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HAPPY HALLOWEEN. There, I said it like everyone else is, but mine is slightly more yelly. I ate a shitload of candy even though I had been eating healthier and doing well the past month. I fit comfortably in my size 5 pants yesterday (can't wait til they are loose) The candy is hidden now. I don't feel one bit guilty cuz I knew what I was getting into beforehand! I thought, "I'll let myself indulge. It's Hallowe'en, and I'll be jealous of all the little kiddies if I don't." SO, anyway, even though I physically feel like crap I'm positive now. BTW only FIVE kids came to my house to trick or treat, the doorbell rang 2 times ! That's like 1/4 of the kids that came last year. 

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I found out a couple weeks ago that my cat has chronic renal failure (kidneys) I knew there was something wrong before because she didn't eat as much, she was skinny and quite a bit lighter than before. So now I have to use a syringe on her twice a day so she isn't dehydrated... How long cats survive with this problem, it varies, but I read it could be up to a couple or few years. 

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I remember like a month ago seeing in the news the twins Tatiana and Krista Hogan who are joined at the head and live in British Columbia, Canada. (My dad is visiting family there right now) I had read that the mother could have had an abortion early on, a couple or few weeks from the start of pregnancy and knowing that these kids would have difficult lives in a lot of ways, (no real privacy with boyfriends/friends, walking around and getting exercise would be extremely difficult or impossible, always being in an awkward position that could strain their necks, extreme risk if doctors tried to separate) I actually felt really angry with this mother. I thought she just wanted her *fame* because her kids would be so *different*. I couldn't believe that she didn't take the chance to abort at such an early stage. What I didn't realize until dad called me 15 minutes ago is that I am related to these little girls. Dad told me that I am apparently their cousin. I still don't know what to think about the situation. They are happy babies now and interact with people but I hope they aren't depressed later on in life, I hope they can somehow cope well with some of the extreme limitations they will have. The first thing my dad said over the phone is: "Oh I visited the twins" I said "what twins?" he tells me "the ones joined at the head, the little girls" I asked "HOW, and where?" He says "Don't you know? You're related to them, my sister was interviewed and other family" I'm really interested now to see the girls because my dad has seen them interacting for real and he says they seem happy. When one smiles the other one does too, when one girl is tickled the other one jumps. When one cried, a soother in the mouth of the other settled both. As the legs were tickled of one of the girls, the other girls' legs responded. One of the main worries of the doctors  about keeping the two together is Tatiana developing high blood pressure from filtering most of the blood through both girls.  

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Ok so I obviously will fail my goal of reaching 121 in 5 days XD haha but I've still lost an average of probably 0.8 to 1 pound a week since I started which is still progress, and I'll try to see if I can be 126-point-something by June 12th , even if it's 126.8, that would be good! 

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Two good things happened today. I'm down to 127.8lbs and I don't remember the last time I saw a number that low on the scale :p As well, there was a power outage at my school and so I didn't have to do my english presentation in the afternoon (if I was there I'd be presenting in about 15 minutes) I dont think I can present tomorrow either because theres a grad picnic during my english period! SO i'm HOPING my teacher will have to let me do it at lunch only in front of him and not him plus 16 other students lol. Also, my math teacher said that he just thinks it would be good to get our last test over with this week and since we didn't have a lot of time to learn it well, we're just having an open book test ! So 3 good things, plus my boyfriend is coming to stay for a couple months , he'll be arriving in 5 days! I haven't seen him since September 2nd lol I'M HAPPY!

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I've been lucky during the entire year--- I haven't gotten sick.. er well sick enough to miss school. Yesterday I got a cold, a really annoying one, but I thought "Well I'm not in pain, so i'm going to school tomorrow" I went to school and during lunch time I got my period! wooo.  I didn't have midol or pads and I started to feel very weak and grumpy and hurty! It wouldn't have been so bad without the cold. There IS one good thing about my situation: I'm not thinking about food and I know I won't go over my calories!


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I'm in the 120s! 129.2 which means I now have a healthy BMI of 23.6! *dances* Though when I get to 125 I'll be really happy because I haven't been at that weight in at least 2.5 years ^_^ 

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Okay so from yesterday to today I've lost a pound. I worked out my arms a lot and my abs, and went over calories (which I'm fine with if I don't go over 1500) I didn't quite expect this the way things were going. weeooooo =) Now my BMI is 24 and I'm 0.1 away from NOT being "slightly overweight".

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I ate less yesterday to make up for the day before and worked out a lot, doing crunches and using dumbbells. I think I'm gaining weight partially because I'm starting to gain a bit of muscle? I might just make a ticker thing that shows how many inches I've lost with the weight chart and we'll see if something good is really happening. 

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I know I should just forget about it lol but I went over calories yesterday and not just by a bit... and I didn't exercise either :p It's still bothering me though! Cuz it's only been 12 days since I started this.  I suppose it's ok to have a day like that once every couple weeks. I'll try not to again til next month! 

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