by Pamela Hernandez | May 3, 2012 | General Health, Motivation, Nutrition, What's New at Thrive Personal Fitness
I was recently honored to be chosen to do a guest post for my Eat Clean Hero, Tosca Reno. This post appeared on her blog on April 27, 2012. I wanted to share it here, just in case you missed it. Go to Tosca’s blog to read all the other outstanding vegetarian...
by Pamela Hernandez | Apr 26, 2012 | Fitness, General Health, Motivation
photo by Ludovic Bertron I came across an interesting study recently about the stress of being judged for being overweight. Brenda Major, from the University of California-Santa Barbara, conducted a study of 99 women of varying sizes. Based on BMI, each group had...
by Pamela Hernandez | Apr 9, 2012 | Motivation, Success Stories
Starting a fitness journey can be hard. It takes time to for my clients to make changes, figure out what works and what doesn’t. It’s not an easy process learning new ways of eating and moving. It can be a struggle for many, those first few months, trying to let go of...
by Pamela Hernandez | Mar 26, 2012 | General Health, Motivation, Nutrition
Pamela with Vegan Bodybuilder Robert Cheeke Photo by W. Brian Duncan I learned a lot of things at SXSW this year: I need to step up my game to be part of the obesity epidemic solution. Women are more likely to be addicted to the Internet and one of the signs is...
by Pamela Hernandez | Mar 19, 2012 | Fitness, General Health, Motivation
image by Thomas Hawk At the airport on my way to SXSW I had an epiphany. Despite being on my fitness journey for over 13 years it occurred to me (as I sipped tea and ate steel cut oats in the lounge despite the free cookies and wine) one of the biggest reasons why...
by Pamela Hernandez | Mar 1, 2012 | Fitness, General Health, Motivation
image by ericmcgregor There is a theory that states adherence to an exercise program can be predicted by three things: Level of social support Self management skills Ability to tolerate discomfort The first two can take some time to figure out. Initially people are...
