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I got mine in April but couldn't start using it until August (knee injury). There's a bit of a curve for me, starting out at over 300 pounds, just to get through a 14 minute program. Now I'm getting through 14 minutes every time, and I'm gradually adding some of the intervals in. I'm up to three intervals in a workout now.…
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I'm not dead yet.
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I'm autistic, and a gym membership is not reasonable for me. Too much about the gym environment is disabling for me. But I work behind a desk, too, so over the years I've become very out of shape. I just recently picked up a Bowflex Max M5 and it's in my writing shack behind the house. I'm out there often anyway, so when…
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Have you tried, and do you like, avocado? I'm in my 40's and just finally got over my issues with it last year. Now I love it. The color put me off, as did the sight of the texture of guacamole. If it makes sense, the shape of the sound of the word "guacamole" kept me away for years. I use slices of avocado instead of…
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I'm going to try to read the rest of this and understand more before offering any specific suggestions, but I am also an autistic adult. Glad to see others already openly trying to figure out something that works for them here.
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Good news: It's junk science. Autism isn't a disease. You don't catch it. It's a physiological difference that's there from birth, or it's not. If it's not there, it won't be.
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That's true in the United States, but it's not globally true. And many Americans got their Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis when it was still valid. That diagnosis did not disappear. Importantly, autistic adults who have been given a diagnosis of "Asperger's Syndrome" often choose to identify very strongly with it. It's…
