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 enlarge | Author: Valerie Bertinelli
Publisher: Free Press
Category: Book
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Edition: 1st Free Press Hbk. Ed
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.2
ISBN: 1416568182
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092
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ASIN: 1416568182
Publication Date: February 25, 2008
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 Valerie Bertinelli Is Losing It October 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Book Review: Losing It: Gaining My Life Back One Pound At a Time (Free Press, 2008) by Valerie Bertinelli
From: www.BasilAndSpice.com
Valerie Bertinelli comes clean about living a lie on Oprah. Launching her new book, Losing It: Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time, the television actress will discuss her former life with the talk show hostess. Married for twenty years to rock star Eddie Van Halen, Ms. Bertinelli experienced some of her darkest days while filming Touched By An Angel. They'd fought for years about his drinking. Turning her misery into a "reason for eating," jalapeno-and-cheese poppers became her medicine, sometimes eating several each evening.
After trying many diets and regaining the weight, she discovered that only she could solve her problems. On the brink of accepting herself as an overweight person, Ms. Bertinelli found Jenny Craig. April 4, '07, she appeared on the front cover of People magazine as a size 14 at 172lbs, admitting, "I'm fat." Resolving to stick with her diet, and encouraged by her boyfriend Tom Vitale (who's also lost 20lbs), she's dropped 40lbs and remains a Jenny Craig spokesperson.
Losing It appeals to mothers, resonates with the average person, and strikes a chord with those who are living through down days. Ms. Bertinelli's weight loss brought her out of a dark tunnel and into the light of a personal journey where she was able to confront her fears, disappointments, insecurities, and frustrations.
Valerie Bertinelli resides in Los Angeles where her favorite role is "Wolfie's Mom." She is credited with more than two dozen made-for-TV movies, and the long running One Day At A Time television series.
BACKSTORY--Valerie Bertinelli and Kirstie Alley have represented Jenny Craig, from which Alley has recently departed rumor has it to begin her own weight loss product line. She will be replaced by Queen Latifah, who expresses how she likes to do things that everyone can participate in, not just those exclusive few with a lot of money. Jenny Craig, founded in Melbourne, Australia in 1983, has more than 600 Company-owned and franchised Centers in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and Guam. A wholly owned subsidiary of Nestle, they have provided services to more than 5 million clients worldwide.
3 Stars
Losing it and gaining my life back one pound at a time. September 30, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved reading Valorie's life story, the only thing I didn;t like is the use of the one ugly word. That just doesn;t fit the personallity of this nice girl. Would have been a lot better without the F word. Shame on you Valorie.
good read September 15, 2008
I liked this book alot and it was very inspirational to anyone trying to lose weight. I wish it would have been alittle more juicier regarding her marriage to eddie van halen. I felt alot was left out.
OMG VAL! September 4, 2008
The sex. The drugs. The rock n roll. And that was even before she met Eddie Van Halen.
The shock value not the writing--which has a breezy, high school girl's diary quality--is the reason to read this book.
She claims to be an emotional eater -- by the end you understand what she had to be so emotional about.
For the longest time VB was on the side of the angels. Presented by the media as America's Sweetheart; the good girl who would tame the bad boy; the suffering wife who tried and failed; kind but unhappy fat woman -- these are the monikers she could have continued to milk for sympathy. Instead she put it all out there without a trace of vindictiveness. This alone keeps her on the side of angels.
Geography Lesson August 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Valerie, You lived in "Clarkston", Michigan--not Pine Knob, Michigan. Pine Knob is a ski resort in the winter and a concert venue in the summer. There were other references in your book which clearly indicate you and your editors did not do their research.
For the most part, I agree with reviewers that said she's so insecure. I also didn't appreciate the democrat slant and comments. Too many celebrities, especially women, expect all or most women to be democrats. It ain't so. You surround yourself with so many sycophants and not enough real people to realize that. There are plenty of right-wingers on the coasts too.
Each time I thought she really was a grounded person, something would lurk around the corner proving otherwise. While she never talks money and how much she made while acting or even their household expenses, it would have been nice to read about to enable the reader to put things into perspective. I wasn't left with the impression that they were spend-thrifts (with the exception of drugs) but again, perspective would have been an added bonus.
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