by Lisa Ortigara Crego | Nov 3, 2022 | Food Addiction
If you don’t like the road you’re walking, pave another. ~Dolly Parton I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. During my trick or treat years, in the early 60s, the city celebrated Halloween eve and Halloween night. Oh yeah! A dream come true for this...
by Lisa Ortigara Crego | May 4, 2022 | Food Addiction
It’s not how tragically we suffer but how miraculously we live. ~Inspirational Saying Can we really be food addicts? This sounds absurd, we have to eat. So if we’re addicted to food, what do we do? Stop eating, like the alcoholic stops drinking, or the...
by Lisa Ortigara Crego | Aug 13, 2020 | Food Addiction
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~Aristotle Before I released excess weight for good and became known as a certified eating disorder specialist (CEDS), I spent nearly three decades at various arms of diet centers...
by Lisa Ortigara Crego | May 2, 2019 | Food Addiction
A few years ago I attempted to retain the services of an editor to assist me with the mechanics of my book on spiritual recovery from food addiction. The first question she asked me was, “Why are you writing this book?” Why? Hmmm. Well, I stammered through a sentence...
by Lisa Ortigara Crego | Feb 15, 2019 | Food Addiction, obsessing and bingeing
Does Valentines Equal Chocolate Binge Eating? Every year without fail Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14 around the world. Did you know Valentine’s Day is NOT about eating chocolate but rather it is actually based on a true story? The Catholic’s religion...
by Lisa Ortigara Crego | May 13, 2018 | Binge Eating, Food Addiction, meditation, prayer, processed foods, psychotherapy
Time to Rejuvenate Let’s Run Away… Once a month I take off to the West Coast of Florida for four days of nothingness built around meditation, reading, praying, writing, and walking or cycling along the seashore. I don’t go out to eat or run here or run there. No, I...
