Love this!!!

I'm an engineering major... I like math, and doing simple division/multiplication/addition to count calories isn't exactly a stress for me. I also do my best not to step on cracks in the sidewalk, and I keep my closet and pens/highlighters all color-coded. I floss, a lot. And I maintain punctuation like this even when I'm texting.

Meticulous habits are just a part of who I am. It doesn't have anything to do with body image, I just always feel a need to be accurate. (I was that b---- in high school who would be like "ACTUALLY, the answer is 8.998, not 9.000, because the 4th digit to the decimal is only a 4, which isn't enough to round it up to a nine--at least not with four significant figures." :nono:

All the examples, because I appreciate your concern, but you don't need to worry. You know that scene from Harriet the Spy, where she's explaining to Ole Gully, "I want to remember everything. And I want to know everything."

That's like...my life.

pandadawn, precision is all well and good. But keep in mind that nutrition is not an exact science like engineering.

All the numbers you are working with are estimates and averages, so precision down to the exact calorie is meaningless. Calorie count for weight loss, basal metabolic rate from online calculators--none of these are individualized, and everyone is different.

So track your gum and mints and communion if you want, but don't think that doing so will make you any more (or less!) successful than those who don't. It's trends and consistency that are important.

Jay