by Pamela Hernandez | Apr 11, 2016 | Fitness, General Health, Nutrition, Reviews
The supplement aisle at Target is a scary place. You venture there to pick up Kind bars but you try to avoid making contact eye with the other side. You use the same multivitamin you always have and don’t see any reason to change. You eat healthy (most of the time) so...
by Pamela Hernandez | Mar 10, 2016 | Fitness, Fitness 101, General Health, Motivation
Everything seems early this year. When your friends went missing from Facebook in February it took you about a week to figure out it was for Lent. You promised your niece a “girls day” on Spring Break without realizing exactly how soon it really was. As you look at...
by Pamela Hernandez | Mar 7, 2016 | Fitness, Fitness 101, General Health
The alarm chimes at 5 am so you can be on the road by 6. It would have been easier to make the drive last night for the 9 am meeting at the new satellite office but that would have meant skipping book club. Skipping one of the few activities where you get to talk...
by Pamela Hernandez | Mar 3, 2016 | Farmers Market Finds, General Health, Linden, Nutrition
What kind of green vegetables can I eat for snacks? What about V-8? Does that count as a vegetable? I buy vegetables but then I forget I have them and they end up going to waste. But I DON”T LIKE VEGETABLES?!?!? Any of the above sound familiar? How many times have you...
by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 18, 2016 | Fitness, Fitness Favorites, General Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Reviews
Right now produce isn’t cheap. Even when you focus on buying organic for just the Dirty Dozen it feels like your grocery budget is about to bust. You know eating clean is important and it will save you more money in the long run. (Ever looked at the price of a heart...
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...