So I'm trying to lose some weight. I need to be under 50 BMI for my gender affirming surgery, and that's 50 more pounds I need to lose. The first 50 was pretty easy, especially since my doctor put me on one of those
weight loss injections. But now I'm having trouble. With the injections, I was barely eating. I was getting less than 1600 calories a day, which is, uh, not healthy in any way. But for some reason, my weight loss had
slowed to a crawl. I talked to my nutritionist, and she said it's because my body thinks I'm starving. She says I have to try to get 2600-2800 calories a day. I had to ease back on the weight loss injections just to be able to eat that much without feeling sick. I have ARFID too, so there's not a lot of healthy stuff I can eat that's calorie dense. I certainly hope I can start losing weight again soon, because who knows how much longer
Medicaid will cover gender affirming care?
4-22-25: 'This is fine.'
It feels weird, to have your life be going okay while the world burns in the background. My speech is going well, I was able to channel all my rage into snark. My classes are going well in general and I feel optimistic about school. I'm feeling stronger during yoga every week. I'm increasing my social circle and putting myself out there. But in the rest of the world, all of these terrible things are happening. I heard today that RFK wants to make a registry of autistic people and send ADHDers to labor camps. I'm like that dog in the comic with the kitchen on fire. Sooner or later I'm going to catch fire too, it's only a matter of time. I'm just desparately trying to live my life while I still have it.
4-15-25: Why ABA Sucks
I'm trying to write a speech for one of my classes refuting the idea that ABA 'therapy' is helpful. Problem is, to do that I need to read a whole bunch of articles about why ABA is harmful, and
everything I'm reading makes me want to put these quack 'doctors' in their own shock collars. I'm pissed, and I need to be writing a calm, logical speech for this assignment. I'm lucky that I was 12 when I was diagnosed
with Asperger's, so the center I was diagnosed by didn't recommend that I do ABA. Still had plenty of run-ins with assholes who thought I needed to be 'fixed' though. Gonna chat with my therapist tomorrow and think about
changing topics.