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Help please for adult son with eating disorder

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We have a wonderful son who is 27 with Aspergers who we are incredibly proud of for so many reasons

He is extremely intelligent and capable and Talented in so many ways, went to Uni and gained a Degree, and got excellent academic grades

He has a job which he enjoys and is ideally suited to working from home but does not earn enough to live independently & lives with us, his parents

He has had a problem  with his eating habits and has put on weight for some years and  his weight has recently ballooned in the past 3 years

He (like many) has suffered from depression & takes anti-depressants & has struggled like so many during lockdown 

He is desperate for some help but NOT from us as his parents

He knows he is eating the wrong things & this and quantity/Portion sizes are the main issues

Despite his many strengths - due to his Aspergers he is very much a creature of habits and breaking these is proving one of the biggest obstacles

He (like we) is very worried about his weight but he lacks the motivation and self confidence to break out of his bad habits

He has now asked us to help him which is a great step forwards but we need help from a Professional who understands his condition and can help?

We live in Surrey, and if there is anyone who can give us some ideas we would be so grateful.

Many thanks 

  • Batch cooking would be good for him. Aspies have difficulty with time-management, so learning to cook for several meals - then freezing - would help him immensely. Look up 'Suzanne Mulholland The Batch Lady.'

  • I don't know of any professionals who deal with it but I'm 3 waist sizes smaller than I was at my heaviest (went from 36 down to 30). 

    There are two elements I imagine he will need to address to lose weight. First, he is likely to need to force himself to just try new things. Second, he is likely to need to adapt his tastebuds to a healthier diet.

    There are specific things that can be gone into but it all more-or-less comes down to that, I think. There are so many different ways a person's diet can be unhealthy (including both food and drinks), and the majority of British people are getting fatter than they used to be.