My name is Annah and I'm a sugarholic.

Yes, it's true. I am addicted to sugar! At least, that's all that's really sounded good all of the time lately. I try to have a nicely balanced diet. I eat what veggies I can and I eat meat when it sounds good or when I need the iron or something. The other food groups I don't have issues making myself eat, but I don't really crave them. Fruit I'm actually good with. It's sugar! Natural and healthy, but sugar all the same. But if it's cake, cookies, ice cream, Sonics Lemon-Berry slushes, or a nice and healthy nectarine, I'm all over that! I can't go a few hours without having more. WHY?!?! Here's what I've figured out (or have been telling myself):

- A lot of veggies give me heart burn or other not fun symptoms.
- Plain ol' carbs just aren't yummy to me.
- Let's just say hamburger meat hasn't been my friend for the last 7 months.
- I don't like spending the money on steak all of the time.
- I do like pork (especially pulled pork) but you can't eat that all the time either.
- Dairy makes me stuffy and I'd really like to avoid sinus issues right now, so besides my daily bowl of cereal (actually the healthy kinds), a couple of yogurts a week (sugar), a few Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches (sugar) a week, and cheese I stay away.
- I prefer having some sort of flavor and spiciness to my food, but that doesn't do good things for me right now. So, food without much of either is rather boring and gets old really fast. There are only so many ways to make chicken yummy without flavor or anything spicy.

As long as I don't eat too much sugar it doesn't hurt my tummy or give me heartburn. It's pretty much the only food group right now that doesn't give me grief and it tastes yummy. I'd like to tell myself that it's ok, but I know I'm going to regret it when it comes time to put away the maternity clothes and get back into the regular clothes. In the mean time, I'll just do what I can to keep satisfying my sugar cravings with fruit and find more creative ways to force down the other food groups.

*Yes, I know sugar isn't really its own food group, but it sure feels like one to me!