Spoils of weight loss

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  • I have a kinda fun question. When you drop a size, tone a part of your body, etc. do you ever feel the need to "spoil" yourself? Not food-wise, but things like, buying new fabric, materials, props, and other cosplay-related items?

    What keeps me going is the fact that when I drop a pants size and/or bra size, I spoil myself by buying Kimono Fabric and imaging them on my Size 10 body. Now, I don't always spoil myself with fabric, but I love imaging having a Kimono - Yukata or formal Kimono - custom-tailored with 1 fabric bolt instead of 2.

    So my question is, what cosplay "spoils" do you buy/craft/commission when you hit a milestone and/or goal?

  • Hmm... I never really thought about this, honestly. Maybe I should try and think of a big reward for myself for reaching my goal!

  • Go find somebody to meet with and burn off another pound?

    Personally I was losing the weight and I just kept it up. Until I was trapped in a room with a diabetic who did not understand it was the food.

  • I'm still struggling with losing weight, but a month ago I bought a couple of shirts that are a size too small. They're really cute so I' using them as motivation to lose weight and be able to wear them. Then when those fit I plan to buy another shirt one size too small.

  • I usually reward myself in new gym clothes that make me feel awesome. So far, I'm down 4% body fat and have two new gym shirts. It's definitely motivation to keep going back to the gym to show them off.

  • The closest I could say I did to that was through my cosplay choice for this year. It is kind of expensive, and the choice of character has always been based on 'well, if I lose some weight, I'll let myself cosplay this character'. I didn't lose anything when I made the final choice to do so, but I am doing so NOW. Since I have no idea how long it will take to make my cosplay, I already did buy the material (saving the money would have been awesome, but I know how long I take, and I can't wait past February.. my Lisbeth cosplay took from mid-March to almost the con. D:), so that wasn't a motivator. But looking at least decent in it is. I know I probably would have anyway (I do have some pride in my ability to make cosplay), but I want OTHER people to think so (I know, I shouldn't care, but being passed up because of weight is discouraging). I just got tired of being possibly passed up because very few people want to photograph or even talk to the 'super fat' girl in the possibly good cosplay, so this year, I am doing something about it. Finally at least getting to be treated the way that I should have been treated all this time, without all the idiot giggling, is a huge motivator, as is looking good when or if I DO find my cosplay pictures.
    I'm just sick of being pretty much ignored or mocked because of my weight. Granted, I don't want creepers, but the idiot giggling was discouraging. I don't want to be mocked.
    Unfortunately because I'm starting 4 months early, my cosplay will probably be too big, but I couldn't afford to wait. I'm hoping oddly that it isn't by some huge amount (I can always take seams in, but I'm usually pressed for time) because of time constraints, But I don't care, I am going to ROCK this cosplay. Maybe by only 30-40 pounds, but I am going to look AWESOME.
    That has been my main motivator. That, and I have two snug Cospa shirts I want to fit me well.
    I spent enough on them, they need to look great. Those shirts may have been my way of spoiling myself last year, but this year, I am considering being able to WEAR them spoiling myself. And I'll probably get more after, so there's my other spoiling myself lol.