Loosing weight as an Aspie

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It sounds more then interesting. But I wonder if you can get it in Sweden. Didnt find anything so far.

Not easy if you have AS.

I lost 27 pounds (12kg) in the past 5 months so I've spent a lot of time thinking about this. Here are some things that helped me:

- realistic goal. I wasn't trying to lose too much too fast. Worked out to about 1 pound per week. If you try to hard then you'll lose a lot in a short period, but it wont be sustainable. You need to develop habits that you're willing to keep for the rest of your life.

- I think it's very important to combine diet and exercise. I had always been a big walker, but my body was strong at walking and nothing else. I started more full body exercise using video games like Wii Fit and EA sports Active. It's not exactly fun, but they were engaging enough that they weren't completely miserable. And it's sort of like having a trainer without having the stress of meeting a real person.

- I only eat at mealtimes and I only eat when I'm really hungry. I'm vegetarian and my diet has always been pretty healthy, but I was just eating too much. As somebody said, no food after dinner. I eat as much healthy food as I want at dinner, but no dessert and no late night snack.

- As people said, low carb may be helpful. I eat until I'm full, but I tried to minimize the amount of bread, pasta, and rice.

There were certainly times when it seemed like I sacrificed yet gained back a pound. But other times I lost 3-4 pounds in a short period. And over time I took pride in the progress.

Good luck ...

Heh, yeah thats true. But I still need someone that can push me, tell me why Im doing it and so. give me tips and ideas all the time. And that I can ask questions. What is ok to eat, and what is not etc.
If I go for WW, I might have to tell the coatch that I have AS so I might need clear instructions. Since I might easily misunderstand.. Best is ofc if she could write things she says, down on a paper, so I can bring it home, read it my own speed and talk about it with my fiance and so. I think that can actually work.
But then who knows. Maybe it goes ok. Maybe I dont have to tell them about the as.

hm, it seems it only grows in here, but I'm sure you have some native fruits/vegetables in your country with similar properties (low carb is very very important)

maybe try bitter melon

I lost 25 kilos since last june the Aspie way I guess, namely by being totally obsessed by it. I wrote an acticle I can post here if you like (If it's appropriate)

Update: Just lost 9 kilos (about 20 pounds) these past 2 and a half months!
yay!
(:

Before a meal or snack, drink a glass of tepid water. Not cold, or the stomach will contract. Start with an 8 oz. glass, and increase slightly and gradually over time if necessary. It filled me up, I did not drink as much while eating (which was causing absorption issues), and it increased the product of stomach acid slightly which also helped. This approach, combined with very limited dietary changes (still ate fast food on at least a weekly basis, drank soda but less than half of what I had been), led to losing over 90 pounds over 18 months.


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When you have previously tried substitution, did you substitute what you craved with something that shared the particular quality that you were craving (for instance low fat popcorn for chips because popcorn has similar tastes and texture, a creamy sweet yoghart when you fancied a sweet dairy product as yoghart has the same 'creamy" feel as sweet dairy treats, sweet fruit when you were craving something sweet; crunchy fruit to substitute for crunchy sweet cravings and softer fruit if what you are craving is a sweet soft food)?

Sometimes people try to subsitute one food or food kind for another food, food kind or just any foods they want to eliminate. Unless there is a close match between the particular qualities you are craving for and the qualities of the substitute, the substitution is very unlikely to reduce the craving.

Also if you anyone is looking for a healthy alternative to sugar, refined white stevia powder has 0 calories, is sweeter than sugar is alleged by some to be beneficial to the metabolism.

I lost a lot of weight in a short time by realizing that I hated being fat. I asked myself, "what for you so fat?" The answer was that "I love to eat." Okay. Now look at what you're missing because of your addiction to eating: increased social acceptance? More self-confidence? Feeling good about your body instead of hating yourself? Are you ready to enjoy these pleasures instead of the pleasure of eating: an experience you've already had, and has nothing new to offer you?

It was a persuasive enough argument to get me on the exercise bike for 45 minutes a night and away from eating too much.

