After being unhappy with the default theme for a while, I switched to pelican-bootstrap3 and played with a few settings.

In particular, I used:

DISPLAY_TAGS_ON_SIDEBAR = True
DISPLAY_RECENT_POSTS_ON_SIDEBAR = True
SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH = 120
ARCHIVES_SAVE_AS = 'archives.html'

I also played set some of the GITHUB_ vars that the theme supports.

This required enabling this following plugins

• tag_cloud
• i18n_subsites

Helpful docs:

• https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-themes/blob/master/pelican-bootstrap3/README.md
• http://docs.getpelican.com/en/stable/settings.html

Well, I was feeling pretty good about my weight until this morning. I had some low scale readings late last week. About 2-3 lbs down.

Unfortunately, this morning I was right back up. Sigh

Activity last week:

• 54,209 total steps (up a little)
• Core on Thursday
• Ran on Tuesday
• Hit 10k steps twice (Tues, Sat). Same as last week

I think I managed some reduced meals last week. There were a few work days where I stayed in and ate leftovers or something, which is generally less food that I'd get at a restaurant.

I guess the weekend killed it. Maybe the extra food at the event on Saturday, maybe the missed sleep. Maybe going out for dinner Sunday …

Ok, so I told myself I'd blog about my fitness routine, such as it is.

Activity last week:

• 51,288 total steps
• Core on Thursday
• Ran 2 miles on Monday
• Hit 10k steps on two days (Mon, Sun)

Overall not a great week, but at least I got a run in, and didn't miss core.

My weight is as high as it's been in years. I gained about ten pounds over the winter and I'm not seeing any decline yet. It has at least leveled off. I guess that's something.

Trendweight suggests my lean mass is about 2 lbs up, so it least it isn't all fat gain. Then again, that's based on bioimpedance data, so many grains of salt …

I watched Beauty and the Beast, the live action version last weekend. I had never really watched the original. I was a bit too old when it came out.

In recent years, I've read a few articles that criticize the film for glorifying what is essentially Stolholm syndrome and normalizing abusive relationships. So I definitely watched the film with that in mind. Given that Emma Watson was protraying Belle, I expected that the new film would address some of these concerns.

So after watching it. Here's the thing that bugged me.

Enchantress my ass! Holy fuck. I think that level of power goes beyond that. This is at least demi-god level power. Transforming an entire household of people into animated …