by Pamela Hernandez | May 12, 2014 | Fitness, Fitness Book Club, Motivation, Reviews
Think of the book The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal as Willpower 2.0. In Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength we got the basics of willpower science. In the Willpower Instinct we get the action plan. The book is based on the popular continued...
by Pamela Hernandez | Dec 16, 2013 | Fitness, Fitness Book Club, Healthy Holidays, Motivation, Nutrition, Reviews
image by W Brian Duncan The best gift you can get me is a book. Nothing makes me happier than unwrapping a stack of books on Christmas morning. I love good fiction (like Wally Lamb) or an inspiring biography (I hope Lean In ends up under the tree this year). Books...
by Pamela Hernandez | Jul 29, 2013 | Fitness, Fitness Book Club, Reviews
I was a little surprised by the title of Rachel Cosgrove’s latest book: Drop Two Sizes! The words burst from the cover in giant print. They sounded like a headline from a magazine cover promoting the latest fad diet. I am a huge fan of both Rachel and Alwyn Cosgrove....
by Pamela Hernandez | May 27, 2013 | Fitness 101, Fitness Book Club, General Health, Motivation, Reviews
We are the sum of our habits. We may think we are in control but we spend most of our day on autopilot. Like when you drive to work but can’t really remember how you got there? That’s your habits doing the work. Take the story of man named Eugene. After...
by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 28, 2013 | Fitness, Fitness Book Club, Reviews
I do not like the Biggest Loser. I don’t watch it on a regular basis. It makes my job harder by setting unrealistic expectations and making people afraid I am going to yell at them or sit on their backs while they do pushups. So for a long time I didn’t like Jillian...
by Pamela Hernandez | Nov 29, 2012 | Fitness, Fitness Book Club, General Health, Healthy Holidays, Motivation, Reviews
image by Kevin Dooley If you look at my Amazon wish list you will see it’s always filled with books. I love to read. I have yet to make the switch to a Kindle or a Nook because I love the feel of the book in my hands. I find joy in the smell of the paper. My husband...