I count calories. If you google calorie count there are good websites for it. You can still eat what you want, but in smaller amounts. You have an "allowance" or how many calories you are allowed in a day and then say to yourself "do I want that bad enough to blow my allowance on it?".
Failing that I will tell you that as a nurse I take care of a lot of overweight people. They get dirty in their folds and the skin breaks down even if they wash. When they get debilitated, which happens faster due to excess weight, they have a harder time getting moving again because of all the extra they are carrying around. Eventually they become bedridden and unable to wipe their own ass. Sometimes they get so big we have to use a machine just to roll them.
So, is the pleasure of your foods really worth all that? I'm a huge foodie too, but I've been scared off by all the stuff I see.
I'm sorry if this came off as me being a total a**hole, but I'm just being blatantly honest.
Best of luck to you. If you want help, msg me.

Update: Lost 13 kilos (30 libras)

exacto

My entire life changed dramatically back in December when I moved aboard my boat. Like you, I had been overweight and putting off doing something about it for a long time. Since certain adaptations have had to be made in order to make my new situation as comfortable as possible, my diet became part of the package of radical change. I have the additional motivating factor that I want to be in as decent shape as I can manage come spring and summer, as I plan to start learning to sail this year and I have it in mind that I may eventually want to do so competitively. Also, staring down the barrel of another birthday, I simply refused to spend another year as fat as I had been. Hating the body you occupy is not good for mental health.

Since December, I have pretty much been living on brown rice, sauteed onions and bell peppers, eggs, beans, fresh carrot/apple/beet juice - lean proteins - and not a whole lot else. No more canned sh*t. Nothing prepackaged or microwaveable. Little or no dairy. Honey, not sugar (and not much, at that). I allow myself the very occasional piece of chicken, a personal size pizza, steak or burger and fries and I'm very, very sparing with my alcohol intake. I try to consume a constant "drip" of mint green tea throughout the day (I brew up a cup, let it cool and add it to my water bottle that lives with me at all times), as green tea is reputed to help boost the metabolism.

I was walking quite regularly when I started this "regimen", but I have since been slacking big time. I'm glad for the reminder to keep moving!

I noticed the weight started melting right off my body within about a week. I weighed in at about 180 pounds when I started. I'm 5'0", so this was no good on my short frame. As of today, I weigh 155, the least I have weighed in probably 8 to 10 years or so. I'm still dropping.

Yesterday I tried on a pair of pants I have owned for several years but not worn for at least a month now - jeans that I kept because they seemed to accommodate my body comfortably at its largest - and I can now pull them down over my hips when fully buttoned and zipped. I had filled them out completely since I first got them. They are now bound for the thrift store donation pile once I do laundry again. I have since gone a minor rampage snatching up smaller drawers for my shrinking bum.

It's important that you find or formulate something that you will be able to stick with without having to stress over it. The more taxing it is mentally to keep at it, the less likely you are to do so. I think the key is not so much going on a diet, as making radically different choices in what goes into your body and making those choices a change for life.

Good luck finding what works for you.

Here's an article from Women's Health magazine that I found this morning that you might find useful.

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-l ... ism?page=1

I lost almost 30 kilos last year,(in about 7 months) with no real special trick, other than eating less and staying active. It's all about numbers, my friend. 3,500 calories are in a pound, and the average body burns 2000 calories a day, which means, if you take in 1500 calories(500 less than you burn) per day, you'll lose a pound a week. The trick is, to determine what your average daily calorie useage is, then eat less than that number, while still remaining active. And yes, you will be hungry sometimes, because if you were eating enough to keep yourself satisfied, you wouldn't be losing weight.lol


Anyway....I do have a little trick that i used....(aside from drinking lots of coffee.lol)....when you're hungry and go to eat a meal, don't eat until your satisfied. Eat a small portion, then quit eating for like 15 minutes. You'll find that there's a huge delayed effect, when it comes to satisfying hunger. It's tempting to eat until you 'feel' full, but most don't realize that you'll still get that same feeling if you quit eating way before you actually feel it. It just takes a few minutes for your body to say "Ahhhh.....I have enough food now", and let you know about it.LOL

Keep in mind that 2000 kcal is average for a man. I started using an Iphone app recently called "Loose It!" that makes counting calories much easier, and I started out (as a woman) at ~1900 kcal for my height and weight but quickly had to start reducing my daily budget just to keep from gaining. I'm currently at ~325 kcal less per day than my height and weight would suggest - just to *maintain* my weight.