Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

The Saddest Part of Blogging..

I was looking for a blog post here in my blog.. something about painting and how I can’t paint again after giving birth.. it’s a touching post.. or at least for me.. but I can’t find it!

As I was browsing my blog..nostalgia hit me.. you know, like looking in a photo album.. same feelings, same sentiments.. then I came across a post about one of my kids..

and my heart melts. no, more like, it scattered into pieces.. I cry.. reading that blog post made me realized how much time was lost between me and that boy of mine.. it was a very sad realization.. my heart ached for that time.. for the lost time with him..

I know there is no use crying over it.. but I cannot help it.. there’s a lump in my throat, part of me wants to scream and be angry at myself.. what have I done? too much on my hands back then..

It was a sad chapter in my life..even if I am now trying to make it up to him, I know times like this would always come.. and it would always be the same.. the lump in my throat.. that, wanting to scream..

🙁

Medicard-Metafit Fitness Boot Camp

I won’t bore you with what MetaFit is all about and the benefits you can get from it but I would tell you why this is my favorite work out of all the work outs I know:

It’s a 4 minute workout perfect for a busy mommy like me!
It can burn up to 600 calories
It counters Somatopause

You can read my four week MetaFit journey here:

Week 1: read my Immuvit MetaFit Week 1 experience here)

Week 2: click here to read my Week 2 experience and to watch my video for week 2 routine
Week 3: click here to read my Week 2 experience and to watch Pinoy Biggest Loser Eric Limatog demo of week 3 routine

Week 4: Read my week 4 journey here and see for yourself the difference it made on my body, specially on my tummy

Good news to those who want to try MetaFit!

Medicard Philippines, one of the leading health maintenance organizations, joined hands with MetaFit and created the Medicard-Metafit Fitness Boot Camp. Dr. Nicky Montoya(for Medicard) and Coach Jim Saret (METAfit founder and famous Sports and Fitness Science Specialist) signed the contract last February 7, 2013. Present in the contract signing were Ms. Kate Cruz-Joaquin, Medicard Philippines Marketing Manager; and Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition finalists and METAfit coaches, Raffy Tan and Hazel Chua.

The Medicard-Metafit Fitness Boot Camp started last February 25, 2013 (sold out agad!) at the Medicard Lifestyle Center in Paseo De Roxas corner Buendia, Makati City. Hopefull this is not the first boot camp from them (let’s keep pur fingers crossed!)

Before the boot camp started, there was a trial session also held at Medicard Lifestyle Center last February 16, 2013. Bloggers and some participants got to experience Metafit and what can be expected at the bootcamp.

The training started with a warmp up- 10 jumping jacks, 10 squats, 10 pushups, 10 lounges per leg- AMRAP (as manu rounds as possible) for 4 minutes (nyak warm up pa lang un?!?) After that comes the Enter the 50/10- participants were made to do as many repetitions as they can of a specific exercise within 50 seconds with a 10 seconds rest in between.

I can’t imagine what the bloggers and participants went through during the try out.. doon nga lang sa 4 minute eh hinihingal na ako, paano pa kaya if it includes the second set? ayayay! Pero sana din nakasama ako during the trial.. that would be another experience to blog about 🙂

My Secret Weapon

secret talaga na? tapos i ba blog?!? hehehe

It’s not a weapon of mass destruction, more like a weapon for mass eating LOL

Having four kids and one demanding (VERY!) work online (akala nyo husband no hehe) left me with little time to do household chores and cook.. good thing I have a part time helper who comes here every afternoon..but still I have breakfast and lunch to prepare to.. For me, that’s the most tedious part of cooking.. the preparations.. peel here, peel there, cut here, mince there..ayayay! ang hectic! for dinner, my helper does all the preparations, ang peg ko nyan chef lang… gisa-gisa lang, talbog talbog lang.. walang hiwa hiwa.. but breakfast and lunch?!?

Then I discovered a weapon! Keri na magluto kahit tatlong menu!

McCormich Minced Garlic.. the only reason I bought this is for fried rice.. always wondered why fastfood’s garlic rice are so perfect.. tiny buds of garlic, well roasted! ayayay! and so this is the secret! And it cooks very fast… as in in seconds! Since I bought this, cooking fried rice is a breeze! No need to peel and mince garlic and the taste is equally good..

Then I learned, I can also use it on my dishes.. pag tamad ang peg, wala ng onion, garlic lang solve na! It actually lessens my time in the kitchen to almost half.. and that means more time for my kids and my blogs 🙂

I bought this big jar at SM Hypermarket for around 600 PhP.. been using this for more than 3 months already, sulit talaga!