by Pamela Hernandez | Jun 11, 2015 | BetterU, Fitness, Motivation, What's New at Thrive Personal Fitness
According to the calendar the official start to summer is still about a week away. For me, summer starts with the first day of BetterU training. I’ve spent the last few weeks getting to know our team of 10 women. They gathered for the Welcome Party in May to meet each...
by Pamela Hernandez | Apr 24, 2015 | BetterU, Fitness, General Health, Motivation, Success Stories
I could list out a hundred reasons why you should apply for the 2015 Springfield Go Red BetterU Makeover Challenge. But sometimes a picture is worth a 1000 words (or reasons). Watch this video about survivor and BetterU 2014 participant, Laura Farmer. If you have a...
by Pamela Hernandez | Apr 2, 2015 | BetterU, Fitness, Fitness 101, Motivation
Plastic or paper? Regular or decaf? Local or organic? Choices. Every day of our life is filled with hundreds of choices. Some of them are small and perhaps inconsequential to our bigger goals. If you choose to take wear the blue skirt instead of the black pants today...
by Pamela Hernandez | Jan 30, 2015 | BetterU, Fitness, Nutrition
When you are starting a fitness journey, the only other place more confusing than the gym is the grocery store. It’s easy to talk about things on an ingredient lists and bulk bin shopping with your personal trainer, it’s quite another to remember it all as you’re...
by Pamela Hernandez | Aug 28, 2014 | BetterU, Fitness, General Health, Motivation, Success Stories
I agreed to be the Health Coach for the BetterU Health Makeover challenge because it wasn’t a weight loss competition. I’m not a fan of “Biggest Loser” type competitions that incentivize people to focus on short-term weight loss at the expense of long-term health and...
by Pamela Hernandez | Aug 14, 2014 | BetterU, General Health, Nutrition
Photo by Pamela Hernandez Americans spend less on food, as a percentage of income, than anywhere else in the world. We also spend less than we have at any time in history on food. We can produce a lot of food cheaply but unfortunately a lot of it is junk. We are a...
