Underweight aspies?

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I was and could be again (if I get depressed). I hit 123 lbs (and I am 5' 10"). Currently 140 and feel great! I believe weight has more to do with how good you feel versus others standards.

No not really.
im about 5ft5 and weigh just under 9 and a half stone..
acctually it is a bit more now what with christmas..
Lol
xx

I have always been a small girl so when I got into fifth grade (year 6), I was a bit chubby from too much fattening foods. However, I had a virus in second grade which went away, but the cough stayed with me until eigth grade. In the meantime, I was coughing 24/7 althought I took meds that gave only some relief. In sixth grade, I hit middle school where I had gym every day and had to run around the gym. All the running made me very fast, but also made me skinny and it hurt when I coughed after running. In seventh grade, I looked anorexic. I also never felt hungry much and my cough was at its peak where it seemed like medicine did nothing what so ever. When I did eat, I ate very little. Coughing 24/7 takes A LOT out of you so the teasing about seeing the bones in my wrists clearly was horrible. I saw an allergist before eigth grade started and recieved effective meds and my weight started to increase. I also felt hugrier.
To this day, I am still short, (a little over five fot three inches) and weigh between 100-110 pounds (one pound is about the weight of sixteen apples), mostly around 100. I am not really skinny, just tiny. I too get wrapped up in what I am doing. When I get hungry, I usually ignore my hunger until it hurts. I often have to be told to go eat or I will continue to do what I am doing.
I suggest eating more, like little snacks, such as an apple or a bag of cheerios seven times a day. My ninth grade health teacher suggest that. -Power Girl

I've always gotten a lot of crap for being skinny (I'm 5'8" and generally about 115-120 lbs). I can't gain weight no matter what I eat, but I lose it really easily if I get sick and lose my appetite for a couple days.

I think this ties in with the height thread I just posted in, and that I see no correlation between AS and physical characteristics. I see plenty of skinny Aspies and plenty of bigger Aspies, and I think if there is a trend toward some kind of weight it's due to the medication a lot of AS people may take. I never sensed a trend, though I do think Aspies tend to lean towards a non-average weight overall, be it higher or lower than most.

The aspie condition obviously has some impact on weight - with examples being either forgetting to eat (making you thinner) or not being very active in sports etc (making you fatter).

I'm not sure about height, there may be an aspie component to the genetics of height but there's so many other factors that it isn't clear or even consistent.

I am more or less...short and fat.
I have never been active in sports...due to horrid motor skills and basic disinterest.
When I was a kid, food was sort of a refuge from my crappy life.
You could find me as a child hiding in the closet with a stack of books and a bag of oreos.

I am not obese...but a normal, decent weight for me is higher (for my height) than for most people.

I think I'm average in terms of height and weight.

I am 5'10" and 195 lbs.

Tim

I've been told that. When I bus tables a waiter came up to me and said, "That bustub looks heavier than you". But my veins pop out after a shift. Workout is easy with a x dollars/hour.

I've been thinking the same. But I'm pretty normal. I am 5'6" and I've spent most of my life on the lower half of the recommended weight range for my height. I am most comfortable with myself (body image wise) when I am slightly underweight, but I have to fight to stay there.

I'm pretty thin, 5'5" and 110 llbs. People often make comments about how skinny I am. However, my weight hardly fluctuates at all whether I eat a lot or not. My size is due to genetics.

same with me, I eat like a horse, 3 times what others do at times, I'm a buffet's nightmare, but I'm 6'3' and only 171lbs.

Are you really active too, Cadzie? I used to be able to eat like that and now I can't anymore. It's a royal bummer. I don't notice a big difference in my activity level. Maybe it's just 'cause I'm an old lady at a quarter century now.

I'm 164cm and 47.5kgs. My BMI is 17.6...so yes I am underweight.
I have no idea if it is related to aspergers or not.

I'm 21 and I noticed my metabolism slip for the first time - ie. eating very badly actually made me put on a little weight - about a year ago. You can get your metabolism back up very easily though just by doing a little exercise, (doesn't need to be much).