by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 15, 2016 | Fitness, Fitness Favorites, Nutrition, Recipes
Matcha. Matcha. Matcha! You see it everywhere. In short bread cookies, green smoothies and tiny little cups, it is all over your Instagram feed. You notice there is even a trending hashtag – #matchalatte. They do look pretty tasty but you gave up lattes because...
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 7, 2016 | Fitness, General Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Reviews
How many nights a week do you eat out? Don’t estimate. Look at your credit card statement and your calendar for the cold hard truth. With days at work that NEVER seem to end on time and a calendar overbooked with Junior League committee meetings, book club and soccer...
by Pamela Hernandez | Dec 21, 2015 | Fit Travel, General Health, Healthy Holidays, Recipes, Reviews
The best offense is a good defense. This applies to basketball as well as fighting colds and the flu. Whether it is the gentleman coughing up a lung in the seat next to you on the plane or your adorable niece who sneezes oh so demurely without covering her mouth, you...
by Pamela Hernandez | Dec 17, 2015 | Healthy Holidays, Nutrition, Recipes
Raise your hand if you’re looking forward to a rousing game of Pictionary over the holidays? Every year I think I’m going to find a new game to try out on Christmas Day but we always come back to our white board and dry erase markers. I’m a horrible artist but that...
by Pamela Hernandez | Dec 14, 2015 | Healthy Holidays, Nutrition, Recipes
You have to pick your battles. You can enjoy your sister’s peanut brittle on Christmas Eve. You can enjoy a big Christmas brunch with biscuits, gravy and fresh blueberry scones. (Where your mother-in-law gets those amazing fresh blueberries in December you will never...