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Track daily body image fluctuations alongside mood, context, and eating — to show that body image feelings change and are influenced by mood, not just body size.
Body image changes from hour to hour and day to day — but it's not your body that's changing, it's your emotional state. This diary tracks how you feel about your body alongside mood and context, building evidence that "feeling fat" is an emotion, not a physical fact.
Use throughout CBT-E, particularly in Stage 3, to increase awareness of body image experiences and challenge negative body image cognitions. Helps clients track fluctuations in body satisfaction and identify triggers for body image disturbance.
Frame as a tool for noticing patterns in how body image shifts across situations, moods, and activities. Emphasise that body image is a psychological experience that fluctuates, not an objective reflection of actual appearance.
For clients who find body-focused monitoring distressing, start with brief entries and gradually increase detail. For those with comorbid depression, help distinguish body dissatisfaction from general negative self-evaluation.
Use with caution if monitoring significantly increases body preoccupation or distress without therapeutic benefit. If the client becomes more avoidant or increases checking behaviours in response to monitoring, reconsider the timing.
Look for patterns: body image often worsens after social comparison, mirror checking, or negative mood states, and improves after absorbing activities. Use these patterns to design targeted interventions. Help clients notice that body image changes without any actual change in body shape.
Suitable for clients working with eating disorder, body image, cbt-e, mood, comparison. This tool can be used as a standalone worksheet or as part of a structured homework plan.
Create a free account to access 10 worksheets per month.
Track body checking and body avoidance behaviours, their triggers, and function.
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Track weekly weight to observe natural fluctuation and reduce the power of daily weighing.