The Guadalajara Reporter

How to nurture a love for exercise and a good diet

I have recently been working on a translation job with Yoryet Román, who is in the tourism business in Guadalajara. Her first name, by the way, is automatically pronounced “Georgette” by all Mexicans, but inevitably perplexes English speakers. During her years as a student in Sacramento, California, she says the moment she dreaded most was roll call by a new teacher, as “I just knew they were going to sabotage my name by mispronouncing it.”

In the course of time, I discovered that Yoryet-Georgette is also very knowledgeable about health and fitness and has been writing on the subject for some time. Hoping to coax her into offering some free advice to readers of this column, I asked her about her background and for some suggestions for staying healthy and fit.