Summer is here, heat is high and it is a perfect time to show the body for what you have been working all this time!

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I will share some of my favorite bikini brands this season and the best pieces what have caught my eye. Also want to share some Inspiration Instagramers aka most bad**s bikini bodies around!

Triangl Australia

Nlp Women

Eau Paix Vie

Stylerunner

Nasty Gal

Wolf and Badger

Zimmermann

Net a Porter

Babes got bodies!

Renee Somerfield

Izabel Goulart

Chloe Poliwka

Irysha Sl

Jasmine Tookes

Sjana

PS. I only support Healthy Body Image and Healthy Lifestyle choices. These girls whos profiles I shared here are all hard working Health Enthusiasts.

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I have been kind of distant from blogging. Life have took with its wind and have been busy living it. Yes this week was very busy with work, but also lately I have been trying to figure some things out about my life and all kind of situations. So its more like my mind needed a break. Now when my mind is clear and I know where I am/what I am I feel like weight have lifted and I can keep on moving forward.

Early twenties are such a awesome time of our lives. Its like you are adult and you live your own life, but same time you feel that there are tons of things what you haven’t figure out yet. But probably these great life lessons will never end and I will feel the same after twenty years. I try to live day by day and enjoy the moments I have. But as a perfectionist and hyper organizer I always need to have my plans ready. My latest plan is to let go of planning, because in the end everything will go in the way it have to go by destiny. So no point of pushing things what are not meant to happen. So no long story here, but I hope you all will learn the same. Just let go and great things will start to happen! 

Everybody who follow me on Instagram know the best about where I have been, what I have done and so on.

Most of my time here goes to the jobs or castings, but whenever I have free time, then there is 60% chance that Im working out of doing some yoga or 40% chance that I am somewhere exploring the city. 

I visited Taipei Fine Arts Museum and I am very excited to go to Taipei Artist Village today. Last weekend I spent my Saturday at Tansui what is a little seaside area. It was so nice to get out of the city, enjoy the fresh air from ocean and a good quality girl time with my girls here.

Few days this week I had really long working hours so I wasnt able to workout at all that time til yesterday. You can imagine how crazy it makes me. Even that doing catalogue shootings for 9 hours on high heels is physically hard, I still want to move. My work days are all about standing, doing a walking -jumping or whatever else big pose. Some days I am really so tired that I even cant get myself to shower and bed after the job, but then there are days when my body just wants to move more than “Hand on the hip”, “Leg Up”, “Walking” and so on whatever poses are necessary for certain shootings.

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I wanted to talk about Workouts and Hair. Sounds weird combo, but actually for a girl who love to get sweaty, workout almost everyday and have a long hair its pretty important topic to talk about. So everybody out there who knows what Im talking about Cheers to us!

I love to go through fitness magazines, healthy lifestyle and workout blogs and tumblrs, plus I also love to repin on Pinterest. All these sources have hundreds of inspirational and motivational pictures. Pictures of different workouts, workouts outfits, yoga or perfect bodies. But have you ever paid attention how unrealistic these pictures sometimes are? Especially the ones where girl is sweaty working out and she haves her long gorgeous hair down and everything just seems so perfect. Workoutholics girls all know that its pretty impossible to focus on your workout and get sweaty when your hair is in your face or starts to get sticky on your back when you sweat. In real life trying to workout or do yoga with your long hair down will never look sexy, hot or anything close to nice. I will be a mess!

This picture actually looks really hot, but we all know how uncomfortable it is to do your workout you hair down! 

So I want to go through what hairstyles are the smartest for different workouts. I have a pretty long hair so I have been trying different styles in different ways and I will share my own experience and what suits the best.

I will start with Yoga. Its important to know that whatever you do with your hair for Yoga class you should not have anything on the top of your head. Because if you do then you need to take it off for the inversions and then after that start putting your hair back up, will just complicate things. So its the easiest to have your hair strongly tied up all through the class.

Braids are probably the safest way to go. I personally love to have the overhead braid, but also simple braid will work well to keep your hair together all through your yoga session.

With swimming its good to have hair as tight together as possible. At first for yourself and for second because its pretty disgusting when you are in the pool and some random hair is trying to swim with you. I usually like to have hair in a tight bun on top of my head(in case I dont have to wear swimming hat what certain pools are asking for)

For Gym and different Cardio workouts still the braids, buns and pony tails works the best.

