Oh, I think I've asked this before: does the Zombies, Run app work if you're on the elliptical? That machine is evil and yet it's my BFF. I can haul way more ass on that than I can when I'm walking.

I have not tried it, but I believe that it does, you'll just have to use the accelerometer, rather than the GPS>

Stupid oatmeal. You had one job.

We went to the zoo on Sunday. At the front entrance we gave Ryan the map to carry. We got five paces before he dropped it. Hand to God, I looked at him in mock outrage and said, "Ryan! You had ONE JOB!"

It is possibly not my finest parenting moment. Biyi, however, thought it was hilarious. (Which is possibly not her finest parenting moment.)

does the Zombies, Run app work if you're on the elliptical?

Ellipticals are of the Devil. At leasat for me. I think it's my shitty sense of balance--as soon as I try to use one I'm struggling to maintain my balance and my thighs get super tense and painful. The longest I've been able to manage on one is two minutes.

I think cholesterol numbers are as much genetic as dietary. The first time I had mine measured, when I was ~21, I was going through a cheese omelet phase, and they looked like what you'd expect for a vegan triathlete. They've fluctuated since but not in any way that I could correlate with my lifestyle. Maybe I just have weird blood.

HDL up: good + LDL down: good = overall up: bad?

My sister in total cholesterol annoyance. My HDL is bananas good, but my doctor wants my total numbers to go down.

Also my sister was just diagnosed as pre-diabetic, so I need to bring that family history up again when I go in.

My sister in total cholesterol annoyance. My HDL is bananas good, but my doctor wants my total numbers to go down.

HDL, woo!

Also my sister was just diagnosed as pre-diabetic, so I need to bring that family history up again when I go in.

They always test my glucose, too, and that's always fine. So I've got that going for me. (To be fair, my dad not only has super mega heart disease, but also diabetes, so I'm happy to check my glucose, too.)

Oh, I think I've asked this before: does the Zombies, Run app work if you're on the elliptical?

It's supposed to work with a treadmill, although the one time I tried I didn't get the settings right to make it work. Ellipticals have that weird smoothness, but probably? Worth a try.

I think cholesterol numbers are as much genetic as dietary.

That's what the Lipitor ads say.

I think cholesterol numbers are as much genetic as dietary.

I shake my fist at my DNA.

I shake my fist at my DNA.

It won't work! Your DNA is INSIDE YOUR FIST!