How to get rid of weight and spots

I must warn you that this post contains one picture that is possibly NSFW. So review with caution! Thank you.

So I'm finally here to tell you about the method I'm using to lose weight! TADAAAH! *intense drumming and cheering*  I'm not a sort of person who will fall into these fashion diets that promise you to loose weight in 2 weeks with minimal effort, so I've never tried any of these super fast diets like carping, Atkins or lemon juice detox diets. And the first thing why I try to avoid these fashion diets is because they're usually not healthy. So I really have to be convinced that the diet and the long term side effects are healthy for your body before I even consider trying it.

So I watched two documents about fasting and in those documents they told that actually human is made for fasting: when we were still hunting our own food there were days when no prey was caught and we had to survive some days with no food and our bodies are made to endure the stress of fasting and actually it is also very healthy! In the documents they told numerous cases in which people have actually recovered from chronic headaches and even had better health during cancer treatments due to fasting. They had proven that while a person fasts the body starts to heal and regenerate cells by itself - it's still unknown WHY the body does this, but the scientist think that it's a surviving mechanism.

After I had watched these two documents I bought a book (written by an English doctor, Michael Mosley) about fasting. And this was way before the diet got famous and became a fashion scene. I read the book about the 5:2 diet and decided to give it a go. If You don't know about the diet, it's about fasting 2 days a week and during those fasting days you're only allowed to eat 500 calories per day. You have to take two days that are NOT sequentially for example I fasted Monday and Wednesday/Thursday.

The first two to three weeks was quite hard. During those fasting days I got really hungry and sometimes even weak. But after the three weeks my body started to get used to the fasting and it got a lot easier. Also at first there were no change in my body and I was about to loose hope but then at the end of the fifth week I really noticed a change. Our scale is broken so I couldn't use it but I measured my body after every week and at the end of the fifth week I had lost : 2 cm from my waist, 2 cm from my hips, 1½ cm from my arms, 2 cm from my thighs and 4 cm from my butt. And I had done zero excessive exercising!

I ended the diet when we went to Japan with my friends, since I wanted to enjoy the Japanese cuisine and not think about fasting while I'm there. Well after the trip I measured myself again and what do you know I had lost 3 cm from my waist! In two weeks! YAY JAPAN!! So after doing the fasting diet for 3 months I had lost: 6 cm from waist, 7 cm from hips, 3 cm from arms, 5 cm from thighs and 6½ cm from butt. And also my appetite is smaller so even though I quit the diet I continue to lose weight due to the fact that my stomach is now smaller because of the fasting! And I think that's really the key point of this diet.

So what did I eat during the fasting days ? At morning I ate one rye bread, at work during lunch I drank 4 deciliters of very low calorie strawberry soup. After work at home I ate one chicken breast with salt and pepper and some long green beans. And if I got hungry in the evening I made some Miso-soup. I also drank a LOT of water and some tea and coffee - with just a bit of low calorie milk.

While fasting I also noticed that my skin was in very good shape! But that was because of the fact that whilst fasting the body heals itself so it healed my skin! I've been having some minor skin problems since I was 14 and no face wash or cleansing product has ever helped - I've tried so many of them.... After I quit fasting my skin started to get spotty again and I was getting depressed. That's when I heard about zinc. I already take birthconrol pills for my skin and they did some good but not enough... SO I went to drug store and bought some zinc pills and after 2 weeks of daily use I noticed a BIG difference! I mean I would never had thought that the solution for my spots would be zinc, but it is. Yes I still do get some small spots now and then especially if I've been eating too much sugar, but when I get one I just take two pills instead of one for a couple of days and use tea tree oil from The Body Shop  onto the spot and it's gone in a few days. These products that I'm using are very inexpensive.

This product is the zinc and it costs around 5/10 euros
these 130 pills. It also contains vitamin C and it's also good
for your immune system and for your hair and nails.

this little bottle costs about 9 euros and even though it's
quite small it lasts very long. This tea tree oil is diluted and
it has only 15% oil in it. You HAVE TO DILUTE the tea tree oil
otherwise it's too strong. 

