/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>very seriously considering taking the plunge into lolita
>been here for 5+ years, always stalked lolita threads to garner information about it, but never put a coord together by myself
>terrified I'd look ita or somehow get an amazing dress and not be able to do it justice
>no experience putting accessories on a coord, only know basic rules, really
>wouldn't really have a place to wear it to anyway since I know I'd be terrified of fucking up the dress
>Not even sure if there's a comm in Boston

tl;dr I wanna try lolita but it's a lot of commitment and I'm kinda scared

Also:
>usually work out during the summer so that I can get in shape, plus it helps me relieve stress
>however, taking summer classes and working almost full-time leaves me no workout time
>feeling disgusting and fat since I've lost so much muscle mass since high school ended
>worried about wearing a midriff bearing cosplay at Otakon
>worried my legs will look fat
>really important to me to pull this cosplay off well but constantly too exhausted to exercise