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Okay so I can’t tell you how excited I am.  We are getting a beautiful cat.  He’s a white Persian cat that my husband found on craigslist.  The lady who is giving them away is pregnant and her fiance is allergic.  They will be moving to Montreal in a few months, and I am very sad for her because you can see how sad she is about giving away her cats.  On one hand I am so thrilled to get her cat, but I feel like crying when I think about her having to leave her cat.

No weigh in today.  My cousin is leaving for Pakistan today, so she needed to borrow my scale.  I hope to get it back tonight so I will update tomorrow.

Other than that, all here is as it should be.

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Must come up! Or at least that is how it works for me.  Today’s weigh in 174.8 lbs. (up 2.8 lbs)

I know.. really bad.  I am quite upset, but at the same time I haven’t really done much about it. Its really quite bad what has happened over the last week

Monday - 172
Tuesday - 172.6
Wednesday - 173.6
Thursday - 174.8
Friday - 175.8
Satuday - 177.0
Sunday - 175.8
Monday - 174.8
Today - 174.8

I really don’t have any good excuses or reasons, just that I ate badly and didn’t exercise.  So back to the grind. I was expecting a drop today, but no such luck.  So I have to get in my workouts and eat better.  That is it.

There are multiple things causing me stress.. and as a result my skin is a BIG mess. Which creates more stress.  It’s just a vicious cycle.  At least it is still the week, and there are no said plans for this weekend.  Last weekend was one plan after the other. We went to 3 birthday parties!

Hope all is well on your side and that the servers continue to work.

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Weigh In - 172.0 lbs (-1.2 lbs since Friday)

Exercise - there was a lot of cleaning, and then some dancing on Saturday, not much yesterday.

So Friday, we were supposed to go to the movie, but when we went, they weren’t showing it anymore.  I had checked on Thursday and figured the same movies would be there on Friday.  But No.. the girls were okay, I thought they would be more upset.  I took them to the video store and we got the new Tinkerbell movie and got some popcorn.  The girls loved having a movie night at home, and we had some ice cream afterwards.

Saturday, Safiya was driving me crazy.  I was trying to clean up the house because DH was returning on Sunday after being gone for 16 days and I wanted the house to look good.  And Little Miss Mischief kept creating one disaster after another.. I got so upset, I got my sister to take both the girls and I ended up cleaning not only the upstairs but the basement too.. I was on a mission.

Then in the evening we all went to my cousin’s engagement party, which was so much fun.  The food was really good and I ate tilapia and vegetables.. skipped the rice but did have half of a creme brulee.. So good.  Followed by at least one hour of dancing.

Sunday we straightened up and went to pick of DH and then just hung out with him for the rest of the day.  It is so nice to have him back!

Today, Yumna has a PD day.. a day off school, and so we’re going to go with a cousin to a local farm.  It is so nice today.. 18 degrees Celcius!  I can’t bear to spend the whole day inside.. so we’ll meet up with her soon.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

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Weight - 173.2 (same)

Exercise - yesterday none.. today I did WATP

The cat hunt is still on.. I’ve been searching craigslist, but I am going to wait to until DH comes home on Sunday before picking up a cat.  Thanks for the tips.. I did the google search and learned a lot.

Last night I stayed at my Mom’s house overnight with the girls.  I had to come back home to pick up the stuff to get them ready for school the next day after they went to bed.   We came back this morning with my Dad, and he helped me fix the girls car seats, they were getting tight now that they were wearing winter jackets.

I’m happy this week is almost over.  Tonight I’m thinking of taking the girls to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, then tomorrow Safi has swimming lessons, and in the evening we have to go to an engagement party.  Sunday at 1:45pm DH comes home and I’m really looking forward to it!

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Weight - 173.2 lbs (+0.4lbs)

Exercise - Nothing, unless you consider eating a form of exercise.

I ate a lot yesterday. I actually was expecting a higher number.  Today I have not been a lot better.  Somewhat, only because I left all the cake, cookies and yummy assortment of tasty foods at my Mom’s house. I only brought back a little bit of lasagna and some soup.

