-- Posted by marmalade at 1:28 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Ok my therapist wants me to write a food diary for my eating disorder recovery. Has anyone else had to do this? If so what do I need to write? I mean I know the obvious, but like did you have yours in a table? I have no clue how to set it out or anything and I'm stressing out which I know is ridiculous... Any help would be much appreciated -- Posted by radshelb at 1:29 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 My therapist wanted me to do that once, but I couldn't keep up with it.  I was kinda lazy. -- Posted by Natsy at 1:30 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 i keep a diary... of calories though i hate seeing the actual food name written down -- Posted by Barnhopper at 1:33 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 I keep a food diary, in a huge spreadsheet. It is the best way by far, as you can analyse your diet with ease. -- Posted by marmalade at 1:34 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from radshelb at 9:29 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 My therapist wanted me to do that once, but I couldn't keep up with it. I was kinda lazy. To be honest I am also too lazy to do one.. especially as I have to plan each page because I'm a friggin perfectionist! -- Posted by taraxgoesxboom at 1:34 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 I use one online, but the one I use is based on losing weight, so that might not be the best of help. Mainly just keep track of the name of the food, how much you ate and how many calories (if you have a certain limit to get to everyday) -- Posted by Pebbles123 at 1:35 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from Natsy at 1:30 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 i keep a diary... of calories though i hate seeing the actual food name written down   Yeah i did that for awhile. Although i got bored with it so i stopped. Ummm. Maybe like Breakfast: Cerial Lunch: Sandwhich Dinner: 3 roast potatoes, chicken, ummm...yorkshire pudding. That kinda thing maybe? -- Posted by bdfhjl at 1:38 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 google food diary and theirs tons you can set up online, although its kind of annoying to go online to write everytime you eat something, probably easiest to write it in pencil. I think theres some you can print out though from online that have a table set up -- Posted by HeyWolfGirl at 1:38 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 I have to do this to. I set my up like this, for example: Saturday, 12/6 Breakfast: Lunch: Snack: Dinner: Snack: Then I go back at the end of the day and try to think of the positive things like all the nutrients and protein I got during the day. -- Posted by brook at 1:48 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 ahh, that's rough. u could just do it to your liking, i suppose. -- Posted by Randomaster at 1:59 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 A friend of mine had to do this just put it in a table days down the side meals across the top -- Posted by Natsy at 2:12 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from Pebbles123 at 9:35 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from Natsy at 1:30 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 i keep a diary... of calories though i hate seeing the actual food name written down       Yeah i did that for awhile. Although i got bored with it so i stopped. Ummm. Maybe like Breakfast: Cerial Lunch: Sandwhich Dinner: 3 roast potatoes, chicken, ummm...yorkshire pudding. That kinda thing maybe? i just do it to track how much i eat because i'm trying to help myself get off mia   -- Posted by dramaqueenxoxo at 10:40 am on Dec. 7, 2008 I was asked to but I refused--- I would've just lied about it. -- Posted by Pebbles123 at 12:47 pm on Dec. 7, 2008 Quote: from Natsy at 10:12 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from Pebbles123 at 9:35 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from Natsy at 1:30 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 i keep a diary... of calories though i hate seeing the actual food name written down          Yeah i did that for awhile.    Although i got bored with it so i stopped.    Ummm.    Maybe like    Breakfast: Cerial    Lunch: Sandwhich    Dinner: 3 roast potatoes, chicken, ummm...yorkshire pudding.    That kinda thing maybe? i just do it to track how much i eat because i'm trying to help myself get off mia Why so confused? You can do it for other reasons too you know. -- Posted by W o n d e r l a n d at 7:47 am on Dec. 9, 2008 I keep one anyway, even though I dont have to show anyone. I just write down what I had and how much