I have 13 year old twins with Autism, my daughter's passion is cooking and i assist her in shopping for ingredients , preparing, and cooking meals and recipes she finds on youtube. Fortunately neither she nor her brother ( he loves to eat ) have weight problems and are very active, but this presents a challenge for me at times, While they self regulate their meals and snacks (and fortunately love meats and vegetables prepared by roasting and braising) I eat the leftovers, Often my daughter doesn't eat the dishes she is compelled to cook so I do.

Weight problems run in my family, beginning in high school I fought to get and stay very slim and succeed ( If I didn't pay attention for even a short time , I would blow up but by getting on track I would loose the weight as quickly as I gained and stayed in a size 4 ( this was at a time when there few 2's and only models could find size 0), until my hcildren were diagnosed with Autism- then the battle began but my weight still hovered around 140 and I could take it off with them same methods I had always used. About a year ago, I started a new medication that has caused me to explode, weighing in at 184 and The things that I used to do to successfully lose weight arent working and I truelly am in despair. Other people carry weight well, I dont. I look horrible right at the time I can start working again. I was a Human Resources Consultant and my current appearance is a huge pitfall to getting back into the workforce