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"Fake eating" tips

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#1 ·
my parents are strong believers in family dinners, and eat dinner with me every night. if i don't eat, they'll know something's up. any tips on making it look like i'm eating/have eaten even when i haven't?
 
#5 ·
Move the food around and talk a lot. Make it look like you get large portions by squishing the food out so the plate looks full but it's not very high off the plate. Those are my best bits of advice

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#6 ·
Useful tips for dates at restaurants too. Lol. :lol:
 
#9 ·
Fill the plate up with loads of veggies and not too much of the rest, then eat mainly the veggies and spread the rest of the food around the plate to make it look like you ate. Works pretty ok for me.
 
#11 ·
Useful tips for dates at restaurants too. Lol. :lol:
on dates I order the most low cal thing i can find, eat really slowly and always offer my date some of my food like "this is so good you have to try some!" I love doing sushi dates cause I fill up on miso first, the suggest we share a bunch of rolls. the dude usually ends up eating the majority of the sushi. lol but in general i suggest dates that don't involve food if i can help it.
 
#14 ·
I put a ton of food in my mouth and start chewing then I make an excuse to get up. I go spit it out and come back,

This sounds like it would be obvious, but unless people are watching to see how you eat, it usually passes. At least in my experience.
 
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Paper towels. Pockets. Dressing gowns.

Basically, observe your family's behaviour at dinner. You'll find most people take a moment to look down at their food when about to take a bite etc.

That's your opportunity to do what you wish with the food.

I don't in any way recommend this though. This sorta stuff gives you high anxiety around every meal and made me prettttttyyyy damn sick in the end.
 
#16 ·
If you have family style dinners (meaning you can make your own portions of vegetables, meat, potato etc) I usually fill the plate with vegetables and little of the other while also eating super slowly, stopping to drink water a lot and talking.

My grandma complains I talk to much to finish dinner hehe
 
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#17 ·
Lol back when I was trying to fast while being forced to eat family dinners I would bring a metal water bottle to the table bc "I brought it to school and didn`t finish all of it and I don`t want to waste the water inside" (probably would`ve been a better excuse if I had pretended it was filled with coffee or tea or something more logical to not want to waste). Anyway I would get away with spitting my entire meal into that water bottle and later dumping it in the toilet. I managed to fast for three days (one of those days being a Sunday, so I ate 3 meals that day using the water bottle method) before my parents decided I was being suspicious and forbade water bottles at the table.
 
#18 ·
I put a ton of food in my mouth and start chewing then I make an excuse to get up. I go spit it out and come back,

This sounds like it would be obvious, but unless people are watching to see how you eat, it usually passes. At least in my experience.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this XD I'm like "oh I have to get a napkin in the kitchen or reheat something, etc"
 
#19 ·
ive begun making the rule to only eat around family and abstaining all other times even when i have a craving for something i either eat a vitamin or maybe even a mint if im feeling ambitious.

i also slip food into my pockets or down my sleeve when no one looks; a really good way is bringing a bite to my mouth and just letting it fall down my sleeve. not sure how to explain it, but i suppose i can make a gif of it or something? the pretend eating thing.
 
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#20 ·
Me not really eating family dinners is what originally made my parents notice that I wasn't eating. If I could go back, I would have restricted more throughout the day and made a lot more effort to eat normally at dinner. It's what got me caught.

Basically I'm saying tricks can only go so far at a dinner table where you are less than a meter from a parent. Good luck tho :)
 
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#21 ·
If you HAVE to drink something like juice or milk, mix it with water. It tastes slightly diluted, but you look like you're drinking more while you're actually not. For example, mix about 1/2 cup milk with the rest water. You'll look like you're drinking lots of milk, but in reality, nope. Also, line your pockets and socks with plastic Ziploc bags so your food doesn't stain your clothes. I often "drop" a napkin or a piece of food and then slip whatever is in my mouth into the bag at my foot. Oooohh a good one! When I'm eating out I always take my bag and put it between my legs. I then take like tissues and chew and spit, and put them in my bag. When I get home, I throw them away.
 
#23 ·
Looking at all these is kinda funny because we all use the same techniques without really even realising it..
anyway keeping napkins and ziplock bags nearby at all times is great, so if you walk into another room after taking a bite of food, you can spit it out.
If you have to stay seated during dinner time, keep a napkin or bag in between your legs under the table. Every now and then when you bring food up to your mouth, slip it into your hand and nonchalantly place your hand and the food in your lap. Just be careful and have good timing. If you do it too often or every time you take a forkful of food, it'll get suspicious (especially if your family already knows of your ED behaviours).
It also helps to wear an undershirt that you tuck napkins or dry food bits into as a quick fix until you can dispose of it.
 
#25 ·
honestly if you have to eat infront of them, short of having an under the table dog to eat droppings and awkward secret bags, you're gonna end up eating. so just plump your plates up with low calorie BIG stuff like lettuce and light veggies so you can feign stuffing yourself