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Ahhhhh I just noticed your location. Send some of that cold here. But only a little - when it gets to 70 we pull our leather jackets out and when it hits 50 the full riding gear comes out - chaps, full face masks, gauntlet gloves lol But it's still better than snow

Good thing I went back read your surgery date lol I thought you were saying since JANUARY you only lost 11 pounds - I would be pissed if that's the case. I am really hoping i have such a good loss at a quick rate.

Electric blanket??? YIKES! lol It hit 105 here a few weeks ago and will stay there or higher til probably September - I can't wait for the days of Electric Blankets again. I read all of these posts about not being able to drink enough water and I guess until I actually get sleeved i just can't imagine it being difficult but I guess I will soon find out.

I am hoping people don't start looking at me weird when I order off the kids menu I am out and about alot and often have dinners or Snacks at bike nites so .... besides not being able to drink soda anymore I will not eat out much either.

I found the site that has them and then there is a store locator - http://www.jelsert.com/Products/Freezer-Bars/Fla-Vor-Ice.aspxand the store locator shows this but it didn't let me choose just the sugar free ones spcifically - only that product in general http://www.jelsert.com/Store-Locator/ you can buy them on this site (which is where the jelsert site leads you to https://mybrands.com/ but you have to buy in bulk and the shipping is like 28 dollars for 14 dollars of the product. also on Amazon - not sure how this price compares to the regular store ones I can buy at Dollar General http://www.amazon.com/Fla-vor-ice-Light-Sugar-Freezer-Count/dp/B005QDCNLA/ref=pd_sim_sbs_gro_1

LOL All I gotta say is if it's diet and decaf then what's the point? I used to drink Diet Decaf Pepsi and liked it - for some reason I started back in on Dr Pepper and Pepsi and now just love it so right now I made a lemonade crystal light and gotta get used to that

THANKS! I guess I was focused on the "to freeze" ones that I spaced on the fact that they actually have ones already frozen duh. Geez lol

I am still eating what I want since I don't have to do the liquid pre-op til three days prior but I do keep having the thoughts when I do eat something that "damn I won't have this anymore" lol I know I can eventually but still...

I keep seeing the large amounts of weight being lost with such a short time and just wondering where you started at? Kind of wondering if it's different for people that are smaller and have less to lose? (Alright how did I get two tickers? lol)

I cannot for the life of me find the sugar free popsicles. Are they the freezer pops or do I need to look for something else like in the freezer section?

I can honestly say that salad will never make me drool. lol Probably if i had eaten salads I wouldn't be fat.

I posted the same link right above you a few days ago. But I agree no way would I trust traveling without it. I have had people say they did it but my luck I would never make it lol If you are going to the local office be sure you have your proof of travel with you (round trip airline) and be within 2 weeks of travel or they won't talk to you - at least that's what it said on their recording. I kept checking mine and all week it kept saying IN PROCESS so I was going to call a few Fridays ago when I checked the sight again and it said it had been sent out and I would have it within a week. I had it that afternoon. They don't update that site too well

And people wonder why I am still single? lol Seriously I like knowing that someone else mushes up spaghetti and tacos - I was wondering about that. I am just having a hard time really imagining only being able to eat a few tablespoons. I stocked up on all my Vitamins and kind of wonder if those are going to go down easy too? I got two of them sublingual (sp?) then someone told me to buy a prenatal one plus I also made darn sure I got one for nails and hair. I have inch long natural nails and I don't care if I lose some hair but my nails better not go anywhere. People can pick me out from pictures just if my nails are in them. (Seriously I was on TV once in Phoenix arguing with an Illegal Immigrant activist and she asked me for MY papers so I whipped out my social security card and that's all one station tuned in on - my nails - and a few friends saw it and said that's SUE) lol Getting antsy now - 2 weeks and counting.

You bet! Took me 2 years to build my practice up - two of my clients know what I am having surgery so they won't freak if I don't go in. I have the luxury of working from home just like I am sitting right in their office at their computers

Yep no work = no pay. Sigh I long for the days of sick leave and vacation days lol (Um not really)

I have a desk job (well I own my own accounting firm) and there is NO way in hades I will take 3 weeks off. If I took any more than a few days off I wouldn't have a business left. Heck I wasn't even off 3 weeks with back surgery (major) and a mastectomy (also considered major). And I am 54 years old. If I am sore or not up to par I will deal with it. Since I am only in each clients office for up to 5 hours max than no biggie. The hour long drives to and from clients might take its toll but again.... I'll deal since I can't NOT work for more than a few days. I'd go insane

I like the way you think!