My friend's skin was too sensitive for the tea tree oil so if you know that you have a really sensitive skin, I would not recommend this product. I only use it on spots and on the most greasy areas of my face. But these two cheap products have saved my skin and I'm so much happier and easygoing now that my skin is in such a good shape after so many years of struggle. I only wash my face with LUMENE's make up cleansing product and I do it only in the evenings. At morning I wash my face with cold water.

I know I still have some work to do on my thighs and my butt, but at least my upper body is in my opinion in a good shape. I train my abs and thighs at home almost every day, but I don't stress about it. If I'm too tired to exercise I won't do it. I also walk my dog on a daily bases but I don't think that I work out that much - I'm kind of lazy person...... lol. Now I'll post some pictures from my looks and from Japan and then I'll take my leave!

the shirt of my tattooist: One Eye Tattoo. I got it for free
after my left hand was finished. I really like the shirt, it's cool. BTW
I had a serious bed head it this pic.

I cut the neckline bigger in the shirt so it matches with my taste.
I don't like tiny necklines..... feels like chocking! UGH.

this dress is actually quite old one. But I re-fell in love with it this summer.
While we had SO F****G HOT here in Finland during this summer
this dress really saved me. Oh and you can see my new boots! They're
just so cool............. 

we were going to Estonia with my father's posse. It
wasn't so warm in Finland at that time. 

That shirt is really the brightest color I have in my
closet. If you don't count pajamas. 

And please don't take this the pervy way I'm not
an exhibitionist, but I did promise some pics
of the progress of my dieting and well
this is the progress. If you find this picture
too revealing, please scroll down NOW. The point is
that I'm not ashamed of my body anymore.....

FINNAIR + THE MOOMINS in Japan <3  I LOVE Little My.
If you don't know Finnair is a Finnish flying company and if you want to
know about the Moomins Google The Moomins or Tove Jansson
which is the Finnish author. Moomins are really popular in Japan...

This is from Tokyo's Disney Sea. The main entrance. 

Disney Sea, Indiana Jones and the crystal skull. THAT
THING WAS SO AMAZING! I MEAN, JUST
LOOK AT IT!!!!!!!  You bet I was humming the Indiana
Jones theme song the whole time we were waiting in
the line.

Inside of a spooky hotel. Disney Sea.

A volcano next to Venice. Why not? The volcano actually spit some
fire out an made some rumbling noises from time to time. cooolll.

Venice in Disney Sea. It seems as if the day wasn't that hot, but it was very
humid which added some degrees to the weather. I had my leather jacket
with me and I used it at the end since it got a bit chilly...

We didn't try those boats. I've been to one in the real
Venice so been there done that.

And a really beautiful tree right next to our house in
Japan. 

Yes and these were the only pictures I took from Japan............. It was my fifth time so I already have so many pictures of the city and all the pics of people are in my friend's phone and I never remember to ask her to give them to me. So this is the sad outcome of my photographer career. If you want to know something about Disney Sea, the diet or zinc or ANYTHING, please leave a comment or otherwise contact me. I'll gladly answer any question you have! 

Reasons and excuses (plus T.T.D = tattoo, Tokyo, diet)

Hi! So I know it's been forever since I posted anything and my excuse is lack of interest. I've been meaning to change the appearance of this blog but I really suck at technical things, so I've been reluctant to do it and because of that I didn't even want to think about this blog..... And that is my second excuse!

Atm I'm at work so I can't post any pictures, but I'll do another post later on and post some outfit pictures. I took a pretty big tattoo on my left arm (pictures will come later..!) and on 29.4. it'll become a full left arm sleeve tattoo. I took two ladies on my lower arm designed by Alphonse (Alfons)  Mucha. He's an artist born in the 1860 in Czech Republic and moved to French in 1887. He basically invented the art form nowadays known as the Art Nouveu. His works are very beautiful, feminine, delicate and distinctive. Most of his works are about women and flowers and they're very widely known even today. I think these two ladies are not the last Mucha tattoos I'm gonna take - I just love his art so much! Here's a picture of the ladies:

Click for a bigger picture! 

