by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 1, 2016 | Fitness, Fitness 101, Fitness Book Club, Fitness Favorites, General Health, Motivation, What's New at Thrive Personal Fitness
Everyone is motivated on January 1. The promise of the New Year and a clean slate beckons you. The rush of the holidays has passed and you are hopeful for the calmer weeks ahead. This is the time, you say. I can finally focus on me. The first workout ALWAYS feels...
by Pamela Hernandez | Jan 28, 2016 | Fitness, Nutrition
What’s for dinner? No question can raise anxiety and cause chaos quicker than that one. When your eight year old finds you in the kitchen she assumes that you’re cooking, not trying to figure out where you left the checkbook. She looks hungry and you realize there is...
by Pamela Hernandez | Jan 25, 2016 | Fitness Favorites, Nutrition, Recipes, Reviews
Eat a more plant-based diet. This is what the media (with good reason) is telling you on a regular basis. The New Dietary Guidelines for Americans say to eat more vegetables, fruit and beans and limit saturated fats, which are mainly found in the animal products. The...
by Pamela Hernandez | Jan 21, 2016 | Fitness, Fitness 101, Fitness Favorites, Reviews, Workouts
You want to start exercising on a regular basis. Not because it’s January. Not to lose weight (although that might be a bonus). You want to get moving again because you just feel so much better when you do. It’s been a very very long time since you had a regular...
by Pamela Hernandez | Jan 18, 2016 | Fitness, Fitness 101, General Health, Motivation
You didn’t even wait till New Year’s Day to start working out. You were in the gym, with the place pretty much to yourself, on December 26. You were ready to atone for the holiday “sins” of cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate. You vowed to drink more water and bought...