When You have long and thick hair like I do then I suggest the ponytail with the braid. That’s my personal favorite and probably the most comfortable way for a long workout session. 

Most of all its important that You feel comfortable during your workout and you should not waste any of your energy dealing with annoying hair. So just find the right and most comfortable way to yourself to tie up your hair and make out the most of your workout. Another tip what I can give is that if you have the baby hair what starts to get really weird and curly when you sweat then use some 100% real Coconut butter or oil and put it through you hair. It helps you to put your hair tight up and dont let any hair come out. Never use any non natural products before workout. Beacuse when your body sweats your skin opens and all kind of artificial products will have a easy access into your body and this is something what nobody wants(that also means that you should not use any creams before the workout).

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]]> http://helenaounxoxo.com/2013/06/07/the-girl-thing-hair-and-workouts/feed/ 0 92c693b0da3601afb46c7ad6b6713ed5 helenaounxoxo http://helenaounxoxo.com/2013/06/02/my-new-love-for-oats/ http://helenaounxoxo.com/2013/06/02/my-new-love-for-oats/#comments Sun, 02 Jun 2013 06:14:59 +0000 helenaounxoxo http://helenaounxoxo.com/?p=8077 Read more]]> As I wrote in the last post that I have fell in Love with oats. As these Healthy goodies are now part of my menu, its time to get creative and start sharing some recipes.

With oats everything is pretty easy, even when it can sound like some of the oat breakfasts are a lot of preparation. One of the easiest is to just spice it up with Cinnamon and cover with some Yummy berries like Cherries and Blueberries.

But uhh, I cant even explain how much I love overnight oats, endless amount of options! 

Blueberry Coconut Overnight Oats

*Oats *Coconut Water *Coconut Flakes *Blueberries

Night before put oats in a plastic container or glass jar and cover with Coconut Water and mix in some Coconut Flakes. Close it and put it into the fridge. In the morning just open the container/jar and cover with Blueberries and add some more Coconut Flakes if you desire.

Isn’t it easy? Perfect breakfast when you want to sleep til the last minute and dont want to waste any time on preparing the breakfast in the morning. Perfect for all the busy people who are trying to find excuses that it is so hard to eat healthy when you dont have time. That is a one big fat and lazy lie, you can be as healthy as you want to be and it dosn’t matter are you busy or not.

Jujube Overnight oats

If You dont have Jujubes(Chinese Red Dates) You also can change it with with Raisins or any other naturally dried fruit.

*Jujubes(Chinese Red Date) *Oats *Cinnamon

Put Your Oats to the Container/Jar and cover with water and minx in Cinnaom(I love to have a lot of Cinnamon). If Your Jujubes have still seeds inside, then its easier to chop Jujubes to smaller pieces and take out the seeds, but its not necessary. Mix everything, close container/jar and put into the fridge for a night. In the morning take it and eat it! 

Also wanted to share some really delicious Oat Recipes what some of my favorite blogs have shared!

Kath Eats Overnight Oats

Pumpkin Persimmon Overnight Oats

Oh She Glows Classic

Chatelaine 60 seconds Vegan Oatmeal

Deliciously Ella Mango Banana Overnight Oats

Fat Free Vegan Oats

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I have so much I want to share, but I really don’t know from where to begin. Okey, I think it would be very Me to start from Workout talk and that’s what Im going to do. As the weather have hit the high over 30C here then I really need to be careful with picking the time to go for a run. That means it have to be really early morning or evening when the sun have already set down. Few times I have been a little late with my morning workout at the riverside and oh god I pay hard for it. Not I just dont sweat double, but also I need to keep myself away from sun as much as possible. Seems like the sunblock business ain’t working on me anymore. But otherwise last week was pretty good workout week.

