I have now been on Zepbound for 9 months and I’ve lost 26.4 lbs so it’s like giving birth to one heavy baby! I wanted to wait till a full year before I published this chart but I am publishing it now for a few reasons. First the chart: I started this journey at 305…
Category: Personal Management
Why I Dumped My HSA (Health Savings Account)
For many years I participated in my employer’s health savings account but as I grew older I realized I would be relying on health care more and more. For starters, when you hit a certain age you suddenly need to start doing things like preventive checkups such as colonoscopies, electrocardiograms, and prostate tests. All of…
Disney Plus Price Inflation 13.33 Percent!
On the heels of health insurance price inflation of 7 percent I wrote about here, I got a notice from Disney+ that their annual subscription price was going up from $139.99/year to $159.99/year. I opted to say goodbye. I wrote about streamlining (pun intended) my streaming services here in preparation for an economic recession and…
Amex Has Some Cool Features
I wrote about getting a new Amex card a while ago in this post which I got to shore up some points for a for my future travel plans. I’ve been using the card exclusively and met the spending goals easily but I am now rotating my cards for cash back. I have a system…
Zepbound: My Health Journey – September Edition
This is going to be another short post. I seem to have plateaued. My doc wanted to boost me from 5mg to 7.5mg Zepbound dose but I wanted to stay on 5mg for another 3 month cycle. I now have two months of 5mg left in the fridge so I will burn through that then…
The Fed Cuts 50 Basis Points – My Bonds Are Up
The Fed announced a 50 basis point cut yesterday in the central bank interest rate which means the good days of high yield savings and bond rates may be coming to an end but it’s not all bad news. Bonds As bond yields go down, bond prices go up which means that most of my…
Return To Office Mandates = New Layoff Tool
The big news this week is Amazon mandating employees return to office 5 days a week starting in January 2025. Corporate employees will be expected to be in the office five days a week “outside of extenuating circumstances” or unless they have been granted an exception by their organization’s S-team leader, Jassy said, referring to…
Zepbound: My Health Journey – August Edition
This is going to be a short post. I was on vacation for most of August and while I continued to take my medication I didn’t lose any weight. That’s partly good news because we were eating out every single day for most of the month and I had little control over food options. The…
European Vacation Cost $23,000
My wife and I went on a European vacation for August. We visited three countries by plane, train, automobile and ship. I haven’t actually added up all the cost of the trip and I probably won’t do it but a good estimate for business class flights from the U.S. to our first stop, hotels, cruise…
Zepbound: My Health Journey – July Edition
I have now completed six months on Zepbound. Initial results the first 6 months were great, I lost 21.2 lbs. In July, I had to travel for work then vacation and while I still kept taking the medication, I had little control over my food/dining environment so my weight loss slowed. Staying in hotels with…