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Over Eating

Dawn

Hi all,

I am new to the discussions group.  Just wondering if anyone suffers from overeating/binge eating or just a bad relationship with food.

Long story short.  I have had eating issues from the age of 15 (I am now 46) diagnosed with Asperger's In January of this year and just cannot get to a place where i am happy with my eating.  I eat when i am happy, sad, stressed you name it i eat.  I have been under various therapists for my eating and can go 12 - 18 months at a time where my eating is really good but then i fall off the wagon and go back to my old habbits.  I have even tried Over Eaters Anonymous!!  

Any advice, tips on how an Aspie can just be at peace with food.  

thanks in advance

Dawn 

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  • Dawn please don't feel guilty about food, try to enjoy it - it's essential - but stick to 'eat real food mainly plants and not too much'. (Google Michael Pollen to explain this.)

    Make sure you get enough sleep, which can be almost impossible when you have small children in school holidays, as I think tiredness can lead to overeating, and perhaps Aspies get more tired specially juggling family demands.

    Just my thoughts, I get really impatient with both the food industry and the diet industry exploiting us, one selling over-processed low quality food making us overweight, and the other selling us ineffective diet programs!

  • in reply to Gerty

    Thank you for your reply Gerty and thank you for understanding about having children.  I do beat myself up that i do not do what other' moms do with their children.  When we have been on a long day out which i have enjoyed it takes the next two days to recover!!!  I do struggle with that but now I know this is not my fault. I am still getting my head around I need down time.  I knew there was a problem when I had my two youngest children (I have three, first one born many moons ago) with 19 months apart and I could not cope, I put it down to being a bad mom that could not cope.  I then realised there was an issue when my son displayed problems and was diagnosed with ADHD (still waiting on his ASD assessment, another long story)..  

    I just now deep down that when i am in control of my eating then life seems a little bit easier.   Food is my friend when but a pain when I binge!!!  It has been lovely to hear from others that are on the spectrum and understand.  I have only had help or advice pre diagnosis and always beat myself up when I get it wrong.

    Thank you again   

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  • in reply to Gerty

    Thank you for your reply Gerty and thank you for understanding about having children.  I do beat myself up that i do not do what other' moms do with their children.  When we have been on a long day out which i have enjoyed it takes the next two days to recover!!!  I do struggle with that but now I know this is not my fault. I am still getting my head around I need down time.  I knew there was a problem when I had my two youngest children (I have three, first one born many moons ago) with 19 months apart and I could not cope, I put it down to being a bad mom that could not cope.  I then realised there was an issue when my son displayed problems and was diagnosed with ADHD (still waiting on his ASD assessment, another long story)..  

    I just now deep down that when i am in control of my eating then life seems a little bit easier.   Food is my friend when but a pain when I binge!!!  It has been lovely to hear from others that are on the spectrum and understand.  I have only had help or advice pre diagnosis and always beat myself up when I get it wrong.

    Thank you again   

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