40 pounds, a tale of two conventions

In the last few years, I've embraced my inner geek and started to cosplay, ie dress up in costumes of favorite characters and hang out with other geeks doing the same. At first I did closet and thrift store costumes, hunting through racks of used clothes to make the outfit. But last fall, I decided I'd commission a seamstress to make a costume to measure. I went in for measurements at the beginning of October. By the time I went back for preliminary fittings at the end of the month, I had gained so much weight that the costume didn't button. The seamstress worked some magic and managed to salvage the costume and I wore it to Chicago TARDIS the weekend after Thanksgiving.

There had been several pictures last year that should have shaken me out of my increasingly pudgy stupor, but it wasn't until I saw pictures wearing this costume that I said I've got to do something about this. I started eating better that very weekend and as soon as I got home, I logged onto MFP and have been logging every day since

I did my first cosplay since my weight loss journey this weekend at my local Doctor Who convention, and I do believe I'm coming along nicely. I'm a little over halfway to my goal, which I hope to reach in time for Chicago TARDIS this year. I've got a little over half a year to make it happen, so onward and downward!