Posted: 11:15 AM I was at work last week, wearing a pair of dress pants I bought this time last year, and they were literally falling off me.

Posted: 3:08 PM We had a great meeting last night at Nebraska Heart Institute.

Updated: 9:59 PM Most of my road blocks during the Go Red for Women BetterU challenge have been personal - lack of will power, stress related cake overload. But this week, mother nature threw me a curve ball in the form of a cold.

Posted: 12:30 PM We've officially wrapped up the first four-week block of the Go Red Challenge. It's really hard to believe we're already one-third of the way through the program - to me it feels like we started a week ago.

Posted: 4:56 PM I've been remiss in my blogging duties lately because I went out of town last weekend. It was a really nice trip back to Joplin for a good friend's wedding, but honestly I did what almost everyone does at weddings: eat and drink too much.

Posted: 2:07 PM Confession time: On Friday, Chad Silber and I had our annual Endless Shrimp lunch at Red Lobster.

Posted: 4:38 PM After an embarrassing post-vacation weight gain last week, I really worked hard to turn the numbers around on the scale at this week's Go Red Challenge weigh in.

Posted: 5:30 PM Week 1 of BetterU is officially under my belt.

Posted: 7:32 AM We have officially started BetterU 2012!

Posted: 7:30 AM Welcome to my first American Heart Association Go Red Challenge blog post! I'm excited to be chronicling my 12 week BetterU journey.

Updated: 7:30 PM British researchers are reporting that screening newborns for cystic fibrosis could save enough money in later treatment costs to help pay for itself.

Updated: 7:28 PM The source of a recent peanut butter salmonella outbreak has been discovered.

Updated: 7:29 PM A little exercise may go a long way in helping women who suffer from menopause.

Updated: 7:28 PM Vitamins may do a newborn good.

Updated: 7:29 PM It could be the largest private grant ever, for improving public health.

Updated: 7:31 PM Computerized mammograms can spot deadly breast cancers, but according to a new study, the machines are also finding problems that aren't there.

Updated: 7:28 PM A new study is helping explain why African American men live with nearly twice the risk of prostate cancer as white men.

Updated: 7:29 PM Finally, a drug with a good side effect.

Updated: 7:28 PM A new strain of the norovirus circulating through the US is stronger and lasts longer than others before it.

Updated: 7:28 PM Allergy sufferers living in southeastern states are in the middle of a pollen storm.

Updated: 7:29 PM Japanese scientists have developed an oral vaccine for Alzheimer's disease that has proved effective and safe in mice.

Updated: 7:29 PM The first ever vaccine to treat prostate cancer appears to be in the road to FDA approval.

Updated: 7:29 PM Where you live may play a big role in the health of your heart.

Updated: 7:29 PM In just a 7 year period, money spent on drugs to treat the mind shot up more than 150 percent from 8 to 20 billion dollars.

Updated: 7:29 PM According to a new study kids are being bombarded with TV advertisements for food.