Food Diary (Download)

The importance of food diary cannot be stressed too much It is vital if treatment is to succeed. Recording will help you identify exactly which aspects of your behavior you need to change, and it will help us make these changes. You need to record everything that you eat and drink. A simple descrip­tion will do. You can find samples of our food diary under forms. You will need to carry your records with you. The following in­structions are to help you complete the records.

•Column I is for the exact time of day you ate or drank the items con­cerned. You should write things down as soon as possible afterward.

•Column 2 is for giving a simple description of what was eaten and drunk. You should record absolutely everything consumed. Please identify meals with brackets.

•Column 3 is for noting where you were at the time. If at home, please note the room.

•Column 4 is to give us an estimate of what you thought about the food calories. An asterisk should be placed in column 4 beside anything you ate or drank that you viewed as excessive. This should be your view not other people’s.

•Column 5 is for noting calories.

•Column 6 is for noting other points of relevance (e.g., your thoughts or feelings, the circumstances, or context in which the eating occurred). You should also note your weight in this column each time that you weigh yourself.

Please remember to bring your records to each treatment session.