Well, today is a weird one. My five day moving average finally went back in the right direct, as expected since my highest weight dropped off. But my actual daily weight was up. This is the express opposite of yesterday. I have lost count of how many times I have said that weight loss is an emotional bear trap, and this is why. One thing that isn't helping is that we have an out-of-town guest visiting, and as a result I have gone out for dinner for three nights running. That is not exactly conducive to weight loss, but there you have it. In any case, I remain focused on the the big picture. I did a hundred sit-ups this morning in addition to my treadmill time, and tomorrow I intend to hit 60 push-ups in my gradual quest to work my way back up to 100. All I can do is keep focusing on the fundamentals, and let my body take care of itself.

As for Blake's 7, well... they visited the planet Goth but Nick Cave was nowhere to be found.

The Keeper

(Blake's 7 Wiki Recap)

After yesterday's weird episode, this was yet another "so-and-so knows the location of Star One" story. In this case, a planet populated by essentially Viking warriors. Somehow Travis and Servalan both know that the secret to the location of Star One is there despite the fact that they were nowhere around when that revelation came at the end of the last episode. Somehow they are also working together again, after being opposed previously. Again with no explanation. Also somehow Blake knows that Travis and Servalan know, and again with no explanation of how. It's just all very poorly set up.

The story trots out all kind of tired tropes, with the warlord king opposed by his outcast brother, and with a mystical seer predicting the future. Somehow or other Jenna gets bound up as the warlord's intended wife. Ultimately the warlord and his brother kill each other, the seer takes the throne, Travis escapes with the coordinates for Star One leaving Servalan in the lurch, and Blake tumbles to the court jester having Star One's location hypnotically implanted into his mind. So basically a bunch of grunting and posturing for an hour, setting up to tomorrow's season finale where we finally, finally actually get to the take down of the Federation's command and control center.

At least I assume that is what it is about. It is actually titled Star One, so I presume that whole plot thread will finally pay off somehow.

God, I hope so. 

There have been some excellent episodes this season, but good lord there have been some truly not-so-good ones as well.

STATS:

Episode(s): Blake's 7: The Keeper
Steps Walked: 7,031 today, 4,819,277 total
Distance Walked: 3.20 miles today, 2,501.37 miles total
Push-ups Completed: 0 today, 11,805 total
Sit-ups Completed: 100 today, 6,965 total
Weight: 271.90 lbs (five day moving average), net change -35.40 lbs