Do you ever feel like you need to look a certain way to cosplay?

A tad more chill than most serious topics. I'm gonna cosplay next year and I'm already making my costume however ahahah school exams and stress has made me probably go up a few dress sizes loool and most of the time anime characters are really slim. Do you ever feel like you need to look a certain way? Like being a perfectionist when it comes to making a costume for example?

You should enjoy what you wear. Besides, none of us are 2D drawings. Of course Anime women have a size 0 body because they are paper lol! As long as it is good enough to tell who you are that's the important part. Lastly, if anyone griefs your body or costume remember the Golden Rule that said person is suffering their own selves. How we judge ourselves is how we judge others. Meaning that person is screaming internally whenever they look in a mirror. Just have fun and be safe!

I do think a lot of people should strive to be healthier than they are, but sometimes life doesn't always work to the point where you can exercise and eat right consistently, especially in this day and age when many people are juggling school and a job, two + jobs, work + family etc. To me the biggest thing is just cosplay what you enjoy and don't worry about the small things. Frankly, I probably would need major help putting anything outside of a very basic cosplay together because I can't sew if my life depended on it, so I always look on with a bit of envy and excitement when I see someone's hard work culminate in a pretty good costume.