by Pamela Hernandez | Jul 11, 2016 | Fitness, General Health, Motivation
Your to-do list is checked off…completely. Your inbox may not be at zero but there is nothing else that you need to respond to today. It’s raining so the garden is out of the question. Your husband is late from work, caught on a troubleshooting mission that won’t be...
by Pamela Hernandez | Jun 6, 2016 | Fitness, Fitness 101, General Health, Motivation
There is a voice in your head that first made itself known in early adolescence. In the beginning it was very subtle. Perhaps it started out as questioning your changing body as you watched your mother judge her own shape in the mirror. It could been from the...
by Pamela Hernandez | May 23, 2016 | Fitness, Fitness 101, General Health, Motivation
You have a gym membership and a workout plan from the personal trainer you worked with last summer. You have a cabinet of workout DVDs and a basement with a treadmill, a stability ball, dumbbells and resistance bands. What you don’t have is someone to check if you...
by Pamela Hernandez | May 16, 2016 | Fitness, General Health, Motivation, Reviews
Midwest Tea Fest 2016 was …..nice. It wasn’t particularly huge. (Although I hear it was bigger and better than last year.) I didn’t really learn much about tea production or blending. I tasted some great teas … and some not so great teas. I discovered they...
by Pamela Hernandez | May 2, 2016 | Fitness, Fitness 101, General Health
The day started with high hopes. Your plan was to get in a quick morning workout before going to the office to return some phone calls and check in with a colleague about a proposal due next week. You were really looking forward to catching up at lunch with one of...
by Pamela Hernandez | Apr 21, 2016 | Fitness, Fitness Favorites, General Health, Nutrition, Reviews
When you signed up to run your FIRST half marathon it was not without reservations. The time commitment seemed daunting but once you found a plan that has you running only three days a week it felt doable. There was the race fee, which was substantially more than the...