Next time I think I'll take some non-profile picture. lol. This works name is La Primevera.

If you want to check out more of his works, just google his name! (Alphonse Mucha)



But to other news!!

WE'RE GOING TO TOKYO AGAIN!! 

We're in Tokyo from 13.5. till 29.5. This time it's going to be me and my three friends - and one of them is getting married on this summer so it's also kind of her bachelor-holiday.... or something. We're staying in Koenji's Neko Talo again,  since it's the cheapest and that way we can all live in the same apartment - plus we love Koenji. It's so homey already. and most of our Japanese friends live there. I'm happy my tattoo is ready when we go there! Although Onsen is probably out of question after having a full sleeve tattoo... LOL. So no onsen for me - unless there is some yakuza onsen that allows the quest to have tattoos.......... ? hahah. oh dear.

But I'll make a more informative post about these subjects another time. Now it's time to do some actual work, so I'll wave my goodbyes and I hope to see you soon! Oh and btw if you have any questions about anything please feel free to ask! I might be a bit slow to answer, but I'll try my best! \o


Best regards, TOKI. 

PS. I've also started dieting and I can tell you that in 2 months I've lost 5cm around my butt and 2-3cm from everywhere else in my body for example my arms, thighs, stomach.... And this is the FIRST ever diet that's actually working on me. I know I'm not '''fat''' to begin with, but I (like many other women out there) would not mind having a bit more firm body. Plus I have noticed some other health benefits in this diet. BUT BUTBUT...... I'm not telling anything else right now! You'll just have to wait! hehe sorrysorry. BAI!

[ When the sun still shines ]

Wooo I'm back to Finland. Sadly. And I have enormous troubles with transferring the japan photos from by phone to the computer. the system is so stupid and annoying and i've been trying to do this now like 45 mins and still doing it! ARRGGHH! I'm getting very anxious because of this stupid son of a mother! it doesn't want to move all the pictures, 'cos there is some error and oahfijdahf. okay, cooling myself down.....

IF i manage to get the photos to the computer i'll put some pics here - otherwise this post will be pretty pictureless ( i just came up whit that word, cool right?). alright i was able to get some pics from the phone. not all of them but i'm so pissed off right now, that this will do it for now... 

oh dear! time flies so fast - it feels like it's been forever since we left from Tokyo. btw i had one little accident in Japan.... I've wanted gray hair since last year's summer, and this time in Tokyo i thought that i'll finally fulfill my dream and i bought two gray hair colors: one Gatsby and one men's Palty. and one evening at 10 o'clock i started to dye my hair with the gatsby's color. I've bleached my hair but it's still very thick and i didn't allow the color to effect more than 10 mins and when i went to wash it off my hair was gray-purple. mostly dark purple. i had such a breakdown. i started crying and cursing and Rina got all scared, 'cos i was so hysteric. but thanks to Rina, the most kindest person in the universe, she went immediately to get some bleach. after half an hour my hair was back to blond. Not white - as it was BEFORE i put the horrific gray color, but blond. and after using some silver shampoo it's now again back to white. BUT i shall warn you about japanese colors - DON'T TRY THEM __IF YOU HAVE BLEACHED HAIR! honestly. 

I still have the men's palty -color, but i haven't even opened it yet. especially when the package says: men's palty - waterwax hair color. sounds suspicious. i still want the gray hair but next time i'll go to do it with professional's help - and by this i mean hair salon. i don't want anyone to repeat my mistakes so that's why i truly recommend you not to try the same thing that i did. it sucked ass big time! 

Here are the colors. Btw in Japan you can find hair colors
from drug stores and from Don Quijotes. Also some konbinis sell two or three colors.

