Sweet Tooth

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I've never had much of a sweet tooth and that is the absolute truth. I never have been a soda drinker and it was not uncommon for me not to finish my dessert, if I had any in the first place. So now that I'm pregnant and dreaming of digging into a banana split - all by myself - I'm shocked! 

It started a few weeks ago and I found myself eating a lot more chocolate than usual. Then I found myself wanting and thinking of all sorts of sweet things I never eat like ice cream, hard candies, licorice, juice, you name it. 

During my last visit to the doctor, she told me something I already knew: Don't eat too much sugar.  

Having heard it directly from her, it was time to cut back. But how much is too much? Is it okay to have a few squares of chocolate or a scoop of ice cream after dinner a few nights a week? Or is one dessert a week the limit? I go see the doctor tomorrow and I'm going to have to ask. Do fruits count as sugar? I think I could eat banana and raspberry soy milk smoothies all day. This is killing me! Why, when I've never cared about sugar before, is it the only thing I want yet can't have?