Even before I gained all the weight back I still changed my lifestyle when I moved here. The first week I was here I was all dressed up and went to the apartment managers office at the place I rented for the first year and she told me within a year I would be dressed like her (flip flops and capris) and I thought NAH! she told me I now lived in the Land of the Frump lol I have 400 pairs of high heels I haven't touched in years. The life as a biker is totally different than my old country club life. Most of the time I LOVE it but I still want the option. Though when I do dress up and don't have a bandana on some of my friends can seriously walk right past me til I say HEY it's me lol Happened a ton of times.

lol My best friend was whining the other nite that he won't be able to cook for me soon (we usually have dinner and a movie nite once a week) and I told him he could always cook Jello. Then I thought about it and said oh no wait, never mind. (Because he actually screwed up jello a few weeks ago) lol I have been clearing my cupboards out and eating what I have in there which is alot and haven't bought any things to fill up my freezer either so.... it's just me. But I know the late nite Mac attacks and Taco Bell runs will kill me

I am having surgery on the 28th and flying back to Phoenix on the 30th - actually planning on (hoping to anyway) go right from the airport to a surprise Bday party that nite - who knows? I don't drink but I might not feel up to it just depends. But I will be back working remotely (as I do most days anyway since I own my business) the next day (Yes I work 7 days a week - 5 - 15 hours a day depending on my clients needs) then I will be back in house with a client on Monday and Tuesday then able to stay home on Wedensday which is the 4th anyway. Even when I had gall bladder removal or breast reconstruction I was back up and moving around and driving within a day or two.

Pretty much the same as above, Fought my weight all my life, was thin for maybe 15 years then right back up and down and up and now that I have hit menopause I am just up and up and up. Plus in the last few years I started my own business and work such funky hours that I know I eat at bad times and I also eat bad things but without this I have no more self control. Most days I work from home and I sit in my jammies - no motivation to get dessed and put maekup on. Before I moved to Arizona 6 years ago I dressed to the 9's every single day, heels and a designer dress of some kind. Now anyone that sees me on my bike in my profile sees how I am usually dressed. I want to look good one last time during my old age lol Unlike what I have seen others talk about I have told people and if someone doesn't like it then OH WELL, not my problem and not their body to worry about. June 28th can't come fast enough

Oh and I am taking all of my ID with me anyway - my Passport, license and social security card. I carry the last two with me at all times anyway

I would never risk it but .... I would be calling and finding out where the heck it is. I applied for my full passport on April 27th and nearly a month later I got a letter asking for more documentation which I immediately sent - I sent it Fed Ex and the Tucson facility signed for it on the 29th of May (I rememeber since it was Memorial Day weekend. I had my passport in the mailbox on that following Friday the 1st. To me at least Mexico is unknown territory and while I am sure it's going to be ok down there I would never travel without a passport or the card. I know if you go to http://travel.state.gov/passport/status/status_2567.html you can check on the status of a regular passport and if not you can find the location of your loal place to make an appt to go in there in person but oyu have to have your confirmed travel date and proof of airline tickets round trip 2 weeks prior.

Oh c'mon now Smitty - where's your sense of adventure? Of COURSE you can always ride bit** lol I would never dream of selling my bike, no way in hades. Took me 2 months to save for the surgery but as of last week I got it all paid for plus the airfare. June 27th I fly out of Sky Harbor and the 28th I have my surgery first one in the early AM (first one in before the day group even comes in from San Diego since I am going into Tijuana the nite of the 27th and then fly back to Sky Harbor on the 30th. As far as the Yamaha goes - I LOVE mine - now that I have the surgery paid for I am going to start with the "bagger" accessories. Custom made tour pack (egg shaped not the huge thing) and then a Quadzilla fairing and of course VH pipes or Cobra. Since one of my clients (and good friends) is a bike repair shiop and he does custom builds I am going to leave it with him for a month to get it all ready for the riding season in the fall. Too hot here to ride now anyway other than in the evening, I am hoping I can tolerate the heat a little better once I lose the weight. I read on a few other places that people rode within a few weeks - I won't but just cause it's hot and when I do I will wait for the stitches to come out anyway.

You are traveling to Mexico without a passport? How is that possible?