Woman drops 28kg to cosplay favourite character
A Japanese woman successfully lost 28kg through dietary changes to cosplay as a Street Fighter character. Separately, a building in Taipei faced backlash for installing anti-pet spikes on pillars.
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A WOMAN lost 28kg over a year and a half just so she could cosplay as Chun-Li, her favourite character from the Street Fighter video game series, China Press reported.
Going by the moniker Souu, the woman in Japan is an avid cosplayer. But since becoming a mother, her weight reached a peak of 78kg.
Souu was determined to make a change so that she could play the characters she loved. She embarked on an 18-month weight loss journey with exercise and dietary changes.
Rather than reducing portions, she changed her eating habits. She swapped white rice for brown rice and avoided refined carbohydrates such as white bread.
She gave up fried food and replaced them with lean meats and other sources of protein which are low in fat.
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