Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

Gardening Update: Okra Is Flowering!

My love for vegetables is limited to Okra, Sigarilyas, Tomato (debatable I know..), Onion, Garlic, Eggplant and a few green leafy ones. I never like carrots or bell pepper.. but that’s a secret, I have to show a brave face to my kids every time we have chopsuey (ugh!) but we moms are great on pretending.

And as you know, my vegetable garden is all about the vegetables I love. I can’t wait for the day that they start bearing.. ahhh that would be an aaaaaaaaaah time.. hihi

So imagine my surprise when one morning, I saw my Okra starting to bear flowers! I was like, or almost, jumping for joy. Immediately got the camera and took some photos:

Ca you spot it? Oh by the way, I already transferred some of our veggies to our mini garden outside, specially the okra. They already need a bigger space.. but still hadn’t bought a bigger pots, I end up digging the front garden and cultivating it to make way for the okra, tomato and sigarilyas and some sili too. I think I lost more than 1000 calories doing that! hahaha

I know for some people, okra is not a favorite. What does Okra taste like? I cannot explain, but yes it is very slimy.. but it has some sweetness on it, and really goes well with calamansi and bagoong! yum yum

The Chinese Kangkong is growing too and might need to be transferred to a bigger pot (Divisoria here we come!).. as well as the eggplant and some of the sili left on the small pots. I am thinking of buying more Kangkong seed.. this proves to be the most useful veggies of all! We have sinigang every weekend and my mom always adds the kangkong we had on the garden… reason why the kangkong on the picture is kalbo 🙂

Next update will be about the pots.. and where to buy them and how much each one will cost me..well after I am done reading about fixed immediate annuities and other tax forms 🙂

And oh, I am planning to start an herb garden, so watch out for that too!

Immuvit MetaFit Challenge Week 3

I am now on my third week of the Immuvit MetaFit Challenge. There’s another set of exercise for us and I’m still getting the hang of it (more on that next week). Let me share with you what happened to Week 2.

The new routine for week 2 includes: 10 touch toes, 10 squat jumps and 10 alternate lunges. Here’s a short video for demonstration.

It’s a bit more challenging compared to Week 1’s routine, in fact, there’s a lot of leg work there. After 2 rounds, you can feel that your feet’s giving up. But don’t! Finish it just like what I did and it has to be 4 minutes.

Meta-Fit is a four-minute exercise routine that enables one to burn up to 600 calories in just a few minutes of exercise. Doing this form of exercise promotes higher metabolism and energy, stronger bones and lower blood sugar. It consists of fast, short and intense bursts of anaerobic exercises. -from Immuvit website

MetaFit was designed to reverse somatopause, a condition where in our body’s growth hormone production decreases, together with Immuvit, MetaFit can fight Somatopause. Immuvit is a herbal dietary supplement that contains 2 kinds of ginseng that gives energy boost. As Metafit is a fast, short and intense burst kind of exercise, we need all the energy boost that we can get and Immuvit is the right supplement for that.

During the first few days of week 2, I was doing it once a day, if you can remember, by the end of Immuvit MetaFit Challenge week 1, I’m already doing the routine 2x a day. My goal for week 2 is to continue doing the routine 2x a day. By 4th day of week 2 (day 11), I’m doing it 2x a day and by Day 14, I am already doing it 3x a day.

For this week, week 3, I plan to do MetaFit 3x a day. I also plan to run at least 2x a week and see how far I can go. If I haven’t mentioned it, my ultimate goal for this challenge is to be able to run 3k in 20 minutes or less. I really hope I can do it.

Run United 2: Bring Your Family Mommies!

Run United 1 proves to be a very exciting and fun activity for me and my kids. It’s not just about the run, it’s about the time we spent jogging and bonding. Every other day we would spend an afternoon at the park and run and on weekends we go there every morning to run and have a picnic. It has brought us more closer and of course healthier!

So this coming June, we’re going to join Run United 2, excited? Yes we are!

Unilab ActiveHealth invites moms and their families to take part in advocating an active and healthy lifestyle by joining the second leg of the 2012 Run United on June 17, 2012 at Mall of Asia.

my second born, Ceelin 500-meter dash , Run United 1

Take part on this event mommies, trust me, it is something that you will all love. Your kid (s) can join the Ceelin 500-meter dash while you and your husband can join the 3km, 5km, 10km and 21km. You can even run together as kids are allowed to join the 3km, 5km, 10km and 21km runs.

Upon registration, participants will receive their singlet (for race categories 500-meter dash, 3km, 5km, and 10km). To claim the Active Health race belt bag, bib with timing chip, and Riovana 10% discount stub , participants can go to the first ever Run United race expo scheduled on June 13-16, 2012 at BGC Grounds near Mercato from 12nn to 8pm.

Participants for the 21k category will have a different singlet color design. They will also be given a personalized RunRio Timing Card, just by presenting their their old IPICO timing chip during the registration. Of course, participants will also receive freebies and the 2nd piece of the collectible medal and finisher shirt.

“Active Health delivers Unilab’s vision of providing active health solutions for Filipino families,” Unilab Active Health Head Alex Panlilio said. “We encourage families to start or continue leading active lives through our events like Run United.
Active Health Sport Events Executive Lester Castillo said, “As we have always done in the past, we continuously improve Run United series to give runners a better experience and encourage them to keep running. Through our partnership with Coach Rio dela Cruz, Run United has become one, if not the best, running event in the country.”

Registration for 2012 Run United 2 is ongoing at the following stores

Riovana at Bonifacio Global City and Katipunan, Quezon City
Toby’s at SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City and SM North The Block, Quezon City

For online registration, check details at www.unilabactivehealth.com or www.runrio.com. Registration is until June 3, 2012 on a first come first serve basis.

2012 Run United 2 is for the benefit of Gawad Kalinga and Children’s Hour. For more inquiries, check out www.unilabactivehealth.com and www.facebook.com/unilabactivehealth.