Also one of my favorite cardio workouts is back in my routine, Swimming. Haven’t jumped into the pool since november and did it again this week. Felt amazing, because I really love swimming. Not just as a workout, but its such a creative time for my mind. I get always way too many ideas and plans while I swim(wish to be able to swim with the notebook to write everything down, or record the speedride of my mind). But how I can not share my Asian Pool experience. Actually I am not a huge fan of public pools (actually I dont like many public things like transport, toilets and so on). But as I have realized that Taiwanese people are nice and clean so I decided to go and enjoy the public pool and it wasn’t bad at all. But I realized that I was the little devil in the pool. Went to swim with my basic bikini( very simple, nothing sexy of anything). I honestly felt like a sl*t. Taiwanese women swimming wear is so covered up that I even dont know how to comment it, I had a quite good cultural adventure just staring at the people and realizing the cultural differences. Women who were wearing bikinis had bottom part what were boxers or swimming skirts. Most of them had swimsuits and its seems pretty normal and okey, til the moment I saw few of them having swimsuits what covered the whole body or swimsuits what were dresses. So it makes me wonder why women are hiding their body so much? I understand its not proper maybe to show too much figure(about what we should be proud of), but then why men have the right to show of their fat bellys rolling around(because that’s just ugly to watch). So my first visit to Asian public swimming pool was pretty fun, because I had a lot to think about after. So it wasn’t just workout to my body, but also my mind got a pretty good amount of material to think about.

Haven’t made it to the Yoga mat this week as much as I would like to be on it. So today is finally Sunday and I have the time and privacy to enjoy my Yoga moments. There is nothing more beautiful in Life then the true connection between body and mind!

Also I haven’t done any food talk for quite some time. I have made few changes in my own eating habits and after all these years of being a healthy lifestyle enthusiast I am still trying to find what fits the best for me. Life is a journey and our bodies are in progress all the time. There isn’t any perfect way what we can keep forever, as our bodies changes so should change our habits. Not just for better, but also our habits should change with our bodies needs. Sometimes our mind said that something is right or wrong, but our bodies say different. No matter what ideas are in your head or what you believe in, always listen to your body. Our bodies are so much more smarter than we think.

So you are curious for sure what changes I have made then? A little more than month ago I felt that something wasn’t right with my tummy and I felt really bloated. Also I had some changes in my own life what also effected the way I felt, but I also felt that there was something out of balance in my eating habits. On that time I was in the fruit paradise, China and I mostly consumed fruits. As many fruits can be too acid, they irritated my bowel and from the the bloated feeling. I cut down my fruit junkie eating habits and tried to change my menu a little bit. Change is always good and probably it was time to do it. I have to be honest that at first I felt there is nothing to eat anymore. I never have been a fan of oatmeal and my memories with porridge were all left to the childhood. Now oatmeal seemed the only right choice for my breakfast, because my bowel needed to have time to recover and oatmeal is perfect to help with stomach problems. After a month of getting creative with oatmeal breakfasts I fall more and more in love with this Yummy thing(recipes are coming soon!).

Another new habits what I have added to my daily life is Apple Cider Vinegar. I drink it three times a day before every meal. I drink it as a shot, but You also can mix it with water. After china I felt my skin was kind of destroyed and I really wanted to get it back the way it should be. Apple Cider Vinegar have so many great health benefits(list is endless) and one of them is improve skin problems.

As I said before Our bodies are work in progress and there is no perfection what will stay forever. To be the best versions of yourself everyday, we need to have changes and we have to accept changes. Also we need to learn to let our bodies grow and learn to understand our bodies needs. Things what where working for your body year ago, might not work anymore. That’s why we need to learn to understand our bodies and when they need to have a change to move forward. We should not reach for the perfect goal, but we should reach for the greatest feeling about yourself in your own body right now. Dont be scared to make mistakes or try different things. We never know what eating habits, workouts or routines will work best for us if we dont try.

You might think that after all these years I have reached the perfection of being healthy and active. Yeah I am probably more active than most of youngsters in  my age and I probably eat Healthier than anybody I know. But I still make mistakes and I still sometimes don’t know exactly what my body needs, but I find it wonderful, that I still have so much to learn and get better. It is such a beautiful joy of life to have a room to grow.

As a model I always need to make sure that I am in healthy shape for my job, but that is not a goal. My ultimate goal is to get better, to get stronger, to get older and have body what is active and still feels young.

What is Your goal and what are your reasons to keep your lifestyle healthy?

