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Well kinda.  As you probably know from my previous post Vegetarian for 40 Days Josh and I have decided to go on a vegetarian adventure.  It has been going very well so far.  We have lost weight, gained energy, and feel over all healthier.  Since we have started this journey we have started reexamining our whole diet, not just the meat portion.  After watching documentaries such as Forks Over Knives and Food Inc. , along with doing online research we have decided to cut back on other things in our lives.  One of these things is processed sugars.  According to the FDA in 2000 the average American consumed 152 POUNDS of added sugar per year.  That's about 0.5 POUNDS per day.  Most of this added sugar comes from things like corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup (found in virtually every food you eat).  These man made sugars are hard for the body to break down and tend to be stored as fats.

So now for Step 1:  Try to eliminate the amount of added sugars as much as possible.

Stay tuned for Step 2...