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Thank you Darkshine... :)

 

Your totally welcome - so much of what you said is an issue for me and I don't find the solutions that easy to come by - other than to keep slogging away at life - this is not a positive thing to me as I am ever aware of a million things I need to accomplish/fix/cope with and it feels insurmountable if I'm totally honest.

 

Plus I'm feeling unaccountably angry for no actual reason - everything has got to me a bit and positive is not a natural state for me anyway - but to be positive about one of the things that makes life shite is quite frankly unbelievable from my point of view.

 

If you manage it then I wish you well and all the luck I have :)

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Robert being quiet should not be seen as a problem in my eyes. I personally think there is nothing more impressive than the person who says very, very little but when they do it is always well thought out and well reasoned response. We seem to live in a society where far too many people seem to be scrambling all over each other when it comes to communicating with each other and as such much of what they have to say is lost.

 

Being quiet does not mean someone is not listening and thinking about what is being said, in fact it is possibly the best indication that someone actually is.

 

just a few thoughts.

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japanese kid...?

 

hes got that japanesse animation for his profile pic, hes got a really long name, you might not of met him yet, i used the pool analogy on him and he said it would of been like jumping into a pool of glass shards.

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Indeed you are right LancsLad, I suppose I am a good listener but tend to panic if the spotlight is on me and I come out with a load of garble as a result...

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Oh I think I've come across some of his posts A-S Warrior. But for me, jumping into a swimming pool and knowing what its like to drown is probably worse for me than jumping on a shard of glass (or two)

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Oh I think I've come across some of his posts A-S Warrior. But for me, jumping into a swimming pool and knowing what its like to drown is probably worse for me than jumping on a shard of glass (or two)

 

what about drinking that first beer? it tastes awful at first but after another 5 or so it starts to taste quite nice.

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Depends what it is. I remember when I was introduced to Kestrel super strength years ago...it tasted like petrol. A short while later, I actually quite liked it.

 

But going into a room full of people I don't know, I'd be wondering what they might think of me and I'd be ever more fearful of going back

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well the chances are they might be as nervous as you are, as lancs said, nothing wrong with being a quiet guy, because usually when you do speak its impressive. just try to see yourself as equal to them, and that your all on the same level. failing that, you can always immagine them naked. that always worked for me lol

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Or a nice vindaloo with a bottle of red...yum!

 

sounds great! id replace the red for a pint of guiness or murphys though. cant beat irish stout.

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hmmmmm, a bit of a coin flip, maybe, maybe not. or you could immagine yourself looking like a movie star, and everybody else looks ridiculous, there all wearing teletubbie costumes and eating yoguart with there hands, and saying eh oh!

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A-S Warrior you need to get out in it and do some work and your body will become accustomed to it. Might be a sign you are not that fit, lol. I have been more than happy going out for 4 hours plus sessions in the hills burning around 3,500 calories a session in the last few days. All that mucscle might look good next to my skinny arms and pigeon chest but its one heck of a lot of insulation when the summer comes around.

 

The change in weather has been great, only downside is that the stupid tan lines are developing well. If this keeps up for another week it might be time to shave my legs and break out the body oil.

 

Best wishes.

 

 

3,500 calories? you,ll fry away to nothing. yes id have to give it to you when it comes to cardiovascular fittness, but i have the lions share with the strengh and conditioning. ive bulked over the winter and am now about 90kg. its the heaviest ive been while staying lean. i tryed to put on my old favorate shirt the other day and nearly tore it. ive noticed a slight stiffness, so im looking to take up yoga soon. i couldnt do what you do, it would kill me, even though my diet is on point and i train well i just couldnt cycle for miles and miles, and run marithons etc etc. pepole under estimate how hard cardio type stuff really is, if pepole say its easy then they just arnt doing it right. i tip my hat to you. i play cricket sometimes, used to be alot, but i found one summer after i had been hitting the weights hard, i was spent after bowling 5 overs. so i have to say contuary to what pepole belive, muscle isnt a sign of how healthy your cardiovascular system is, i must admit when i had my bodyfat down to the single digits, i.e 7% or so, i was extemally flexable and tore up the running track, so i have got it in me to be at a very high fittness standard, but i like to train for muscle, and if that means being at 12 or 13% bodyfat then thats fine, i can just low carb for a few weeks and lose it. just quick off topic a ramble, from sportsman to sportsman. just a quick question, can i tempt you into some powerlifting at least? its a well known fact that heavy compound lifts improve athletic performance, recovery time, and healthy testosterone levels.

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im 100% confident that i can reply and silence you lol.

 

in this diary i hope to talk to negative asperger sufferers and convert them into positve, optimistic apprentice A-S warriors!

