AS/autism and body weight

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I was more or less normal weight, mostly 10 lbs too high, until in my 30s a psychiatrist gave me Nardil. He said, "It does not cause weight gain, it causes wanting food. So it is a question of self-control. This is the best medication for your problem." (my problem: he had Dx'd it as Suicidal and nothing else.)

Result: I gained 50 pounds in 3 months, never lost it, but learned a new habit of craving/eating that eventually gave me 30 more pounds than that. No, I haven't come out the other side of this one. Gym trainers get embarrassed when my weight falls off the high end of their BMI machine. ("Oh, it seems to be out of order" hiding it under a magazine.)

While I think the main factor is calorie intake, a second factor is the ability of some people on the spectrum to get into a flow state, in which the brain is extremely focused for a long period of time. It is likely that this state burns a lot of calories. There may be other mental states that do similarly.

I was a skinny kid and a skinny teenager, a skinny young adult - and I am now an overweight 30 year old. C'est la vie.

I'm very thin. I was chubby in high school and burnt it all off my first semester at university.

I'm also generally small. Someone told me recently I have a "delicate frame."

I've been all kinds of weight, from anorexic to overweight.

some of us would benefit from a personal coach/trainer, or a damned good and smart friend.