by Pamela Hernandez | Sep 19, 2013 | Fitness, Nutrition, Recipes
image by W Brian Duncan Want to know the secret to willpower? Eat more. It’s true. In the book Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength the author, Roy Baumeister, gives a great explanation of the willpower/glucose connection. To sum up, your brain runs on...
by Pamela Hernandez | Sep 12, 2013 | Fitness, Nutrition, Recipes
photo by Babi Santander I love eggs. They are inexpensive, available pretty much anywhere you choose to shop and easy to cook. It’s a shame they’ve gotten a bad wrap for so long. Everyone focuses on the cholesterol and saturated fat (of which we do need a little bit...
by Pamela Hernandez | Sep 5, 2013 | Fitness, Nutrition, Recipes
Chia seeds are for more than growing a chia pet Mr. T. (Which I never had and would still to this day love to own.) Chia seeds are the hot healthy food trend of the moment. While they are not the weight loss miracle many claim them to be, they do have a number of...
by Pamela Hernandez | Aug 29, 2013 | Fit Travel, Fitness, Nutrition, Recipes, Reviews
photo by anotherlumnch.com In our busy go – go world lunch is often eaten on the run. I am guilty of driving down the highway squirting the hummus from my GoPicnic meal straight into my mouth because putting it on a cracker would leave me with no hands for the wheel....
by Pamela Hernandez | Aug 22, 2013 | Fit Travel, Motivation, Nutrition, Recipes
design by W Brian Duncan What’s for dinner? I ask this question to all my evening personal training clients. While we foam roll and stretch at the end of the session, I ask each of them what they are having for their post workout meal. Half the time I get a reasonable...
by Pamela Hernandez | Aug 8, 2013 | Nutrition, Recipes
I recently bought 6 pounds of dates at Costco. Dates (which I often refer to as nature’s candy) are a great source of quick energy, fiber, vitamins B and C as well as antioxidants like carotenoids and phenolics. Since I use dates frequently to make something called...
