Valerie Bertinelli Success Weight Loss Story

Valerie Bertinelli in april 2007 she says to POEPLE Magazine "I'm Fat". Bertinelli in april 2007 turns to 47 from 52. Also she said by September 2007 she vows to lose 30 pounds, from size 14 to size 8.

Going public with her goal "is the motivation I need," Valerie Bertinelli says. "I need to do this in front of millions of people so I can't mess up."

"It is freeing because I can say it first: I know what you're thinking, I'm fat." she adds.


"Wolf is my priority," she says (Wolf is her son) . "I was a Hollywood hermit.", she admits, "I didn't like going up for interviews because I didn't want to hear how fat I am."

"I don't know how my size, 14, has become obese while size 0 is normal," she add. "It's insane. I'm not even going for a size 6. I'll be happy with a size 8."

In September 2008, the actress proudly said that in November 2007 it will be a year since she lost 40 pounds. She was in 132 pounds.

In March 2009 she appears in People Magazine out in public wearing a bikini, for the first time in nearly 30 years!!. Bertinelli down to 132 pounds in about 9 months.


"I thought, If I'm so afraid of a bikini, there’s something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!," Bertinelli says to PEOPLE.

After like a year of workouts and exercising on her losing weight, first walking 10,000 steps per day, Bertinelli search help for a personal trainer in December 2008. She was running five times per week.

She cut her limits calories from 1,700 to 1,200 calories, and drink her regular glass of champagne. "It was crunch time," Bertinelli says, "like getting ready for your class reunion!"

Bertinell add: "I never, ever, ever had deltoids!”, "Oh my God, when I'm doing exercises and I see them pop out, I'm like, Yes!" She now is in her best shape of her life.

"I can't believe I did it," says Bertinelli. She was surprised she appears in bikini on People Magazine.

She do Cardio workouts, ran for 30 to 45 minutes, and Strength training using resistance bands along with weights to do a series of alternating combinations of more than 2o push ups, 25 triceps dips, step ups, 30 squats and like 100 sit ups.