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]]> http://helenaounxoxo.com/2013/06/02/we-are-work-in-progress-and-we-dont-need-to-be-perfect/feed/ 0 T2YLrPXglXXXXXXXXX_!!902904077 helenaounxoxo http://helenaounxoxo.com/2013/05/23/inspiration-thursday-45/ http://helenaounxoxo.com/2013/05/23/inspiration-thursday-45/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 15:31:49 +0000 helenaounxoxo http://helenaounxoxo.com/?p=8036 Read more]]> Its time to get Inspired again. Blue sky, Fresh Breeze and Summer days… isn’t it all what we need. Uhh Happiness is truly hidden in the simple moments. Just know what is real and enjoy it by staying in the right now. Feel blessed of the things you have achieve and be proud of Yourself. Don’t plan the future and dont miss the past, because there isn’t any better moments in life than the moment what you have right now. Don’t focus on anything else than Your own well being, happiness and Sunshine around You!

Don’t You dare to complain about the things you don’t have, because we have everything in life for the reason. So enjoy the things and moments You already have! Everything happens for the reason!

You, who feel a little skeptical reading this… also You are reading it for a reason. Lately I just have met way too many people who forget the beauty what they have in their life right now and they waste all their energy focusing on unnecessary.

Smile and Shine!

Send out the energy You want to receive!

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This weekend have been so Amazing and its not even close to be over. Taipei is treating me so well and it really spoils me, because I can get really used with the lifestyle when I have it all!

Saturday I was part of a really great event. It was Julie Stephens workshop at Pure Yoga Taipei. Upside Down workshop what focused on all the poses where our top of the body will be close to the floor and our feet will reach to the sky. For me it was really important to be part of it, because that’s the part where I am the weakest and I will do whatever it takes to be better. Julie start the workshop with taking about our fears. Its often the reason why we cant get things done, even when our bodies are able to move forward then there always can be some inner fear what blocks us. What can be better than letting our fears go and move forward with whatever we want. I personally don’t have a fear being upside down. I probably would like to see the world all the time in that way. But my hands are not strong enough and that’s the biggest issue what I have. I got some great tips. In three hours we learned everything technical about inversions. How to warm up, how to get to the start, how to start practicing getting up and so on til how to keep yourself in the pose with confidence. Every little detail how we can get our bodies upside down.

Forearm stand and Headstand are not the problem for me, but yesterday I found out many reasons why I haven’t been able to succeed with handstand. I feel so stupid to say it all the time that my hands are not strong enough, but while we were practicing in front of the mirror I found out that my hands are naturally not straight. So there is the key why I don’t have strength and balance in handstand, because the foundation of the pose is not there. Cant succeed with something when it don’t have any foundation. I also got some good ideas for exercises what I want to start practicing every day for few minutes to get my shoulders and hands stronger.

My body is work in progress and I am so happy that I still have so much to learn and so many ways to move forward. It would be boring to find perfection and do not have anywhere to succeed. As a model I walk a very thin line with having a model body and working out and doing yoga practice as intense as me. I can love and enjoy my workouts as much as I want, but I always need to also think about to not get to muscular and keep the look of my body as tiny as I can. Like right now when my main focus is on getting my hands stronger, I really want to get the inner strength of the hands without growing too much muscle.

Im find out something new about myself everyday and I take it as a journey to find the greatest version of my body. I feel strong and confident about my body right now, today. But I know that I will be better, I know that I have room to grow and I know I am able to do so much more!

Inversions have so many great benefits for your body. One of the best feelings is when you get back from being upside down, You feel like a brand new person and everything feels so fresh.

Being upside down can help you if you have stress or insomnia. Also will be helpful for the people with back problems. Being serious with inversions will help you concentrate. Upside down poses will also strengthen bones and core. Improve balance and body awareness. Helps with circulation and reduce the pain in over worked muscles.

Pure Yoga studios are working together with one of my favorite Yoga brand what is Easy Yoga. Have been in love that company for quite some time. So yesterday I got my very first Zen Yoga mat from Easy Yoga. So happy. Dont know how I will keep on traveling with two yoga mats and rest of the world what I have with me.

I suggest you to try some of Pure Yoga classes if you are in Taipei, Hong-Kong, New York or Singapore

Today I feel so sore and my body needs a good recovery and relaxation after yesterdays 8km jog in the morning and three hours Yoga. So going to explore the beauty of Taiwan at Beitou Hot Springs what is one of the most famous Asian Spa location.

I hope You all enjoy your weekend!

