A weighty Wednesday

This afternoon at work, we had one of our semi-regular “brown bag lunches,” where they invite a speaker in to talk about any number of topics, and give us a free lunch for attending. Today’s talk was on “An Expert’s Perspective on What Does and Does Not Work in Weight Loss,” given by Dr. Sasha Stiles of NYU’s Langone Medical Center. It was reasonably interesting and informative; if nothing new, her advice and perspective were at least sound. Usually the company gives us lunch before the talk, but today it was reversed. I don’t know if that was to fit with the speaker’s schedule, to discourage people who RSVP for the lunch but don’t stay, or just to ensure we were all in the mood to eat less after hearing about weight loss for an hour.

Meanwhile, taking a page from Neil Gaiman, I’m trying for a little weight loss of my own, working out a little in the evenings to an audio book. In my case, I went with Frank Herbert’s Dune, which I’ve been meaning for ages to re-read. (I’ve seen the movies, and the endless parodies and tributes, but I haven’t read the book since high school.) It’s much too soon to say if the workouts are having the desired effect, but I’m really enjoying the book. I’d almost forgotten how good it is.

Of course, I can’t mention Dune without also mentioning this caption I made last Saturday night. I am inordinately proud of the silliness of the pun.

2 thoughts on “A weighty Wednesday

  1. I’m trying the ‘walk a lot more’ plan. So far it’s giving me blisters.

    That Dune adaptation is great, isn’t it? (and the ‘Goodnight, Dune‘ is pretty spectacular, too). I liked Elizabeth Moon’s Sheepfarmer’s Daughter trilogy a lot, too – though I’m not sure if it qualifies as chick lit or not. I don’t think so, but…?

    • Well, it’s all about finding what works for you, figuring out what your goals are and being comfortable in your own skin.

      I’ve been a little surprised by some of the negative reviews for the Dune adaptation, listeners who were upset to learn that it’s both narrated and acted, so that the narrator reads a character’s thoughts, but a character’s speech is acted out. It’s not confusing at all to me, much less the mess they claimed. True, I got a good deal on it with a new Audible.com membership, so I didn’t pay the full price — audio books can be very expensive — but I think it’s a great adaptation.

      I’ve never read any Elizabeth Moon, and been sort of meaning to, so maybe that’s a good one to add to the list.

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