I started thinking: ‘Okay, what’s wrong with wearing a bikini? I look better than I looked in quite a few years, so why not? What am I afraid of? – Valerie Bertinelli
Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn’t want to be in the spotlight… There’s an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they’re not that difficult to hide from and you don’t need to go out for coffee every five minutes. – Valerie Bertinelli
I have obsessed about my weight in some sort of way all my life. I used to write in my journal what I weighed every day. – Valerie Bertinelli
Anybody can have this body if you do enough sit-ups and you just make a decision that ‘Every day, I’m going to work out.’ There are some days that I just don’t feel like doing it, and I don’t. But more often than not I get up and I get on the treadmill that I want to shoot and just do it. The first 20 minutes are the hardest. – Valerie Bertinelli
Professionally, I have no major goals. That’s partly because I’m really flaky. I want things, but I don’t go after them. I’d rather they be placed in my lap. – Valerie Bertinelli
The only things I really love about myself physically are my ankles and my hair. – Valerie Bertinelli
I’ve got this old-school workout – push-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips. And it worked. Anybody can do this at home. – Valerie Bertinelli
I’ve realized that I’m more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It’s about saying that you deserve to be healthy. – Valerie Bertinelli
I’m excellent at losing weight, but I’ve never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don’t know if you’ve been good at it until you’re done. – Valerie Bertinelli
There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether to let it affect you or not. – Valerie Bertinelli
I thought, If I’m so afraid of a bikini, there’s something wrong. And so I had to get back into one! – Valerie Bertinelli
If I sleep in and don’t run, I’ll feel a little bit off because I didn’t do what I was supposed to do. But I’m not going to beat myself up because of it. I’ll just get right back on track. – Valerie Bertinelli
I never, ever, ever had deltoids! Oh my God, when I’m doing exercises and I see them pop out, I’m like, Yes! – Valerie Bertinelli
I kept buying bigger and bigger jeans, and once the size 14s got too tight, I thought, That’s it. I’m not buying the next size. – Valerie Bertinelli
I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him? – Valerie Bertinelli
Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether you let it affect you or not. – Valerie Bertinelli
I think a lot of people think because I was getting the divorce, that was really the catalyst for gaining so much weight. – Valerie Bertinelli
After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out. – Valerie Bertinelli