Does anyone believe a fast metabolism is a sign of Aspergers

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I have learned a very important lesson when it comes to eating, as I've been through some pretty heavy eating disorder issues for the last decade and a half of my life. (Okay, more like decade and a third, but whatever.)
Eat what you feel like eating at the moment you feel like eating it.
If you have an intense craving for something, fulfill it, and check that off your internal need's list once you've reached satisfaction (if you have one of those, like I do, tee hee)
Appreciate the heck out of what you're eating.
Eat naturally colorful things. And pair bland colored things with colorful condiments. Make your food look enticing!
Thank the heavens for giving us the ability to taste and chew and swallow and digest. Don't take that for granted.

Last, but not least, understand that the quality of the food you eat will most definitely impact the way you feel. If you eat cheetos and twinkies then you're going to feel like absolute cancer. If you eat fresh salmon and a dark, leafy green salad then you'll feel divine and holy. TRUST ME! I'm a woman who's so friggen in tune with themselves that it's scary. Do I follow my own rules all of the time? Nope. But I know them...so beware....

I like your rules, Betty Ferret.

Nope. If it was I wouldn't gain a pound just by looking at food. To lose any weight I'd have to exercise four hours a day and go on a special diet where for breakfast I'd eat two soy beans, for lunch I'd eat a carrot stick, and at suppertime I'd look at a picture of some food, except I can't because just looking at food makes me gain weight, so I crumple up the picture and cry my eyes out.

Haha that's honestly hilarious

I'm similar now, I see a higher number on the scale every time I weigh myself.

I'm skinny, but that is a sample size of one. I've never heard that a fast metabolism is associated with AS. I have heard that there is a high comorbidity with digestive issues, and IBS type diseases though.

Case in point. Although, technically having Crohns doesn't mean you necessarily have a high metabolism. It just means a lot of calories don't make it into your body in the first place. People with high metabolisms burn calories faster than others, not absorb less.

Also, I've heard that a lot of people on the spectrum struggle with food portion control.

That's normal as you get older. But i'm worried because I seem to just blow up like a balloon. :/

Do you eat alot? Like the amount a really really fat person would eat.

That's both funny and sad, and I'm right there with you.

I sure wish I had a fast metabolism. There was a woman I used to work with who was tall, willowy and could eat anything she wanted without gaining a pound. She had so much energy that if she was bored she cleaned her house from top to bottom... for fun. I always wondered what her secret was. Not meth... she was too healthy and functioned much too well for that.

But alas, I'm her opposite. I also have very little energy and tend to subconsciously conserve it by moving as little as possible. Someone once observed that they had never seen someone who sits as perfectly still as I do. That doesn't help.