Say “Fit ‘n Right” and immediately you picture the sweet Del Monte drink running down your throat, making you feel healthy.  Del Monte and SM Taste Asia presented a unique health/wellness/lifestyle blogging event called Dare to be Fit ‘n Right last Friday.

Fitness isn’t all about being thin enough to fit in a pair of x-sized jeans, nor is it about being buff, as master Coach Jim Saret relates — it’s about being healthy, losing x-number-of-pounds or developing biceps is just a bi-product.  It’s about being well-rounded.

He’s done talks for offices, corporations — trains atheletes/champions, even, but give him bloggers — the diverse diversity of mostly-on-their-chairs/in-front-of-computers/junkfood-munching/perpetually-caffeine-hooked (mostly)/probably-too-busy-with-other-things-to-workout types — well, he’s got just the thing for that.

The human body (and how it works) is a science, and he’s a sports scientist.

The group get a full-on scientific explanation (basically) on why we’re … unhealthy.  Sedentary lifestyles coupled with unhealthy nutrition equates to most of us.  The inactive body, may, on its own, burn off 1800 calories a day by being inactive, but couple that with that giant burger, soda and other various junk?  That equates to more calories than the inactive body can burn out in a day.

I’ll try and encapsulate the futile efforts for being unhealthy, based on Coach Jim Saret’s presentation:

If you’re not getting any results, then you must have a lot of reasons.

That’s why he developed the FIT method.

The FIT method is a workout strategy designed to burn off as much as 400 calories by doing just 2/4-minute exercises.  Which is perfect for people-on-the-go, really.  It takes advantage of his extensive knowledge of how the body works, the science and backed by the testing he’s done via-athlete/champion-training.  It’s worked for champions — why shouldn’t it work for you?

But that’s just part of the equation.  Health also means a balanced nutrition.

Del Monte’s Fit ‘n Right has L-Carnitine, a naturally-occuring substance in the human body that, on living cells, helps transport the fatty acids into the mitochondria during the breakdown of the fats and helps generate metabolic energy.  (Essentially, a way for weight loss is speeding up metabolism.)

It also contains B and C vitamins which do all sorts of great things like speed up metabolism, maintain healthy skin tone and promote cell growth and division.

It also really helps that Fit ‘n Right comes in delicious flavors — of which, apple and watermelon are my favorites.  They also announced (and my mum likes this bit) that Fit ‘n Right now comes in liter bottles!  (A cousin points out that this is being advertised, but I haven’t seen television in quite a while to verify.)

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Also, Del Monte, in partnership with SM has organized the Dare to be Fit ‘n Right Fun Run 2009 — a running event on November 22 at the SM Mall of Asia.  Runners may register and choose the race they want to participate in: 3K, 5K or 10K, and is open to both men and women.

It’s also worth noting that there will be big prizes and it is for the benefit of typhoon victims through SM Foundation. 

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It was a pretty fun and educational event.  A big plus was getting to see some of my blogger friends to try out the FIT method — active participation after the discussion!  Also, Coach mistook my flab for a 6-pack, so that’s something.  (I held my breath that time. )

A very big special THANKS to Del Monte Fit ‘n Right and SM Taste Asia for this great opportunity for a healthy change. 

Thanks to Azrael for the heads up and blogger friends for the awesome time. 

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Also, line for the night: “nasa labas, nagpapa-picture.”  Blast.  :p

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[Image above from Azrael's album. ]