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After a year its great to travel somewhere new again. Past few years I have been in the same places over and over again. Even that I love my cities, its always so refreshing to go somewhere new, be a stranger with the city and start getting to know each other. I can say that I am already in Love with Taiwan, seriously. And its not because of my Best Friend were waiting me here(dont take it personally), but here is something. Probably one of the things I love here right now, is that I have so much to learn and get to know, I still have the whole city to discover and traditions to learn. I find it all really exciting and people are so nice here. Its hard to get used with it after being in China for so long, when people dont care about polite actions towards each other. So it feels great to see people smiling and helping each other.

Tomorrow it will be a week and this one week already have been amazing. Probably the first day is something what I will never forget(and not only me). But I came to Taiwan without telling it to anybody, so I was able to surprise my best friend Kersti who have been here already for few months.

Taipei as a city is a nice mixture of Japan and China with so much nature and South Asian tropical breeze. I have a great view to the mountains from my apartment and riverside park with lots of greenery is just a walk away. So I feel very happy to have some fresh air and nature around me for a change. I really felt that more than two months in China with world worst pollution was hard. So my lungs are more than happy to get some fresh air. Also spring and the warm weather have got me to the great workout routine for a past month and I havent slow it down even a tiny bit. Enjoying my everyday sweaty sessions. The riverside park is such a long and perfect place for my Powerwalk or Jogging. I really need to get used with the heat, because its really tropical and also sun is so much stronger. So lots of sweating and sunblock.

View from my balcony where I can enjoy my #Yogaeverydamn day sessions! I really cant ask for anything more. I have learned to love the most simple moments and apreciate the things I have. Something like that is all I need. It just something so special to enjoy my yoga sessions with the morning sunrise or under the stars in the evening. Love Love it!

Morning workouts with the heat! Someday’s it feels like that I havent sweat so much even in the sauna. Really, but it does magic with my skin what got kind of destroyed in China. 

Castings Castings Castings 

Taiwanese moments!

Barbie Caffee

Freshly pressed Lemon Juice

Raining Season all the way. I rock my rainboots, but dont have a umbrella. What can be better than Pashmina!

If any of you have any experience in Taipei and You have some great special or secret places to share, then feel free. I want to see as much as I can while Im here. Any kind of suggestions are welcome!

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If you keep up with Helenaounxoxo Facebook or Instagram You already know that I have said Bye to China and I am Happily in Taiwan. Its my very first time here and its really exciting. Also I couldnt be happier to see my best friend and soulmate here. I made a huge surprise to her after 6 months not seeing each other. So all I can say is that everyday feels like I cant get Happier and then again, I feel more Happier than before. Just enjoying the moment and making the most out of it.

Summer is so close and I thought what could be better than sharing some of the Must Haves. Being Healthy is not just eating clean, but its everything what effects Your body. What are the greatest things to have to make these summer days count.

Yoga Mat

Its important to chose the right one to you. There are so many different Yoga mats. It really depends what kind of Yoga you practice and if you also use it for exercises you have to make sure that mat will is thin or thick enough for you. Also Yoga mat should be skin friendly so make sure that your body feels comfortable with the material and texture of the mat. I prefer when Yoga mat is not very slippery, so pay attention of the stickiness of the mat and even better when you mat is eco friendly. 

Calme Yoga Mat

Thirsty Yoga Hand Towel

Hemp Mat Sling

Workout Outfit

I have realized that my workout clothes have become my favorite part of the wardrobe and probably they are also the most used pieces. I have said it before and I will say it again. It is so important to have good quality materials and comfortable clothing while you sweat and workout. 

Spiritual Gangster Tank top

Nordstrom Zella Sprint Print Jacket

Nike Sunset Leggins

Adidas Tension Moire Three-quarter Tights

Stylerunner Lucas Hugh Leggins

Stylerunner Itatiaia Sport Bra

Stylerunner Electric Yoga Bra

Nike Free TR Fit 3 Breath Training shoes

Nike Tadasana

Adidas by Stella McCartney Psittaci Boot

Adidas Printed Shorts

Beach Ready

In summer You need to be Beach ready in every way possible. Your body have the time of the year to show off the fabulous lean and strong muscles for what you have been training for so hard. Your mind should be confident to be proud of the body you have and to make it all look even better, then every girl needs to have a perfect and fun beach wear.

Roxy on Shore Swim top

Stylerunner Lucas Hugh Swimsuit

Mikoh Swimwear Uluwatu Top and Lahaina Bottom 

Mikoh Swimwear Cover Up Maxi Dress Biarritz

Read

What could be better than a sunny afternoon with warm breeze and a good book. Read, Enjoy and get Inspired!

