Do something different this year - pack a healthy picnic basket and take your mum out for a relaxing stroll in a country park
This Sunday is Mother's Day. You can show how much you love and respect your mum by treating her to something healthy.
Give those Mother's Day buffets a miss this year - we suggest a stroll or hike and a picnic in one of Hong Kong's wonderful country parks.
Being outdoors is much more preferable than being stuck among hordes of people piling mounds of food on their plates and centimetres on their waistlines.
Do you know that walking helps to release 'happy' brain chemicals called endorphins? Exercise also helps you to feel relaxed and less stressed plus you can burn off calories at the same time. The American Heart Association says a person weighing 68 kilograms walking at a comfortable speed of 3 kilometres per hour can burn 240 calories in an hour.
Here's what you could take in a cooler bag or picnic basket:
Assorted sandwiches and pita bread
