Trying to lose weight, unsucessfully...

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I wouldnt believe me either...

This is me:
(just realised cannot add link directly because do not have 5 posts)
SEARCH WIKIPEDIA FOR: CHRIS MORGAN ROWER

However I would ask that you not put anything about me being an aspie in there yet, as I have only been recently diagnosed and am still in the process of letting various crewmates and people in the sport know.
Eventually I would like to become an ambassador of some sort for aspies in sport (was suggested to me by person who gave me diagnosis), but for now, I have to be careful about timing of how and when I tell people.

Cheers.

1200 calories is just a random number.
I've gained weight if I ate more than 500 before- everyone is different.

You didn't mention exercise.

I know this is really cliche, but drink LOTS AND LOTS of water. I swear by it, and I'm a lifelong fat person-
it's helped me so much.

you are right 1200 is just a number, everyone will be SLIGHTLY different.

The number is based off the amount of energy your body needs to keep all your organs operating and keep you alive. 1200 is above that number, but the closer you get to that number the more your body switches into survival mode, and the harder it will be to lose weight.

That is probably why at 500 your body was converting all of that into fat for your general survival and leaving little of it as ready to burn energy. It is possible to change that in the longer term by boosting your output needed and then boosting your intake, and over a period of months (you may gain weight through this time) - assuming you eat healthily and often - your metabolism will increase and the amount of calories you consume without gaining weight will increase.


Losing weight is about being calorie negative but there are better ways to do it than just cutting food (because of the above mentioned fact). So instead of cutting the intake, increase the output. (see my earlier post).

Oh dear. Another male Aspie oblivious to flirtatious teasing. When will I learn?

It's OK! I wasn't implying I thought you were lying; just implying you probably had a hunky physique! You seem extremely knowledgable.

If you don't want colleagues finding out then I suggest you edit your post to remove your real name as a matter of urgency, and thus make sure they don't find you here.

(I am rather paranoid about online privacy, both my own and on behalf of others)!

I got the teasing part, hence the smiley face (but I did miss the link to "hunky physique").

I am fine with my name staying on that post for a couple of reasons:

1. As a general rule, most of the guys I am talking about arent the sort to be trawling the internet for my name.
2. Even though I am an Olympian, I am not a celebrity of any sort, so the media wont pick up the story.
3. I do plan to tell them within the coming few months, so it should be safe until then.

And most importantly...
4. If it does get out earlier than that I will be disappointed but I will deal with it. I am proud of who I am, and I think being different has helped make me the person I am today. If others dont accept that, I have no time for them.

Who wants to be normal... it would be so boring!

This is the result when "Ooooooooooooooh" is roughly translated from "female" into "male":

Oooooooooooooh this new guy is an Olympic athlete! Now I'm drooling, hyperventilating, and starting to imagine a hunky topless muscular Aspergian man.



Only teasing. There's quite a lot of teasing and flirting goes on around here. I think it's because we're all so socially disfunctional and bored that some of us are starved of it in real life.

If you are fine with going by your real name, then that's your decision. I was just worried that you had disclosed your real identity because you thought I was querying your honesty and you had to prove yourself, which wasn't actually the case. I felt somehow responsible that your privacy was now being compromised, that's all.

Have fun!

Nope.

The number of calories needed for survival and organ function will be different for everyone,
and some people will be extreme outliers in either direction.

I've tried everything under the sun in my decade of trying to lose weight/not gain it.
(I've always been obese- I was born double the weight of some healthy newborns.)
I eat greater than that, regardless of any other factor, I pack on weight like there's no tomorrow.

It would seem I just have a shockingly-slow metabolism.

Well I am always hesistant to suggest drugs due to not knowing medical history, but there are medical supplements you can get that are metabolism boosters (would need to ask doctor for specific names - I cant remember off top of my head).

And I am sure you have had all the tests done for water retention type diseases/conditions, but I thought I would bring it up as a possibility anyway...

I'm on a weight loss drug right now, and feel like I'm about to have a heart attack at any given moment-
they're the only way I've ever lost much weight.

I lost ten pounds last week, but I feel like an old person-
my chest aches and I'm wheezing around...I had to lie down in my kitchen floor earlier because things started going black,
but that's par for the course, I've found.

I'm on a cocktail of drugs-
I just got a nosebleed which scared me.