Trish - one of my weak moments during the last week of tax season was a huge piece of carrot cake that my boss brought in. His wife made it and it was DELICIOUS!!!! I enjoyed every darn calorie. Hope you did too. Forget the calories for that one moment. When your ICD is in and you start walking you'll make up for it!!!!

As for the pineapple - my favorite fruit of all time (if it's sweet). Sounds wonderful. On the Navigator, they had the best pineapple ever. I'm counting on the PG to be the same way.

Don - CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!!!!! You are on a winning streak!!! That Tux may just be loose on you by the time your cruise comes. I'm sure you could suffer through that "problem" :D :D . After hearing your very wise plan for when you come back from the cruise, I can see how you do it. You are very methodical, committed and just plain SMART!!! No wonder you are so consistant in your weight loss. Keep it up!!!

Liz - another thing I've been thinking about is that you have been at your lower weight for quite some time now, haven't you? Plus, it will be even longer by the time your cruise is here. What I'm getting at is that the longer you keep it off, the longer it takes to put back on. So, you may find that you don't gain much weight at all. Many of us (especially me!!) lose their weight right before their trip. Then, of course, it is easy for it to come back on quickly. There was one time in my life that I'd kept my weight down really low for me for about a year. I then had a lot of stress in my life and started eating a lot of junk food. I was amazed at how long it took to starting putting the weight back on. Of course, it did come back on and then some. Story of my life - up until now. Now I truly am determined!!!