Posts by davey316

I really like Zone Perfect bars. I know they are relatively high in sugar but they are also high in deliciousness.   The Chocolate Coconut Crunch is particularly amazing.  I eat one every night before I go to sleep. It keeps me from waking up at 3AM ravenous.

By writing the above, I am in no way advocating the Zone diet, or the ingestion of anything 'artificial'.

Original Post by kathygator:

For the record: I have never had service lousy enough to consider not leaving a tip. It is highly offensive to me that anyone would consider not tipping at a restaurant. It's not as if you will get better service next time, because you left no tip this time. I promise.

I consistently tip 30% because the job sucks, there are no benefits, the servers don't make minimum wage and they are federally taxed as if they make 15% in tips.

It has happened to me a couple times(service so bad I didn't leave a tip), and I have never gone back to those restaurants. I consider the tip to be payment for good service, and I tip well when the service is good--heck I tip the standard %15 in spite of less than stellar service when the server can manage to get all the orders right.  But when the server is rude, slow, forgetful, patronizing, and missing in action for the majority of my time in their place, I reward them accordingly. I loathe incompetence.  It is offensive to me that a server would EXPECT a tip even though they are a terrible server and sad to me that a person would tip when given terrible service.

 Oh, and I always let them know where they stand so they are not surprised. Most of the time they just get P.O.'d.

Original Post by gennysaurus:

Well she said she doesn't need to lose weight or fat, just to tone up, so saying that she should lose belly fat isnt helpful.

And I 100% agree with the fact that you need to change/improve eating habits to get/maintain abs.  Some important things to remember are to lower the refined carbs, candy sugar bread pasta, you get the picture. 

These days they make great whole wheat pastas and such, as well as fantastic wraps called "Flat Outs" that are delicious and soft but full of fiber and low in carbs. It would be helpful for you to increase your veggies and lean proteins while trying to gain that muscle.  

 I don't know how easily you gain muscle but some people find that they need to cut out high sugar fruits and veggies like corn, oranges, bananas, apples, carrotts, and stick to lower carb veg and fruits like any ind of berry, broccoli, spinnach, etc.

 If you are trying to rebuild your abs for a certain event (this is a crazy thing bodybuilders do, so don't go nuts with it) don't drink anything but water, and only when you are thirsty enough to quench your thirst. Some of us (rightfully) get used to sucking down water while trying to lose weight, but for ab muscles (and any muscle really) to LOOK as pronounced as possible, having less water "bloat" is helpful.

 

Hope any of that helped!!