Fitness Check In Day 57: Last Day of Comic Con

While I wanted to go all 4 days of Comic Con, Day 2 which was the best day cosplaying I have ever had in all the years I have gone, it was also a long day where I wasn’t disciplined and did not give my body the sit down breaks it badly needed. This resulted in a pain in my foot (despite excellent boots) and sore calves that rendered me unable to go. I was super bummed initially because I had planned on cosplaying as Princess Leia, but pushed myself too hard. I honestly thought to myself, “Ylia you goof, you’ve done it again!! You injured yourself and now you’re going to be on the sidelines for another few months…all this progress and you blew it!” Fortunately, that was not the case. Fortunately, all I needed was a massage in the my foot and calves, plus plenty of rest in bed and and my body was able to recharge enough to go on Sunday, the last day of New York City Comic Con 2025

I woke up early and made it to the Jacob Javits with a huge smile on my face and happiness in my heart that I was able to make it to the last of Comic Con again with no need for the cane. I started to peruse the aisles, a little too quickly and eagerly however, and I did start to get a little bit dizzy, and my stomach started to dance a bit, which was a sign I needed to relax a bit, slow down, do some deep breaths and continue on. After I calmed my inner kid in a candy store excitement, I began strolling the aisles more focused on enjoying what I could see, instead of trying to cover every square inch of the Javits. It was amazing as it is every year, but this year I had more appreciation to be able to walk there. As I mentioned in previous post, a few weeks ago I was starting to have trouble walking, had intense dizziness and my legs were like jello. I could barely type from the heaviness in my arms or walk from the heaviness in my legs.

NOW weeks later, I was able to walk a total of 2.95 miles on Thursday, 3.53 Miles on Friday, and 3.59 miles on Saturday for a combine total of 10.07 miles!!!!! That’s a HUGE difference from not even being able to walk 3 blocks, then to walking 10 blocks which is how far I got before testing myself like this.

I will say though, Comic Con has certain magic to it. The energy, the positive vibes that the cosplayers, vendors, artists, comic book writers and anyone there really give off can be enough to keep you going more than you even thought you were capable of. At Comic Con, even if you have friends that go, each person likes to do their own thing during those days, like go to certain panels of shows, movies, or comic books, they enjoy, or other activities before you call each other to meet up again to see or do something together until your or their next panel starts. This usually leaves me alone to walk to show floor as I don’t usually go to many panels. The show floor and artist alley are really my spots to go. I call my best friend (my mom) and describe to her everything that I am seeing which she loves and of course take pictures of everything I can so I can look back at all the figurines, bags, comic books, t-shirts I have seen. This year I wasn’t able to go to artist’s alley, but I did manage to see more than I ever have been on the show floor which was such a boost for me.

I have come a long way in a few weeks and I learned a few things:

1) My body is more resilient than I have given it credit for

2) I have done a disservice to my body by not really listening to certain signals it was sending me in the past few months

3)The importance of being active every single day especially now that I’m in perimenopause

NYC Comic Con really was the ultimate test for me and my body. It tested me mentally as I was really anxious being able to go up and down the stairs for the trains and walk the Javits Center. After calming the mind, thanks to my wellness coach Mary who’s been AMAZING, I was able to visualize doing all these things and be less anxious about my body breaking down. I was also able to do the diaphragmic breathing thanks to my chiropractor who saw I was spiraling the day I went to see him for an adjustment and taught me how to do this.

You know how they say everything happens for a reason? Well I guess the reason this happened sooo close to Comic Con, was so that my mind would stay determined to figure out what was causing all these issues and find a way to fix them and get better in time to be able to go my happiest place on earth.

I still have a long way to go in my road to getting my strength back and building muscle again, and I do still have some other health issues I need to deal with, but this is a great start.

For now, I am happy for this win. I’m proud of all I did to reach my goal of cosplaying as wrestler Chelsea Green, getting over my shyness of interacting with new people as I did in the wrestling meet up with other cosplayers and of getting over the fear of walking to take the train, walking for a long period of time in the Javits and was able to shut down the worse case scenarios in my mind to enjoy life. Below are pictures of the last day of NYCC!!