 

if your ready for change (yes i know you dont like change but trust me!) then post and follow my mission diary.

 

i wont stop until every asperger "sufferer" has seen the light and starts using there aspergers as a tool to acheive greatness that only the average person can only dream of!

 

 

shut up A-S warrior lol

 

not that i still dont feel this way, but when you look back on your first few posts its kind of embarrassing, i sound like a loonatic. im half tempeted to scrap and re write this in a better way. (a way that doesnt make me sound like i collect ring pulls, and milk caps for a hobby, and go to the post office wearing a cowboy hat and an eye patch)

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A-S Warrior if it came to powerlifting I need to tell you I struggle with lifting the pin to move it down the weight stack at the gym on the machines.

 

On a serious note I know that I need to do some serious strength training at the end of the summer as i am aware I have been loosing a lot of strength endurance this year due to my diet and training. I came across an interesting article based on some research from Canada this week which says that for general stregth sports (not body building but sports) the recomended daily protein intake was around 1.5g to 1.8g of protein for every kg of body weight. It placed endurance sports at around the 1.2g to 1.5g mark. The interesting point about this research was that in calorie restricted scenarios which I have been in for some time in loosing large amounts of weight this figure should be at 2.0g to avoid muscle deterioration. I know that because of age I will lose a bit of strength each year.

 

I have started to see my power levels deteriorating over the last few months, if you want to compare A-S Warrior on a bike trainer at your gym, on my last threshold test, Novemeber, I could average around the 300 to 310 wattts mark for an hour at my upper threshold level as a measure of strength endurance, yet I would only be able to leg press around 100kg for say 15 rep after build up sets at lighter weights.

 

The point I am making is I agree with you and am very much changing my thinking on this one. I need to start to reactivate those red twitch fibres in my muscles and an increase in protein and some power based work is a very good idea. The reason I am saving it for an eight or ten week block is to do it now would trash my legs and I would get very little ridding and running in throughout the summer. I need to get into some strength training sessions and build them into a year round programme.

 

I think often we can become focused on one aspect to training and it takes over especially when we are good at it and are getting results. I think we need to keep a balance for all round health. In a similar way going out for a run or a bike ride would be a good thing in your schedule if you do not do so already. I guess its the same thing we are aware that we might not be ideally suited to that particular type of exercise and can be a bit self concious at times.

 

Just want to say thanks for your comments about protein in the past and diet, you are not the only one who has said such things but they have pricked away at my brain untill I reached the point last week with a physiotherapist who felt my diet was leading into some dangerous areas in respect to my all round health. A-S without people like you I might not have gone to see this person in the first place. I need to work things through and turn things around a bit but thanks a lot I really appreciate it.

 

From a white twitch guy to a red twitch guy have a good training day. I am stuck indoors untill a person comes to check on a fridge which I know is dead, the weather is glorious and I want to be outside what chance they come at 4:30?

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hi lancs, training as a whole is going well, im having some good strengh increases latley, and had another good day in the gym this afternoon (its still sunday to me, once again im going on a sleep fast to try and get into a pattern again, its a good thing im young and can cope with it) im glad some of my comments have helped you, i wish smiley k was as easy to help, ive given her absoulte gold with my reasponses but she doesnt seem to pick up on it. yes protein is the key nutrient, fat comes close second, and carbs, well your body can give or take them to be honest, but thats another story. did you know protein is the latin word for first? meaning it should be the first thing you think about in your diet. i used to consume 300 to 400g of protein a day, but after a while the body cant use it, and converts it into glucose, thus storing fat. so im at a more sensible 200 to 240g a day. im consuming a large quantity of fat at the moment too, and keeping the carbs to about 200g. you may of seen in some of my battles with smiley k why i have a high regard for dietary fat. in my opinion, the nhs have turned everybody into hypercondriacts, theres even an advert on tv now that says if you have a cough you could have cancer, bs! the reason why i think there turning pepole into hypercondriacts is because they keep beating this tired old horse that fat causes heart attacks, and strokes and clogs the artiries, again bs! im slightly venting in this post so i apologise lol. the thing thats funny is they reccomend omega 3 and olive oil for a healty heart, and what is omega 3 and olive oil? fat! lol so how do they exlplain that? and olive oil etc will work in the body the same way that, chicken skin, cream, gold top milk etc will, in my opinion better. sorry i gave you a nutritional sermon, i was just in that mood.

 

ps you can bet your bottom dollar they come as soon as you make a move. its always the way.

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Be carefull about passing judgement on people A-S. I have an appointment next week for a mental health assesment and am going to ask for help from a specialist as I think I have developed a serious eating disorder. If you saw me out training I suspect along with others you would not think so as I have recently put on 5kg through injury meaning my training is down to about a third of its recent levels.