I also had one accident in our summer cottage. On Friday i suddenly noticed that my lip piercing's tip ( the little ball that keeps it on place) had fallen off. I tried to find it but it was mission impossible. So on Saturday we went to some jewelry shop and i bought a new piercing and after 15mins i discovered that the ball had fallen off AGAIN. I've had this piercing for about 1½ years and the ball has NEVER fallen before. and on one weekend it happened twice. i was so pissed off that my grandmother gave me money to buy a new one - again. So i bought two new ones from korumaailma.fi which is an online shop that has pretty cheap jewelries. today i got those new ones.... but what a waste of money! 

And by the way i got a tattoo!! yay. i wanted to have it before the japan trip but it was impossible. but now it's already completely healed and i absolutely love it!  and here is a CRAPPY photo of it. please accept my apology - i was too lazy to put any make up or anything and i was just going to shower so.............. sorrysorrysorry. 

plus the quality of the pic is 100% horse shit.... :-D LOL

i had to take a picture of the wrap i was in for one day.
that is supposed to be white paper but it's been colored by the ink
and my blood. XD  yummy. 

and now i'll put some of those pics from Tokyo - that was so hard to transfer!

Because i love food!! This was in Saizeriya after a hard party night.
it was about 4-5 o'clock in the morning. 

In izakaya. The blue drink was called titanic -  and i can ensure you
it did sank pretty well. ;----D lol

again in izakaya. a pile of destroyed Edamame. yum! 

a Korean restaurant in Shin Okubo. Those plate sizes were enormous!
neither of us could not finish it.... 

happy Rina and her 0 calories jelly. :D 

(before japan) i love lace.... :)))

and i love those shoes. so comfty and easy to mix with almost everything! 

@Harajuku, FOREVER 21. i bought one jacket -
which is not in the pic btw. XD

it was a very rainy day.... :(

My life resources. 

one Hawaiian restaurant in Odaiba, Venus Fort.
We agreed to spend some money and ordered some expensive drinks. 

@ Karaoke WC. :--D  oh and my new jean west. 

how i spent my time during Rina's japanese classes.
Vitamin Water XXX and Lord of the Rings. I red the whole book
in 2 months. (well 3 of the books.... you know)

from the toilet of Rina's language school. :--D a nice green
wall. and my new jacket and top.

FAKE  t-shirt. love it. ;_;  from ASOS.com

this was after i dyed it purple. :-D pretty good isn't it? haha

and the last night in Tokyo. I love it when they have
yukatas in hotel rooms. :--D  i was just about to go to a bath. 

Okay.... next time i'll tell you something about Japanese guys......... wait for it. it'll be fun. :D or not. 

But now i'll go to watch the London Olympics. Is anyone else interested in sports? oh i love the Olympics. Even thought Finnish athletes are pretty crappy..... Always high hopes but never even competing in the Finals. But that's why i can share my love and cheer up for example Japan or UK. :D 

But once again if you have some questions - feel free to ask! 

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuu! kisses

TOKI

PS. I bought one men's egg and men's knuckle. Might even do a review...... ;)) what say u? 

[Rainy Days - in Tokyo]

Heroo again! 

eli tässäpäs taas uusin päivitys matkablogiin, jonka tekstiä en jaksa nyt kopioida tänne.

käykää katsomassa, jos siltä tuntuu! :)

[Rainy Days - in Tokyo]

XXX

TOKI

[ NewsflasH : To Tokyo VOL.4 ]

Hello! it's been a while - again. But i really didn't have anything to write about... Now nevertheless i have some big announcements to make! First of all, we are going to Tokyo with my good friend Rina, on 30.5. and we'll come back to Finland on 2nd of July. So it will be another one month trip! This time it's just me and Rina, and our friend Sari, who lives in Tokyo. Oh and ofc Myrre is there with her boyfriend a couple of days after our arrival. We got an apartment from Shinjuku - which is kinda exciting, but at the same time a little scary, because the neighborhood is unfamiliar to the both of us, when Koenji feels homey and safe.