Today I had a Subway sandwich for lunch and I just had a piece of leftover lasagna.  There was a granola bar, a glass of juice and some orange in there too.  It’s only 4:30 pm.  I should really work out today.

No update on the cat department.  I think I will wait for my husband to get back from Calgary to deal with that.

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It’s Safi’s second birthday today!  We’ve already started the damage at breakfast this morning.. I took her out for pancakes!  I’m thinking of getting Safi a cat for her birthday.  I thought it was a little bit far fetched when I first thought of it, but then I talked to my husband and he liked the idea.

So I’m on the hunt for a cute little cat.  Do any of you have cats? Any advice for a first time cat buyer?

This mornings weight - 172.8 lbs

Exercise - WATP 2 miles

I dread tomorrow’s weigh in.

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Today’s weight - 172.6 lbs.

Yesterday’s workout - 1 hour of yard work

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So the great news is that I’m 172.8 lbs today!  I lost 3.8 lbs this week!  I feel so good and not even the Halloween candy got me back up.  I was so active the last couple of days with lots of raking and cleaning of the front and backyard.  I did WATP yesterday morning before running my errands, and when I went for dinner I kept it relatively light.

The thing that shocks me is that I lost almost a whole pound between yesterday and today. (See yesterday’s post for pictures of the girls in their Halloween costumes).

Today I was out in the front yard again.. raking up the disaster that hits every night.. and then my neighbour came out to rake her lawn.  Apparently, her mother in law sent her out when she saw me raking.  I felt bad because she’s pregnant and she was doing a lot of work so I went to help her and mowed her small lawn for her too.  I don’t know why on earth her MIL just doesn’t mind her own business. Whatever, now both our yards look good.. hopefully the winds will be kind tonight and the yard waste guys can take away the leaves tomorrow morning.

Hope everyone is doing well.. I have to catch up with everyone still!

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I stayed the same - 173.6 lbs.   So that is good news.  I haven’t even seen what candies the girls got yet so that might change by tomorrow.

So yesterday, my sister came over, she gave out candy at my place and I took the girls out.  We were back in ten minutes because poor little Safi was having such a hard time with all the stairs leading up to houses in our neighbourhood with her long princess dress on.

So around 7:45pm we went to a friend’s place whose neighbourhood is a little more Safi friendly, and then we went to my BIL place to visit since he lives close to my friend.  On the way back, I decided I wanted to check out this haunted house thing that a person in the neighbourhood next to mine puts on.  Last year we drove by really late and got a little creeped out when there was a weird clown standing outside and there was eerie music.  That time there was nobody around so we were like.. lets skip it.. but this time it wasn’t that late and there were lots of people.  With the girls sleeping, we could only go in one at a time, so I went first.

It was pretty scary, but I kept laughing instead of screaming so that I wouldn’t get too scared.  My sister went in after me and she said she wanted to turn around and leave after the first minute but they wouldn’t let her turn around so she had to keep going.  She was back in five minutes so I’m sure she ran through it!

After that we went home and it was enough to bring sleeping little princesses inside and change them out of their costumes that I didn’t go back and get their candy bags from the trunk.

I ate lots of candy.  LOTS!  But I didn’t eat much of anything else.  So I figure it all evened out!

Here is a picture of the girls in front of our place.

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So two days in a row loss - 173.6 (-0.4lbs)!  Wohoo!

For exercise I raked the front yard of our house.  I should of gotten in my WATP, but I didn’t.  I went to my Mom’s house yesterday for dinner and came home late.  I was tired after and decided to just sleep with the girls instead of waking back up.

So the battle this weekend will be Halloween.  And all that candy.  The damage has already started.. I had two pieces of chocolate at my Mom’s house yesterday.  Isn’t she sweet, she bought all my favourites.  Crispy Crunch! Caramilk! Oh my!

The girls having swimming lessons tomorrow.  Other than Halloween, I’m hoping it will be a quiet weekend.  I might get a chance to post this weekend after all.

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