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Weight problems

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Hey! Since covid began and stopping work, I've put on two stone. I'm a healthy weight now but have always struggled with my weight. Especially as a teenager. I'm really unhappy with my current weight but, as I am a healthy weight and I eat regularly, I don't consider myself to have an eating disorder. It's at the point where I really can't accept change and refuse to buy Jeans in the next size up- so that they'll actually fit. Instead I'm failing miserably trying to get fitter and lose a bit of weight. I know there are links between eating disorders and ASD but I may have had one in the past but don't have one now. I'm also on medication that makes me feel extremely tired (on top of what having Aspergers does already) and this doesn't help. It also makes you put on weight. I'm trying to control it but it's so hard. Does anyone have the same problem or have any advice? If I lost weight and got a bit fitter I would feel happier and can afford to do this and still be a healthy weight. I just need the energy!

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  • I have lost weight through calorie restriction, which was difficult and annoying and made me more tired because by definition one is not getting enough energy. I tried partial fasting where for two days a week one eats a quarter the calories and then the other five days one can eat anything, which was a bit better, but those two days never got easier! They never got harder, but just never easier. Some people do it by keeping a narrow eating window every day, but I couldn't try that as I have to take meds with food about 12 hours apart so I could never make the window much less than 12 hours.

    I have also lost weight by taking up exercise, the weight loss felt as if it was by accident as I did not increase my calorie intake to take account of the increased calorie output of the exercise, neither did I decrease my calorie intake, but ate 3 healthy meals a day. I started gradually and built up to more. I joined a gym for the swimming pool, but found I could use some of the gym equipment too (I am physically disabled so had not expected any of it to be accessible so it was a nice surprise). What I found most helpful was doing HIITs which effectively was just a couple of minutes of really hard exercise a week! The idea was, on an exercise bike or the cross trainer, or it can be done running or possibly by doing situps or whatever, you warm up then do 20 seconds of absolute max exertion so hard and fast you think you might die, then warm down for a few and mins and do it again, then warm down and you're done for the day, three times a week. I also did a longer slower session which might have been swimming lengths or maybe half an hour at more of a jogging pace on the machine. Over time I was able to go faster and on a higher effort level on the machine for my 20 seconds and I felt so much better for it. It gave me more energy over time, and as I mentioned I lost weight though my intention was to get fitter rather than weight loss. After a year at the gym I got my trike so now my exercise is cycling.

    I still don't have as much energy as I would like, but I have more than I did when i started exercising, and it is good for my mental health as well, getting out of the house and moving more.

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  • I have lost weight through calorie restriction, which was difficult and annoying and made me more tired because by definition one is not getting enough energy. I tried partial fasting where for two days a week one eats a quarter the calories and then the other five days one can eat anything, which was a bit better, but those two days never got easier! They never got harder, but just never easier. Some people do it by keeping a narrow eating window every day, but I couldn't try that as I have to take meds with food about 12 hours apart so I could never make the window much less than 12 hours.

    I have also lost weight by taking up exercise, the weight loss felt as if it was by accident as I did not increase my calorie intake to take account of the increased calorie output of the exercise, neither did I decrease my calorie intake, but ate 3 healthy meals a day. I started gradually and built up to more. I joined a gym for the swimming pool, but found I could use some of the gym equipment too (I am physically disabled so had not expected any of it to be accessible so it was a nice surprise). What I found most helpful was doing HIITs which effectively was just a couple of minutes of really hard exercise a week! The idea was, on an exercise bike or the cross trainer, or it can be done running or possibly by doing situps or whatever, you warm up then do 20 seconds of absolute max exertion so hard and fast you think you might die, then warm down for a few and mins and do it again, then warm down and you're done for the day, three times a week. I also did a longer slower session which might have been swimming lengths or maybe half an hour at more of a jogging pace on the machine. Over time I was able to go faster and on a higher effort level on the machine for my 20 seconds and I felt so much better for it. It gave me more energy over time, and as I mentioned I lost weight though my intention was to get fitter rather than weight loss. After a year at the gym I got my trike so now my exercise is cycling.

    I still don't have as much energy as I would like, but I have more than I did when i started exercising, and it is good for my mental health as well, getting out of the house and moving more.

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