Heart Month 2026

American heart Month suddenly has a new importance this year. Even though I'm still in waiting and learning mode, I decided to jot down a few thoughts.

I've had a first appointment with a member of a clinical weight loss team that's being provided as a new service from my employer. No significant new insights from that team yet, but it was mostly an info gathering session. She did offer the option of prescribing some type of appetite suppressant medication if I needed help reaching my weight goals. For now, I'm going to pass. I'm hoping to get healthier and actually eliminate at least one medication. I'd rather not start by adding a new one. I'll be meeting with a dietician from that same team on Monday.

My weight loss is going at a good pace so far. I know from past diets that the first 10-20 pounds are the easiest so it will probably get harder from here. That's why I signed up for the clinical weight loss program and dietician. Hopefully I can continue losing weight without adding drugs.

Walking is also going pretty well. I try to walk about a mile at lunch, and then another mile or a bit more after dinner. I like charts and graphs, so here are a couple from a new health tracking app I've been using.

The big spike is the day Becky and I made a one-day return trip to Magic Kingdom while we were in Florida taking care of some paperwork for my mom. Double good news in that Becky was able to walk the whole ten miles that day!

Other than that, I have several appoints for more tests and a cardiologist follow-up in March.

Stay tuned!