Kida Cosplay: Atlantis the Lost Empire

Why do only super skinny chicks get to cosplay the characters that show some skin?

I noticed this at MegaCon when I saw this dazzling girl dressed up as slave princess Leia in her aura of confidence and smiles; yeah. I was jealous. and yeah. I didn't like it. So I though "Psh, I could do that too", but then looked at my body and immediately thought otherwise.
Making my Kida cosplay was a journey of, welp.. I'll make it and not wear it, or I'll develop the confidence over time. The second one won out. But, I didn't do it for the attention or to show off my body at a con, I just did it to prove to myself that my body isn't this horrendous, fat blob I make it out to be, because I know I'm not fat and put myself down more than I need to.   
So I got to work and finished my cosplay. Yeah, I'll say I did work out for a solid two weeks, ate no sugar, and had super healthy meals (with veggies!), but refused to weigh myself, I wanted to be happy with how I looked. I know, this goes against what I just said, but I was never gonna be completely content with myself unless I actually tried to make my body better. So I did. I lost a bit, not very noticably, but to me it made all the difference knowing I put forth effort.
Here's the link: http://www.allouteffort.com/2012/11/how-my-wife-lost-13lbs-in-2-weeks.html
My results were nowhere near hers, but I switched a few things in the exercise and I was happy :)
So here's the results of everything, my sewing, my working out, and my confidence!

By the way, this took place in SwampCon at the University of Florida.


Photo Credits: Figments Media

So go out there and have fun!