Valerie Bertinelli has revealed her weight loss journey in her book. In the first-person essay for New Beauty, she revealed that she has struggled with body image and maintaining a positive attitude since adolescence.
On Monday, Bertinelli, 61, revealed that her weight has had a significant influence on how she views herself.
But while he was at it, he wanted to be more kind to himself — regardless of his weight. “I don’t have to wait until I’ve lost weight to be nice to myself and others,” said Bertinelli. It shouldn’t matter what I look like whether I’m bigger or smaller.”
The celebrity added that she put her focus on not paying the attention to the number on the weighing machine while weighing herself.
“I believe it’s critical,” she continued. “Many, many people live with the belief that we were told that we are unlovable when we acquire weight, and it is not true.”
After writing her first novel, Bertinelli said she quit weighing herself because the number on the scale would never be “low enough.”
“I quit weighing myself after I finished my book, which was a significant achievement for me, and I haven’t stepped on a scale since,” she noted in her essay. “My clothes still fit; my jeans still zip up. I suppose I was afraid that if I didn’t know what number I was and couldn’t keep track of it.
Eddie Van Halen’s ex-wife credits this choice for improving her mental health. It’s all a test, and we’ll see how it goes, but I do know that my mental health has greatly improved since I stopped looking at the scale every morning, which is the first big step for me.
Wolfgang Van Halen, the son of Bertinelli, told a reporter that he was “feeling pretty damn blessed” after receiving his first Grammy nomination.
The young son of legendary rocker Eddie Van Halen was up for best rock song this evening.
The song “Distance,” which is about his deceased father and founding member of Van Halen, was written by him. The prize went to Foo Fighters‘ “Waiting on a War.”
Following the death, the singer wrote a lengthy Instagram post in which he expressed his gratitude for even having been considered among his favorite artists.
After their marriage in 1981, Bertinelli and Van Halen divorced in 2007. The guitar legend died of cancer at the age of 65 in 2020.