rountines becomming unhealthy

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Ok so I have this problem which seems to rbe a typical trait common in aspies where I can start and do something good like right now it is seeking and spending time with Jesus in past of them was excrising and these all start out as good things I enjoyong the excrise and the prayer and medition time with God but somehow someway my mind starts to turn into something unhealthy. Like excirse needs to be done at the same time in the same way everyday and then I constanly adding more to the excrise so what may have started out as an hour routine is now a three hour routine and if it I don't do the entire routine in the excat same way then my head starts screaming at me things like looser you want to be or you just not as comitted to this as you use to be and you are going to fat again. I mean the same is true with prayer and spending time with God what may start out as a nice quiet may be just spending some extra time to really seek closeness all the sudden steam rolls into something where I am now having to spend four hours in prayer and medtation and if I am not it means that I don care never had a relationship with God to begin with and these routines will take over and be at the expense of other things that need to be done and my mind tells me well excrise needs to come frist becase you don't want to get fat again or prayer well says seek frist the kingdome and the rest will be added. I just was wondering what others have done to combat these kind of routines that seem to come from healthy things like prayer and excrise but as an aspie quickly turning into unhealthy routines. I really like help with this thanks.

You could try and create a new routine that you can get comfortable with that includes the exercise, the prayer, and other things that need to be done. Then once you have a good routine that allows you to get in the amount of exercise and prayer time you need, while still allowing enough time to do the other things that need to be done, then it should work out a little better.

Then once you have a good routine and are comfortable with it, then try not to change it too much. It might also be a good idea to plan ahead in case an event occurs that interrupts this routine, so that you have a backup plan, in the event that the routine may be interrupted. I would say if prayer and exercise are very important to you, then maybe include those in the backup plan.

Might help to go to the library or something - somewhere you feel comfortable, but that will interrupt excessive time spent in activities as such?

Also - does music help you? Crank up some tunes or something to distract. Maybe find one 'spot' for prayer and exercise - would it help to put them on a list or set timer?

I can relate to this actually -I have an elaborate praying ritual (which sometimes keeps me up too late) and I also feel guilty about it because this should be a sacred spiritual time untainted by quasi OCD symptoms - I'm not really sure what to do about this-I don't think I'm ready to give mine up quite yet. You could try doing CBT for this kind of thing......rituals can be related to ASD but there's a very fine line between those related to ASD and having co-morbid OCD- I've been told I have "OCD traits" along with the ASD- anyway, if you can't stop this on your own and it's disturbing your life maybe you should see a psych about it.