We got our apartment from Sakura House which is a company, that rents apartments for long and short stays and also a dormitory and share house stays. Our apartment is not big - to be exact, it's only 19m^2  SMALL but it's location is very good, and it looked kinda cozy. and to be honest, do we really need an enormous flat, just to sleep in? don't think so. OK the one month rent is a little bigger that i wished for ( 105 000 yens = 1044€ ) and we had to pay an extra 30 000 yens for the reservation, but we'll get 15 000 yens back after we move out. and then there'll be an extra 20 000 yens fee for every additional person staying in the apartment. Which means me in this case. so yes, it's a bit expensive but i wanted to have our own apartment and the location was also important to us.... But our flights were quite cheap so this compensates it.

And one minus is that our flight departures at 9.45 AM on 2.7. so we have to leave our apartment already on 1.7. So we decided to get a hotel room for that night. I reserved a room from a hotel near to Narita's airport. it was only 60€ for two persons room- so it was very cheap! and the best part is, that the hotel has a free bus transportation to the airport and it takes only 12-15mins, so we don't have to drag our big and heavy bags in the local trains in the morning AND we get to sleep a bit longer! ofc it is again an extra cost to the trip, but besides that, i think it's very convenient. and the hotel looked AWESOME! lol.

I booked our hotel VERY EASILY from Hotels.com. I just searched hotels from Narita (close to Narita's airport) and rooms for two people (one night stay) and it gave me the alternative room options from the cheapest to the most expensive ones. and the booking was so easy! you can pay the room from that instant without any difficulties. My only little problem was that at first it did't recognize my Visa Electron as Visa ELECTRON and it complained that my credit card number was wrong, but Visa Electron is NOT a credit card so we did have a bit of a fight with the booking system, but then i gave up and put the card as a Visa and i got the room booked. other than that, it was very easy, and i now have a booking number for the room and it's already paid from my account so everything is ready! For any other questions please contact me and i'll try to answer them!

to other topics, i have truly fell in love with over sized shirts. i have now started to get some cool summer clothes for Tokyo and i'm pretty happy for all the matter that i have already purchased. here are some pics - but some of them are pretty old so...... heh.

i was tired........  (._____.)'' 

I honestly hate my hair in this one......
 it looks like some old hag's dying pubic hair.  -__-'
no offence to the old hags! \o

i think, personally, that these shoes are amazing! but.. they're SO high... ;_;
I'm afraid i'll never use them because of that. 

dress from Nelly.com and the HIGH shoes. they make
legs appear very long and thin - and i like it. ;_; sigh
and sorry about the crappy picture! lol

i have fell in love with blouses! *---* all kinds of them! 

sorry, i have my night pajamas on..... :---D and my dog behind me.... lol

--the same without the red lipstick. 

this was in the mid winter, when it was still very cold outside.  

i look kinda Russian..? :--D 

Oh yeah, i forgot to tell one thing! I am now officially going to take my first tattoo. I wanted to have it before our Japan trip, but it was impossible, so it's going to be on 5.7.  11.00 AM. to be honest, i'm pretty nervous, not because it might hurt, but because i don't want the situation to be awkward and uncomfortable with the tattooist. he's a very big and scary looking bald man, but pretty funny and kind. still...... i usually don't like random people to touch me. that's one reason why i have gone to the same hairdresser every time for the last 5 years (and partly 'cos she is nice and skillful). and if anyone is interested, the tattoo will be on my left arm/shoulder and it's going to have some hummingbirds and lilies in it. i drew the picture myself, but the tattooist is allowed to do some changes - if he needs to. I need to go to the tattoo shop also on 22.5. 'cos he wants to discuss a bit more about the tattoo and he wants to see some pictures that i like and don't... or something.

But i think that's mostly about it! now i'm gonna make some tea and watch the telly! or a movie with Paul Bettany in it! I love him.... :)  

But thank you all, and have a nice spring time! I wish you all the best and happiness! 

XXX

TOKI