerobically effective. I doubt I've worked off the calories in a stick of Carefree gum."

AlmostZooey

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: She stole that old trick from Katherine Hepburn. Everyone knows that.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: I'm hoping to be able to see my spinal column from my abdomen! Fingers crossed!

@evier: Hey, no pain, no gain.

Private Hangnail

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Ptarmigan: Once, instead of giving an acceptance speech, Dame Judi just farted into a microphone. True story!

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I've been chewing A TON of gum for the past few months because I've quit smoking (nicotine gum -- it really does work). The problem is that between the gum and my diet coke addiction I've been having symptoms that seem to resemble hypoglycemia. I just can't win!

Algren

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Algren: lock jaw?

Ptarmigan

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @mllej: I got distracted by baseball. Specifically the Titan thighs of Alex Rodriguez. Apologies!

@jenndavo: Hahahahahahahahaha! Oh, if it were true...I would love her all the more.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Algren: I wonder if that's what I have. Sometimes my jaw kind of locks and I have to close it again before I can really open my mouth. Hmmm.

katekate is squared

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: NOT THAT I WOULD KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BowlingForDollars: fruit. Tomatoes are fruit, so ketchup is too, right?

funnyface

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: This is true, but she also usually adds a "Peace bitches!" as well.

Ptarmigan

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: I for get what it stand for but it's when your jaw locks. I've had it before. For some it's just the way their jaw has been made. For others, it's fron tension in the jaw. It hurts.

Algren

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Thanks so much Jezebel for covering this commercial. After I saw it, I sat in silence for about 10 full seconds with my jaw hanging and then proceeded to scream " GUM IS NOT A SNACK YOU SADISTS!!!" Ugh just ugh. And yes all chocolate/pastries should be eaten frozen.

OMG_WTF

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @blondegrlz: I just bought some last weekend... Thin Mints and Tagalongs. And from actual Girl Scouts no less!!!

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BAngieB: Goodness Gracious!

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @SkipToMyLou: I chew gum while I run to keep my mouth from getting dry.

Le Kangourou de Kataroo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: Meryl cried the first time. Now she just grabs the mic from the presenter, yells "Thanks, fuckers. STREEP OUT!" and walks offstage.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist:
I am still waiting for the strongly-worded diatribe you promied in MagHag yesterday. :( I was looking forward to it.

mllej

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BAngieB: hee

SpicyTamale is a GA peach

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> The only thing that works for me is Dexatrim, Red Bull, and lemons.....and anything with high fructose corn syrup.

Ptarmigan

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Is it possible that the bottles of diet Coke I've been drinking for the past 20 years has MADE me hypoglycemic?

Algren

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @SkipToMyLou: I'd be fucking terrified to eat frozen M&Ms, for fear I'd break my teeth. I have teeth/dentist phobia.

katekate is squared

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @blondegrlz: "that thing in my jaw" is not tmj....
;)

Muffyn

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @lucyjae: chocolate gum is beyond nasty.
but I love some Coldstone.

SpicyTamale is a GA peach

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> We all know swallowed gum just accumulates in your stomach until you need to have that 5lb ball of gum removed...so dieters beware- you may actually be gaining gum weight if you swallow!

dancingcupcake

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @SibylDorset: You're not alone! I chew gum after just about every meal, and let me tell you, my teeths are sparkling!

katekate is squared

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @nadarine: They don't need eyes where they live. Just fangs.

@jenndavo: Would Meryl shed tears? Would Dame Judi?

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I watched Biggest Loser on Tuesday and they were chewing gum on the treadmill!!! Am I the only one who would inhale and then choke on my gum if I chewed while running?

In any case, gum is gross. It's saliva-generating, noisy and basically chewing food with your mouth open. Frozen M+Ms on the other hand are a thing of beauty and joy forever.

I seriously love Biggest Loser, without any irony.

Ok, with some irony.

SkipToMyLou

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Not a snack, but uberminty gum helps keep me from eating the entire fucking kitchen while I'm cooking. 'Course then I need wine to get rid of the gum taste when I sit down to eat.

mllej

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BicSharpie: How many calories is that?

mightymouth

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BAngieB: VULGAR.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @JessicaLovejoy: Backstairsly: ooh me next.
I freeze all chocolate. Kit kay frozen? Damn snippy.
frozen reese's cups? Ohhhh yeah.
and of course frozen Thin Mint cookies.

SpicyTamale is a GA peach

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Here's how to determine whether it's a snack, do you spit or swallow?

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: a squishy, evil guardian angel. With beady eyes, I can only assume.

Though if I can eat a big-ass plate of crab rangoons and then just wave the calories on over to the tapeworm, hell, I just might be ok with being known as Intestinal Parasite Girl.

nadarine

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> yeah, I just had chocolate cookie dough ice cream from coldstone. gum would not be an effective snacking deterant for me. unless they have chocolate gum, do they?

lucyjae

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @CaptainHangNail: But eating paper makes you constipated!

At least that's what my mommy told me.

evier

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: Remember to hug the loser before you take the crown and rose bouquet from the judges. And don't be afraid to shed a few tears!

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BowlingForDollars: Yes, yes it is. My I still prefer chocolate syrup.

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BowlingForDollars: no, it's a fruit!

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @NefariousNewt: I drink so much water I'm practically floating right now. It's what I switched to when I gave up Diet Coke. Nothing really helps besides FOOD and all my delicious girl scout cookies are at home on my counter. I'll see you soon my lovelies!

BlondeGrlz is having a BlondeBoyz!

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I'll be the lone gum-supporter. I chew a stick every afternoon at work to avoid trips to the vending machine due to "bordeom hunger" instead of real hunger. And it keeps me from biting my nails. But I don't call it a snack. I call it a distraction.

