by Pamela Hernandez | May 1, 2017 | Fitness 101, General Health
Steps, steps, steps. Got to collect those steps. All day, you hummed your mantra to yourself as you parked in the very back of the Target parking lot. You watched the morning news on the treadmill. You walked the dog after dinner. You’ve been moving all day long...
by Pamela Hernandez | Apr 24, 2017 | Fitness, Fitness 101, General Health, Workouts
You’ve resigned yourself to the fact that your schedule is never going to be in balance. You aren’t admitting defeat; you’ve just accepted that when you have a job you love, a big family, a passion for supporting the local arts scene and a stack of books it may take a...
by Pamela Hernandez | Apr 3, 2017 | Fitness, General Health, Motivation
Your well-meaning assistant pokes her head in the door. Everything ok, she asks. Did you forget to eat again? A sarcastic NO comes out of your mouth, followed by a side eye stare. She backs away from the door, slowly closing it behind her. Where did that come from? ...
by Pamela Hernandez | Mar 27, 2017 | Fitness, General Health, Workouts
Where did the morning go? If it wasn’t for the grumble in your belly signaling lunchtime you would still be knee deep in project emails and expense reports. Thankful for your body’s reminder to refuel, you stand up slowly. Slowly … because one hip has fallen asleep....
by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 20, 2017 | General Health, Motivation
Warming up the one grande coffee you allow yourself per day in the microwave, you hear a voice over your shoulder, “I’m going to miss that. I don’t know why I decided to give up coffee for Lent this year.” Funny, you think to yourself, I didn’t know she was Catholic....
by Pamela Hernandez | Jan 23, 2017 | General Health, Nutrition
The holidays slowed you down. Then the flu caught up with you. You are ready to get back to normal. Now that everyone is finally well and back to school and work, you’re tempted to go all out. You’ve cleansed the pantry of the last of the green and red Hershey’s...