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The next day, before the crack of dawn, Kiyomi Liuli was awakened by the shrill sound of her alarm clock. With dark circles under her eyes, she zoned out for a bit, muttering "absolutely not two hundred pounds" before finally managing to suppress her desire to fall back asleep, getting up and getting dressed to lose weight.
First, she gritted her teeth and dragged her sore legs through a warm-up jog, and then practiced Kumite in her backyard for quite some time. She worked up a fierce sweat in the early morning sunshine, executing each move with precision and vigor.