It’s All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great

Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

The Honest Life: Living Naturally and True to You

Superfood Smoothies

The Last Train To Zona Verde

Cyber Life

We all have Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and we all follow hundreds of people. Here are some of the most inspiring and entertaining accounts to keep up with!

Clean Body Fresh Start Instagram

Cleo Coppinger Instagram

Aleven11 Instagram

Health Project Instagram

Be Smart Eat Smart Instagram

Yoga Girl Instagram

Fabio Abecassis Instagram

Rachel Brathen Yoga Lifestyle Facebook page

The Chalkboard Mag

Donna Karan Urban Zen Facebook page

Reserve Channel

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But now I want to Thank You all who shared their Smoothie Recipes with Helenaounxoxo! So many great recipes and I got so many new ideas too. Sharing is Caring and together we can help each other, share ideas and experiences and learn to get better!

Spring is the best time to get back to your smoothie routine. Everything is fresh and smoothies are the greatest way to wake up your body from winter! 

Green Power- Banana, Kiwi, Coral Water, Spirulina

Breakfast Smoothie- Water, Dates, Banana, Sea Buckthorn

Spruce Juice- Spruce extract(spruce needles and a little bit of water), hot water, Lemon, Honey

 Mango Smoothie- Mango, Cinnamon/Mint, Water

Simple Smoothie- Orange, Banana, Berries(whatever you like)

Date-Avocado Smoothie- Banana, Dates, Avocado, Water

Basic Green Smoothie #1 - Spinach, Fresh Orange Juice, Banana

Basic Green Smoothie #2- Spinach, Mango, Banana,Lemon Juice, Water

Aloe Smoothie- Fresh Aloe from the leaf, Orange, Spinach, Banana

Chocolate Smoothie- Raw Cacao powder, Banana, Water

Veggie Smoothie- Tomato, Cucumber, Pepper, Rucola, Spinach, Onion, Herbs

Superfood Smoothie- Celery, Banana, Berries, Cacao Beans, Hemp Seeds, Spruce Needles

Wheatgrass Smoothie- Banana, Mango/Dates, Wheatgrass, Aloe

Green Coconut Smoothie-  Spinach, Kale, Raw Coconut Flesh, Banana, Water

So many new recipes to try out. If You have any more then feel free to share them here or on Official Helenaounxoxo Facebook page(find link below or on the sidebar). Turn Your blenders on and enjoy every tiny bit of every nutritious smoothie You make. We are what we eat, so lets be magically healthy and happy!

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Here is my Femina Magazine editorial The Second Skin. Story of Sweet Feminine innocence. I was wearing most gorgeous pieces by some of my Favorite designers and I am so grateful that I had a opportunity to work with such an Amazing team!

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]]> http://helenaounxoxo.com/2013/04/18/inspiration-thursday-42/feed/ 0 27 helenaounxoxo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 http://helenaounxoxo.com/2013/04/16/my-weekly-menu-in-china/ http://helenaounxoxo.com/2013/04/16/my-weekly-menu-in-china/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:04:14 +0000 helenaounxoxo http://helenaounxoxo.com/?p=7892 Read more]]> I hope You all had a great start of the week.

So I was trying to figure out what are the topics I haven’t been talking about lately and I realized that food, eating habits and my weekly menu is it. Now when I am back in China it is a perfect time to share my weekly menu here this time. Like always when I share my weekly menu you can see how much my eating habits are changing all the time. I love this journey, because I am a work in progress and all the time I want to be the best version of myself. My journey as the Healthy Lifestyle Advocate have been so colorful and full on lessons. Everyday I have learned something new and everyday I make a change to be better. You might think that Healthy Lifestyle is all about eating Healthy food, but that’s not it. Healthy Lifestyle is about everything You do.  Healthy Lifestyle is more than we can imagine and it have more power than we ever believed. At first its a key to our future. To succeed we need to have a Healthy mind full of Love to ourselves and everything around us, we need to treat our bodies with respect, we need to learn let go the negative and keep the positive. When we have learned how to keep our mind and soul healthy we can get to our eating habits and bodies.

