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A Guide to

Self-Monitoring
Self-Monitoring  Time: Record the time you began the meal/snack.
During treatment, you will be asked to keep a record  Food and liquid intake: Record both food and
of your food and fluid intake between each session. It liquid intake, including water, coffee or tea, or
is important that you make an alcohol. Bracket foods together when you consider
honest and accurate record. This them to be part of the same meal/snack. Do not
may feel uncomfortable or anxiety record calories.
-provoking, however it is an  Location: Be specific about the location of your
essential component of effective eating. If you are at home eating on the couch, write
therapy. Self-monitoring not only ‘couch in the living room’ rather than just ‘home’.
raises your awareness of your  Binge: Place an asterisk (*) in the binge column if
thoughts, feelings, and patterns of you consider the event to be a binge episode.
behaviours ‘in the moment’, it also allows you and  V/L: If you vomit, record a ‘V’ in this column. If
your therapist to step back together during sessions laxatives are used, record an ‘L’ in this column and
and take a “helicopter view” of your eating disorder write down how many you took.
and the things that keep it going.  Situation/thoughts/feelings: Record here any
other relevant information about what was
Your self-monitoring will be reviewed at each happening, the way you felt about your eating, and
treatment session in order to help you learn how to the thoughts that pop up throughout the day that
overcome your eating disorder. are relevant to the eating disorder. You may also
Research has shown that individuals who consistently include behaviours such as weighing yourself, or
complete accurate, real-time self-monitoring from checking your body.
the time they start treatment are most likely to have  Exercise: If you exercise, record when, how much
a good treatment outcome. and what type of exercise you engage in.

How To Complete Your Self Monitoring Here is an example of a self-monitoring record:


Self-monitoring details your patterns of food and fluid Time Food & liquid Loca- * V Situation/thoughts/
intake throughout the day, including what you ate, intake tion (B) / feelings
L
where you ate, if you considered the event to be a 7:30 2 pieces of ) Home 7:00am: Weighed
binge episode, and if you engaged in vomiting or toast with ) table myself. 65kgs Less
laxative use. It also captures information about what margarine ) than last night.
1 mug of ) Pleased.
you were doing, and your thoughts and feelings. coffee )
10:00 At Cake in the staf-
 “Real-time” monitoring: It is important to 1 can of diet
desk froom for col-
Pepsi
record as soon as you have finished eating or league’s birthday.
drinking instead of writing everything down at the 12:00 Mug of coffee At Pleased I didn’t eat
desk any.
end of the day. Making records in the moment will Only coffee for
draw your attention to your thoughts and lunch, trying to
1:30 Mug of coffee At make up for break-
behaviours as they are happening, rather than after desk fast
the event. This helps increase your awareness and
4:30 200gm packet
provide opportunity to make helpful changes. We of chips
Home Sat in front of TV
in * when I got home.
realise that it can be difficult to carry these records 4:40 1 doughnut front * Felt bored, tired
with you everywhere you go. You may want to 4:45 1 doughnut of the * and hungry. Start-
*
consider taking a notebook or jotting things down 4:53 1 can of diet TV
*
ed eating.
lemonade
in your phone if you are out during the day and *
4:59 6 chocolate
then transcribing them later. biscuits
 Be honest: Sometimes you may feel tempted to V 5:35pm: Weighed
myself. 65.7kgs.
omit some aspects of your eating behaviour due to Vomited.
feeling ashamed or embarrassed. Remember, your 8:30 1 packet choc
V Felt awful, couldn’t
Bed- *
biscuits
therapist will not judge you, and can help you best room
look in mirror,
vomited
when they have complete, accurate information. Exercise (time and type): None

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