Aspie women and weight

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I had an eating disorder and have issues about food contamination. I'm about 5'4" and 60kg - am now happy with that and make sure I don't gain any weight.

I am of normal weight when compared to my height. A lot of the time I don't like eating, though. But I do anyways.

I have read that 40% of women with Anorexia have Aspergers. I know I have been borderline anorexic in the past. The skinnier I got the more I wanted to be skinny. I also don't like to bother with fixing food. I definitely would forget to eat if I didn't have a problem with low blood sugar. Most of my female cousins are thin too (and likely are on the spectrum as well).

BMI doesn't matter. It's a very imprecise way of measuring health in terms of weight. You can be built like a baby bird and perfectly healthy, but because of BMI you'll be labelled as unhealthy. Or you can be muscular with low body fat, but register as overweight because BMI doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat.

If you're healthy, forget about weight.

I'm technically underweight at 5'7 and 50kg. On paper, I should see a doctor. In reality, I'm just fine. It runs in my family.

I've never been thin, small, petite, whatever. Did anyone ever see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding?" There's a scene at the beginning when 6-year old Toula is shown, a little chubby Greek girl, next to all these coltish, blonde, popular girls who make fun of her. I was like Toula, peasant-but-healthy.

When I started wearing women's clothing, in fifth grade, I was a size 8. I wouldn't say I'm "fat" but I'm very muscular and very curvy and weigh a lot (people don't believe me when I tell them the poundage). I'm about a size 10-12, and I have to eat an extremely healthy diet to maintain that, with lots of exercise.

I think some people just can't be thin. The smallest I ever got as an adult was between a size 8 and a size 10 (closer to 8 ) and you could tell my proportions were starting to look funny. I looked better in pictures but "off" in the mirror. Oh, I'm 5'6".

i was anorexic as a teenager, and was a healthy weight as an adult. i started to overeat when i had a child, 16 years ago. i gained a lot of weight.

a couple of years ago i had a menal breakdown and had difficulties with addiction... and then something shifted in my mind and ultimately changed in me. i started exercising, eating properly, and eased off my meds (have since gone back on the meds, and off again), which weren't helping - even in the highest doses.

i started to care for mysef better, and ultimately lost 65 lbs. i am still marginally plus-size (smallest plus size/biggest size in regular stores that have XL), and i'd like to get a bit smaller for my health (i first had high blood pressure at age 31, and my dad had his first severe heart attack at age 39).

but i still have struggles with really feeling like i am worth all of the work. with therapy i came to understand that a lot of my overeating was intended to push people away from me, and also from depression, low self-esteem, and suicidal ideations.

but i have maintained my lower weight for a year already, so i know i am not sliding backwards. i just am not ready to go forward yet i guess.

I've gained 1kg. Since my belly muscles are still visible, I'm assuming it's 1kg of muscle rather than 1kg of fat. Yay.

I'm 5'1.5" and 9 stone. I'm not overweight. In fact, I can be up to 10 stone before I'm considered overweight.

I used to be overweight because of anxiety and a medication against migraines (mostly caused water retention, I still have it but it's less important now). I used to eat a lot to control my anxiety and I always ate the same thing. I had EDNOS.

Now I still have strange eating habits but I eat less (I don't eat anymore when I'm not hungry), I know my food intolerance thus I weight about 126lbs (57kg) for 5.3 (160cm). I'm no longer overweight but still a little chubby, especially since I have thin legs from walking so I have more abdominal fat (though I tend to gain weight everywhere) which makes me look odd. Normal women seems to have bigger thighs than belly, I don't. It's even worse when I try to exercise that area.

I think it's linked to genetics, plus women tend to suffer more from Eating Disorder and tend to gain weight easily.

I have a big chest, bum, and thighs. I don't gain weight in the stomach. So I have an hourglass figure.

Well... I was severely underweight for the first 20 years of my life. I didn't hit 100lbs until just before my 18th birthday. It was a major source of anxiety for me.

Then I started taking hormonal birth control and my weight shot up like nobodies business. At 21 I stopped taking hormones because I was sick of the affects. I went from 210lbs to 180lbs in a matter of months with no lifestyle changes.

... then I accidentally got pregnant with my oldest. I tried hard to keep my weight on, but I got down to 160lbs. I was extremely frustrated.