TGIF – Who Gives A Tweet

As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment.

Quotes of the Week:

“I tweet, therefore I am”  Rene Descartes
“The answer my friend, is twittering in the wind.”  Bob Dylan
“Ask not what your twitter can do for you, ask what you can do for your twitter.”  John F. Kennedy
“You are what you tweet”  Dr. Victor Hugo Lindlahr
“Hey, you! Get off of my twitter.”  Mick Jagger

Humor Break:

Bev: I sent you a twitter message telling you that I love you.

Al: Ain’t you tweet.

Stat of the Week: I am trying to decide if this week’s Stat of the Week comes under the heading “Hard to Believe” or “Overwhelming”.  “At last count, Twitter had half a billion registered users who together generate some 175 million tweets a day.”  According to the researchers, 36% of the tweets are actually useful.  I have 2 questions.  Who has time to read all these tweets?  When does work get done?

Action Tip: Do a reality check with yourself to make sure your technology gadgets aren’t getting in the way of your work, work-life balance and sanity.  You can’t possibly keep up, so don’t stress out trying.

Weight Watch – Week 15:  (A personal 16 week Healthy Life Style report)

The 15th week’s results are in: I gained .4 pounds on the official digital scale.  Fifteen weeks into the program and I am down 17.8 pounds.  I am not surprised I gained a little weight this week after such a big loss last week.  Also this report is based on a 6 day week.  The official scales were closed on July 4.  Eight days to go.  Can I lose 20 pounds?  Stay tuned.

WHEN IS A CALORIE NOT A CALORIE?  “What actually causes obesity? Why do we get fat in the first place? Too many calories? Or something else?”  This week the New York Times reports on a study recently published in The Journal of the American Medical Association on the results of a clinical trial by Dr. David Ludwig of Boston Children’s Hospital and his collaborators. They studied volunteers who lost a lot of weight in a short amount of time.  They considered these weight-reduced subjects as “pre-obese.”  Said the Times: “If we think of Dr. Ludwig’s subjects as pre-obese, then the study tells us that the nutrient composition of the diet can trigger the predisposition to get fat, independent of the calories consumed. The fewer carbohydrates we eat, the more easily we remain lean. The more carbohydrates, the more difficult.”

This is indeed a controversial study with more research required.  The Carb Battle continues.

I personally do not know enough to weigh-in (get it?) on the topic.  I do know that moderation in all things tends to mitigate the above debate no matter which side you are on.

Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley (mostly) retired after 35 years in organizational consulting, training and management development. During those years he worked internally with seven organizations and trained and consulted externally with more than 90 large and small businesses, government agencies, hospitals and schools.