Bloating and burping can feel minor on one day and disruptive on another. A meal-pattern note can help show when they happen and what else was going on, without turning every meal into a list of rules.
Start with timing. Record when bloating or burping began, how long it lasted, and whether it appeared before eating, during a meal, soon after, later in the evening, or overnight. Add your place in the treatment week, especially if symptoms cluster after an injection or a recent prescribed dose change.
Keep the meal note simple. Write the meal time, whether it was smaller, usual, or larger for you, and whether you felt comfortably full, overly full, nauseated, or uninterested in more food. You do not need to calculate the meal or decide which ingredient caused the symptom.
Add the surrounding digestive picture. Constipation, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, heartburn, abdominal pain, and changes in fluid intake can all make bloating and burping easier to interpret. It may also help to note sleep, travel, stress, and a disrupted routine.
Bring the pattern to your prescriber or pharmacist if bloating or burping is persistent, worsening, painful, or affecting eating, drinking, sleep, or daily life. Seek urgent medical help for severe or rapidly worsening symptoms, severe persistent abdominal pain, or repeated vomiting.