 

An element with a lot of self harm behaviour is that some of us take great lengths to hide it, no better way than by looking the part of the super fit athelete as in my case. I have possibly been in denial about this for over 12 months now. I am not going to say has Smiley got an issue or not it is for her to draw her own conclusions, in may ways she is very emotionally open about things. What I am saying is we are all different, in so many ways I should have known better but these things can creep up on us at times and to get out of the mess it takes a bit of unraveling.

 

If I had to use an anology, a favorite tool of mine, you along with a few other individuals picked away a little at a very tight knot I created. In doing so you created a bit of slack in the mass of things for me to find a loose end. Thats a real good start for me and now I need to work backwards and free the tangle of beliefs I have created. Without the little bit of slack that you created my task would have been slighlty harder, who is to say you have not done the same for Smiley already.

 

best wishes.

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well, with your history of eating disorders, its very important not to go overkill with any aspect of your diet. i was on a servely strict diet for 2 years strait, and it controled my life. now im on the IIFYM (if it fits your macros) diet, were you work in some treats into your meal so it fits your macros i.e, 1 cup of brown rice, 300g of chicken, olive oil, and then a small treat like oreos on the side, you get the best of both worlds and i feel its its the best option for me, im now very happy and feel free. its very important to feel happy while dieting, if it feels like its controling you then you have to re evaluate the situation. i used to eat every 2 and a half hours. now i eat when my body asks me to eat, and ive seen alot of benifits when im working in harmony with my natural digestive flow. rather than force feeding myself like before. i quess i had a type of eating disorder, but education helped me overcome it. it might not of been very severe on my part but the voice was still in the back of my head. ive reached a point were i feel have a very good understanding of how pertcular foods behave in the body, with my own reasearch and not something i read from a magazine. which is why i can quite confidentley eat ice cream at will, and know its not going to add fat too me. i would explain how but it would be a very long and off topic post. so i,ll rap up with this, the healthyest diets are the ones that include your favorate foods. i,ll rap up there before i go off topic (well more so)

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i love how, ive ended up a million miles from where i started this topic, how many pepole have i converted into opitmistic apprentice blah blah blahs? none. why? becuse your all stuborn! and dont want to be saved by the strong knight that is A-S warrior. i shall get on my horse and canter away into the sunset with my beautiful princess, while you all sit in your rooms playing call of duty, and eating skittles.

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i love how, ive ended up a million miles from where i started this topic, how many pepole have i converted into opitmistic apprentice blah blah blahs? none. why? becuse your all stuborn! and dont want to be saved by the strong knight that is A-S warrior. i shall get on my horse and canter away into the sunset with my beautiful princess, while you all sit in your rooms playing call of duty, and eating skittles.

 

Nothing like watching a horse's ass disappear into the sunset :pepsi:

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Nothing like watching a horse's ass disappear into the sunset :pepsi:

 

 

:clap: how long did that take you? i bet you were up all week trying to think of a punch line

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Nothing like watching a horse's ass disappear into the sunset :pepsi:

 

Best post of 2012 so far!

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Best post of 2012 so far!

 

keeping in mind that you have basically admitted that all of those long informative posts you have made come second to this.

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:clap: how long did that take you? i bet you were up all week trying to think of a punch line

 

It took about 2 seconds after reading your post - and then another 20 seconds to type - work it out from my post time as that was the first time I read your post

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keeping in mind that you have basically admitted that all of those long informative posts you have made come second to this.

 

Second they are are not even in the ball park.

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I haven't read all the posts on this thread, but I do see my son's autism (and my older sons Asperger's-yness) as our privilege. I don't mean to patronise anyone who is really struggling in life on account of ASD (either individuals or their families), but my own feeling is that as a family we are privileged with autism. I hope that doesn't sound ridiculous or twee to anyone.

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Mannify I share your sentiments.

 

For me there is something very special about individuals on the spectrum. I kind of have a rough idea where I might sit on the spectrum but in the time I have spent with idividuals diagnosed with 'classic autism' in special schools who are in a very different place on the spectrum than me I have always felt likewise somewhat privileged to be with them. If there is something we share and i think there is then I am honoured to have a bit of that. Please don't ask me what it is because I struggle to put my finger on it and I have tried.

 

When i have been in a room of fellow Aspies at university as a member of a support group the same ingredient is there but it is somewhat diluted out, or there are so many other layers at play it is difficult to feel it in the same way, but it is there I can sense it. its a mixture of naievety, honesty, vulnerability, thoughtfulness, inner strength, slightly twisted sense of humour all of those things and many more can't put a label to it but its there for sure. Its also here on the forum and comes out in the more relaxed posts which at times can be both very mooving and very funny and often at the same time.

 

Just a few thoughts.

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