by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 23, 2012 | Fitness, Motivation
image by W Brian Duncan About 90 percent of my clients are female. I think of myself as an expert on women and weight loss for a few obvious reasons: I am female, I have traveled on my own fat loss journey and stayed true to it in the real world. I’ve walked at least...
by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 20, 2012 | Fitness, General Health
image by Tacit Requiem There are no magic pills for weight loss. I say this over and over again. Yet the pharmaceutical industry keeps trying to prove me wrong. A recent segment on Morning Edition from NPR caught my attention the other day. They said the FDA hasn’t...
by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 16, 2012 | Fitness, Motivation, Workouts
photo by Vince Alongi It may be the coldest week of the winter so far, but today I’m thinking about bikinis. It’s not hard to do; swimsuits were already out on my last trip to Target. If you’re planning a spring break trip bikini season is really only 4 or 5 weeks...
by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 13, 2012 | Fitness, General Health
photo by najeebkhan2009 In November I put out a challenge. I offered my services to anyone who could prove me wrong about a popular weight loss fad: the HCG diet. I reached out to those who took advantage of a local deal of the day that offered a 50% discount for...
by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 2, 2012 | Fitness, Motivation, What's New at Thrive Personal Fitness
Not me. It pains me somewhat to say that but in fact this year I was the Runner Up in the Best of 417 awards. Sure it’s disappointing but I’m actually proud of that runner up status. It reminds me of my senior seminar in political science. Dr. Connor was known as kind...
by Pamela Hernandez | Jan 23, 2012 | Fitness, Fitness 101, Nutrition, The Fit Truth
image by o5com Exercise alone won’t give you the body you want. You’ll feel better: have more energy, sleep better and move better. But you can’t out train a bad diet. 3500 calories equals 1 lb. In theory, you would need to eat 500 calories less per day to lose 1 lb....