Monday

Breakfast: Papaya and Black Coffee

Snack: Coconut Water

Lunch: Steamed Veggies (Spinach, Brussel Sprouts, Carrot, Shiitake Mushrooms)

Snack: few slices of Pineapple, some Tangerines

Dinner: Steamed Pumpkin

Snack:Dragon Fruit

Tuesday

Breakfast: Green Smoothie

Snack: Apple

Lunch:Papaya and Durian

Snack: Rye Bread with Avocado

Dinner: Spicy Shrimp Salad

Wednesday

Breakfast: Dragon Fruit with Strawberries

Snack: Banana

Lunch: Guacamole with Rye Bread

Snack: Apple and Plum

Dinner: Steamed Pumpkin

Snack:Grapes

Thursday

Breakfast: Papaya

Snack: Coconut Water

Lunch: Steamed Veggies( Asparagus, Broccoli, Shiitake Mushrooms)

Snack: Longans

Dinner: Spicy Carrot Soup

Snack: Asian Pear with Cinnamon

Friday

Breakfast: Dragon Fruit and Strawberries

Snack: Bambus Juice

Lunch: Coconut Lentil Soup

Snack: Papaya-Coconut Water Smoothie

Dinner: Raw Sushi (recipe here)

Saturday

Breakfast: Pineapple

Snack: Mulberries

Lunch: Rye Bread with Avocado and Simple salad with Greens

Snack: Spicy Japanese Seaweed

Dinner: Steamed Pumpkin

Sunday

Breakfast: Banana Strawberrie Smoothie

Snack: Apple

Lunch: Veggies with Rye Bread

Snack: Green Tea Soya Latte

Dinner: Buckwheat with Tomatoes and Mushrooms

This is just an example of my one week menu looks like. Im kind of obsessed with Pumpkins lately(since Tokyo), but not with all the pumpkins, its have to be certain kind of Green Pumpkin. yeah I definitely have seasons with my food cravings. But also check out my previous menus while traveling here.

Here you can see how my typical grocery shopping looks like!

Enjoy Helenaounxoxo Recipes and I wish You all a great Healthy week!

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Past week haven’t been the easiest for me. I found myself in a ugly stress zone and something like this ain’t me at all. Actually I had it for few weeks, but I didnt realize it until my body started to let me know that something isn’t right. I love my body and I love how smart it is, and I am even more in love with that through the years I have learned to understand my body. I had huge headaches, stomach and digestion problems, wisdom tooth problems and so on. Me, the person who never have anything and always feels great like a Wonder Woman had all the issues you can imagine in two weeks. At first I was trying to treat my wisdom tooth ache and stomach problems, but when I saw that nothing wasn’t actually working I knew that there had to be something deeper. Our bodies are smart enough to show us our deeper issues. I went through all my issues, fears and thoughts and nothing isn’t better medicine than clarity.

I practice yoga everyday, but I haven’t been on the right track with my other workouts. This weekend when I felt such a relief clearing up my stress, I had so much power, energy in my body and I felt my body and muscles were so opened. At first yesterday a miracle happened and I achieve Eka Pada Sirsasana with my left leg perfectly. I was able to keep my leg comfortable back of my head and I am always so happy to see myself moving forward.

Today I had a day off and it was a perfect time to make it Workout Sunday. Had a nice 7km run at the riverside with a good 29C, few sets of abs, legs and arms and ended my workout with a good old run on stairs. Weather is just amazing now and I will try to get squeeze some more fitness and cardio workouts into my days. I usually walk at least around 6-10km a day and Yoga is part of every  day, so I haven’t been lazy, but just I havent had the time to really focus on stronger workouts. My work and life is really active and keeps me moving all the time, but I feel that a little more fitness and extra cardio is needed. Spring gives me so much power and why not to use it in the right way.

Also I want to share my workout playlist. I haven’t done it for a while, so its time to share some of my favorite beats with you.

Workout Playlist

Wretch32- Blackout ft Shakka

Iggy Azelea- Work

ASAP Rocky- Wild For The Night ft Skrillex

Gold Fish- Get Busy Living ft Emily Bruce

Azealia Banks- Harlem Shake

Rihanna- Jump

Damian Marley- Dem Neva Mek It

After workout Sweaty-Betty! Love the heat on the skin!