SibylDorset

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BicSharpie: I actually just found a piece of lettuce behind my hindmost molar and I'm kind of chawing on that. It's the tiny snack the smiles back.

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @JessicaLovejoy: Backstairsly: Woo-hoo! Saucy Sapphic hijinx!

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist:

Dear Comments,

I hate you. You've made me look like a fool. FOOL! I am currently drafting the terms of your dismissal.

Sincerely,

Lady Skittlehattington

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @nothanks: You too! Join my anti-gum vigilante squad! And we will change the world!

tell Dolly Parton again

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BAngieB: Yeah.

katekate is squared

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: It's a thing in your jaw: [en.wikipedia.org]

Mine used to lock up so I could only open my mouth about half an inch. Very inconvenient for blow jobs.

BlondeGrlz is having a BlondeBoyz!

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: That is pure AWESOMENESS! Please, we need the whole story. Make it up if you have to.
And it's not "eating" gum, it's "chewing" gum, hence it's not a snack because snacks must be EATEN. How's that infallible math?

CristinaS

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: Tell everyone. NO! Don't tell anyone. I need to go find a dress and practice my "surprised but humble" face.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Rhody: YES oh my god Rhody be my friend, and we can go around as gum vigilantes and finally make people realize "Wow, I really DO look like a cow sitting here chewing on nothing!"

It's like a disease with me. Every year I vow to get over my gum phobia and every year I fail.

tell Dolly Parton again

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Is ketchup a vegetable?

BowlingForDollars

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> This is just giving ideas to people with eating disorders. Clearly the editors are struggling themselves. I can't believe this.

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> For some reason, chewing gum always makes me hungry, so I don't think this method would really help me. Also, I HATE being around people chewing gum. Mouth sounds are so incredibly gross to me, and people seem to be incapable of chewing gum quietly. Yesterday morning there was a woman on the metro AT THE OTHER END OF THE CAR chomping away so loudly it was making me twitch. So gross.

Jerseylicious

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I used to rely on gum when i was anorexic cause i needed to have something in my mouth to be able to ignore the pain of hunger. wow, that's depressing.

and probably related, i often feel like i can ONLY watch shows liek "biggest loser" or if oprah's having a weight loss show, when i'm working out. otherwise I feel guilty. Yeah those two things are totally related. I apparently still have some issues

thecameralovesyou

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: Hahahahahahahaha...tell everyone! No, wait. Don't tell anyone. I need to prepare my surprised face.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @rocknrollunicorn: i think they are just known as stupid since that wont make the hunger cravings go away.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: I'll chocolate sauce you.

(No, seriously.)

Jessica Hussein Lovejoy: BRB, getting Rahm'ed

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Sure-fire way to get stabbed: Tell someone to snack on gum. And by someone, I mean me.

violetbeauregarde

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @BAngieB: The vulgarity around these parts is quite out of control.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @petuniacat: I think people who use chewing gum to make hunger cravings go away might also be known as borderline anorexic. But I'm not sure.

rocknrollunicorn

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Re: the Allure article: I hate that any artificial, chemical-based food is considered a weight-loss aid. Soda is recognized as one of the leading causes of the childhood obesity epidemic in the U.S., and diet soda is just as bad for you (some studies say worse) than regular soda. Plus, eating crap leads to cravings for other crap. Fruit, nuts, low-fat cheese, hummus, etc. are filling snacks that will actually help you lose weight.

KittenFluff

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I'm pretty sure I'm going to die from gum poisoning. If there's not such a thing yet, there will be and it will be discovered upon my death. I started the gum chewing thing to avoid eating food a couple of years ago when i decided it would be a good idea to be anorexic. I think I was up to a piece every 15 minutes or so. I'm now back on food, but the gum addiction is still there. I'm down to a half a pack a day. And it give me killer gas. But at least I'm plaque free!

OhhYeah

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @blondegrlz: what's TMJ?

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I feel like such a heifer. I had two bowls of Special K, 3 pieces of turkey bacon, a handful of popcorn, 5 peanut butter M&M's and like 3 pieces of licorice.

DorothyZbornak

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @nadarine: You have died of dysentary, lose 3 days.

tetragami

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Who snacks on gum? Is this the same gum I was told NOT to swallow in grade school?

Besides, I hate gum.

CreoleSugar

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @NefariousNewt: We don't have EMT stations in Texas, son. We just park the ambulances right next to the Black-Eyed Pea and WAIT.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @blondegrlz: Water helps with that. I drink quite a bit to kill hunger pangs. Of course then I'm always going to the toilet.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> Yeah, I've got your low calorie snack..right here.

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @HardHeartedHannah: you owe me a coke!

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @nothanks:
My hubby is like you. I can't ever chew gum at home or around him ever. Not that big a deal to me, but he runs away from gum-chewers.

BrutallyHonestBabes

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @h_a_l: My doctor in high school actually prescribed gum-chewing for my TMJ. He said it would help, so I got to carry a note that said "Blondegrlz is permitted by her doctor and the administration to chew gum in class". It certainly didn't make me skinny.

BlondeGrlz is having a BlondeBoyz!

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @nadarine: But having a tapeworm is like having a little guardian angel living in your stomach, eating everything so you don't have to!

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I'm chewing on the top of a water bottle right now.

BicSharpie

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> God get me off of this planet

SharonTaint

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> It also makes your jaw muscles tight and over-tense, which can lead to speech issues and tension headaches.

Thanks, college Voice and Speech for the Stage classes!

katastic

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: "I had a mochaccino, 3 peanut butter m&ms... I feel like such a heifer!"

katekate is squared

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> @jenndavo: While standing next to an ambulance.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Chewing Gum: America's Newest Snack Food!]]> I