chewing gum hard

that is, i am working the jaw, chewing gum hard, not to mean the chewing gum is hard (don't you just hate that?) to keep from eating more cuz i am crazy hungry tonight and i've eaten a lot already but i believe i still kept it under 1500 calories and maybe less so i should still be on track (did i mention i dropped below 190 again this week?) to drop the birthday week weight (jackson and i have birthdays in the same week and dine out a lot . . . party! . . . ya know?)... the gum just keeps coming as the pieces (eclipse) last only about fifteen minutes and i am still craving carbs because i've had so few this week and i am way overtired cuz it was a mad work week (yesterday was seventeen hours, at least) and recent developments have brought me much cause for both stress and celebration so it would be wise to get some serious sleep tonight (and it would be wise to clean the bedroom so i start sleeping in bed again cuz the back seems fine and the couch is way too soft and i haven't had an undisturbed night sleep in quite some time time being relative, of course)... so many reasons for the hard chew... a little too much mint though... peppermint...

sorbitol and manitol, yeah, alcohol sugars still have 5 calories per piece (along with some laxitive effect) so i'm probably heading for a hundred additional calories with the gum but if it quells the hunger and carb craving (which it isn't doing very well, actually, but i am trying to ignore that and hopefully sleep will come around soon)...

anyway, chew chew chew, and what are you up to? :)