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We(us models) are always joking about Models and Normal People. And it doesn’t matter how many jokes we make, it really is like that. Its like a name tag what you cant get off. Sometimes this name Model gives us so many chances in life, but sometimes it is just embarrassing how nobody even don’t try to take us as just a human beings. It is true that we can’t be the Normal People anymore, because there is very little normal left in our lives. All of that affects our mentality, mind and soul.

As a model our livelihood depends on being accepted by everybody and if you are not, you are screwed. It don’t mean that we super hardly try to be nice and lick everybody’s a**. But we have to be naturally perfect to all kinds of markets and clients. If we ain’t, we don’t work. Models walk a thin line living up to our image and being ourselves on the same time. Most of the models start in their teen years and during that time you don’t know who you are or who you want to be. You start finding yourself through the industry, traveling alone trying to figure out where the hell you belong. I honestly still feel lost sometimes, but I have learned to tell myself it is Okey!

So how all of this is relate to confidence? Everybody, literally everybody, even our biggest and greatest supporters are waiting us to be perfect. We get criticised with every tiniest flaw, mistake we have. Its amazing to see when Models know how to make their flaws work for them.

You may think that models are pretty and they know it, and all of that makes them confident. This is so far what actually average model feels. Most of the models have been the “ugly ducks” in their childhood, being bullied at school and being shy about the way they look. This is clearly the seed of being insecure from time to time, even when you are The Model (the title what everybody loves to give you). After childhood like that, being picked up by modeling agency can be confusing, because one moment you are part of this crazy modeling world, traveling from city to city and living your life everybody staring at you all times.

I was always a chubby child and everybody thought of course that its really cute, but I never felt that way. I was 15 and I found myself in the business what always seemed so far a way dream. I also started to see myself differently while trying to figure out where I was and what I was supposed to do. After 6 years in the industry I can say that I have found out so much about myself and I have gain so much confidence since then, but I am still looking for the complete peace. Will I ever find it? I dont know! But til I am in the business of modeling I can be as confident about myself as I want, but its like trying to prove Your own confidence to Yourself. You will constantly keep on thinking am I good enough?, am I the right type enough?, am I skinny enough?, am I interesting enough?, am I tall enough? and the list can go on! Actually it shows what a great actors models are, because you will never think that this tall-skinny-amazing girls will have any issues. We always need to have our confident face on, because nobody cares about what goes on in your mind, its still a business and you have to deal with your problems somewhere else. All we can do is to put a brave face on, be happy with what we have, work our a**es off to be the best version of ourselves.

All I want to say that Models are not Wonder Women. We are as humans as everybody else, we find Happiness in simple things like you do. We have days when we feel very insecure about ourselves or about the things we do, we are second guessing our next step, but we have to learn to live in reality and sometimes you need to step out from the modeling bubble to understand what really goes on. Learn to stay true to Yourself and Your Dreams. We have to realize that it is not important to be perfect for everybody, because there are enough people to love your flaws. It is impossible to satisfy everybody’s expectations and all you can do is to make yourself Happy.

Love Yourself! If You dont have Love for Yourself then its hard for everybody else to fall in Love with You the way You are!

Live, Love and Respect Yourself

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As you can see on my Instagram that I am kind of obsessed with Smiling Buddha’s. They have such a powerful vibe of positive energy and how all these different kind of Buddhas have different meanings is just fascinating. As much I love these these tiny Buddhas, I also always get very excited about Buddhist temples and I can spend hours and hours wondering around in these Beautiful places. I have to say that Jade Buddha Temple is probably one of the nicest temples where I have been in China and staff around there was so nice to explain everything and they also showed me this big smiling Buddha(what gives you good luck when you rub his belly).

Second super Awesome spot what I visited in past week was Shanghai World Financial Center. At first it was pretty incredible to be in one of the world tallest buildings. 91 elevators, 435m high, 100 floor…. list of numbers can go on! I felt so tiny being on the top of the world! View was just breath taking and I was so lucky to get a good weather and blue sky on that day. I say lucky because most of the big cities all around China are full of pollution and most of the time you cant see the sky. So to have one day in a month with blue sky is already pretty amazing.

Urban planning center was also pretty fun, but it was probably the most touristy place to go. But it was a great place to understand what Shanghai is all about today and how it used to be.

Jade Buddha Temple

 Shanghai World Financial Center, the world third tallest building

 Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition

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I wish everybody Happy Qingming Festival and Enjoy the Beauty of gorgeous Spring days!

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