IntoTheVoid
Well-Known Member
I am fat. I've always been fat.
I think I am fat because of my autism... Ha ha what? No, I am fat because I am lazy and I eat trash food. However I think the connection between autism and obesity is interesting. Also I think my autism definitely puts many obstacles between me and my way to lost my fat.
I don't want to bore you to death with huge pile of text, so let's just put six or so paragraphs:
• I've been always picky eater. Since kindegarden I hated many foods. I hate certain foods with certain taste or texture. And if I don't like how it looks like, I usually don't eat it. My relationship towards food always been a pure horror story for me.
• It's almost imposible for me to stick with some good eating habits, to eat regularly, to follow meat plans, to count calories and so on. Also every single tiny little thing really breaks my motivation. For example I want to make some healthy food, but I live in a small village and they don't have a half of ingredients in the grocery so I gave up. Or my dad suddenly decides to clean the kitchen and do the dishes and I hate cooking while someone is watching me. And I feel bad for making mess when he just cleaned. So everyday there are many small things due to I end up eating junk food.
• I suck at fitness too. My fitness coach told me he never seen someone who is really so bad at fitness. Many people are usually bad on the very beginning and have many bad habits, like bad posture, incorrect way how they lift dumbbells and so on. But after certain time, they fix i all these things. But I am not able to do squats correctly after many years of doing fitness and no matter how hard I try.
• I don't want to blame autism for every single tiny issue in my life, but when I google about autism and food, it seems to be typical that many autist have complicated relationship towards food. They eat stereotypical, or forgets to eat at all, or refuse to eat certain foods because of its texture. Also when you put "obesity and autism" to google, it seems there are many studies about connections between these two. The same with motor skills and flexibility. I suck at all of these things, so there is probably some sort of correlation.
• What now? Should I just accept I will be always fat because my autism won't let me to reduce my weight? Just to sit and do nothing? Of course not, but I feel like the advice for common people don't work for me. I think I need some different approach as an autist. To somehow "hack" myself to do certain things.
So questions for you. Is anyone else dealing with similar issues? And what does work for you? And what is your relationship to food or sports? Anything helful is highly appreaciated.
I think I am fat because of my autism... Ha ha what? No, I am fat because I am lazy and I eat trash food. However I think the connection between autism and obesity is interesting. Also I think my autism definitely puts many obstacles between me and my way to lost my fat.
I don't want to bore you to death with huge pile of text, so let's just put six or so paragraphs:
• I've been always picky eater. Since kindegarden I hated many foods. I hate certain foods with certain taste or texture. And if I don't like how it looks like, I usually don't eat it. My relationship towards food always been a pure horror story for me.
• It's almost imposible for me to stick with some good eating habits, to eat regularly, to follow meat plans, to count calories and so on. Also every single tiny little thing really breaks my motivation. For example I want to make some healthy food, but I live in a small village and they don't have a half of ingredients in the grocery so I gave up. Or my dad suddenly decides to clean the kitchen and do the dishes and I hate cooking while someone is watching me. And I feel bad for making mess when he just cleaned. So everyday there are many small things due to I end up eating junk food.
• I suck at fitness too. My fitness coach told me he never seen someone who is really so bad at fitness. Many people are usually bad on the very beginning and have many bad habits, like bad posture, incorrect way how they lift dumbbells and so on. But after certain time, they fix i all these things. But I am not able to do squats correctly after many years of doing fitness and no matter how hard I try.
• I don't want to blame autism for every single tiny issue in my life, but when I google about autism and food, it seems to be typical that many autist have complicated relationship towards food. They eat stereotypical, or forgets to eat at all, or refuse to eat certain foods because of its texture. Also when you put "obesity and autism" to google, it seems there are many studies about connections between these two. The same with motor skills and flexibility. I suck at all of these things, so there is probably some sort of correlation.
• What now? Should I just accept I will be always fat because my autism won't let me to reduce my weight? Just to sit and do nothing? Of course not, but I feel like the advice for common people don't work for me. I think I need some different approach as an autist. To somehow "hack" myself to do certain things.
So questions for you. Is anyone else dealing with similar issues? And what does work for you? And what is your relationship to food or sports? Anything helful is highly appreaciated.