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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.
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