Triggering (ED) - Help with Homework triggering assignment

Created Alone · 29-09-2008, 04:23 AM

Hiya gang!

I am new to the board... so Hi... normally i am far quieter than this... so excuse me if I am really dense or something or out of line...

I have struggled with food since i was 9 years old, and have never really broken the cycle. Now that I'm at uni the disorder shifted a little bit and i'm not really comfortable with how it shifted. . . i don't know if that makes sense?
Anyway
I'm in a nutrition class, which i was actually very excited for...I figured maybe if I knew what all i had to eat to stay healthy and what all went into foods perhaps i could fight this disorder on different fronts you know...anyway... now i hate it. I get triggered every time I walk into the classroom. Everyone asks questions that make me feel ill. As though I'm a freak for knowing such things without having to ask...
We have an assignment this week. I am supposed to write down everything I eat and the amount, and then run it through a program to see what i am missing out on and what i need help with. Well this is a lose lose assignment. If I turn what I eat some days I will be docked points for not being accurate or be reported.. or if I turn in the other days I will be so upset turning in what is written. My roommate is in the class with me, and she doesn't know about the disorder... She knows i used to SI...but is relatively clueless. So i can't just lie... I don't know what to do

Any suggestions... I have to record 3 days (don't have to be consecutive) and it is due by Friday...
Should I just lie about amounts? should i be honest? Fudge some of it, but not all? What do you all think?

butterfly525 · 29-09-2008, 05:41 AM

I've been in the same situation and it's no fun. Not to encourage cheating in school or anything, but I think maybe your best bet would be to just make up the whole thing. Just make up three fairly average days of meals, and maybe if you don't actually include any food that you really ate, you won't get upset. And you won't be reported. You could watch what someone else eats for three days, if that would help.

I hope that helps a bit. I'm going to stop being a bad influence now! Good luck!

risenfromperdition · 29-09-2008, 05:51 AM

^thats what i did *nod*
true it's not honest, but it's better to lie than fall deeper/back into habits
take care x

Created Alone · 29-09-2008, 09:45 PM

Thank you both for the advice so quickly!
I started today. I offered to make my roommate lunch (the one who also has to record her food) and measured out the servings and chose my plate... i feel bad because she got 1.5 servings but it was a low cal food and she really doesn't know the difference. I'll see how this goes. I will be adding extra munchies i guess. I have a few hours in the day that no one is around and can say i snacked while she was out.

Thanks again for the support. It really brightened my day and helped me feel like i could do this!