Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time

Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time
by Valerie Bertinelli

Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time
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Author: Valerie Bertinelli
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-18
ISBN: 1416569685
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Free Press
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Book Reviews of Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time

Book Review: Not exactly what I expected, but a good read
Summary: 4 Stars

Given the title, I was expecting this book to be more about the weight that Valerie lost on the Jenny Craig diet. Actually, only about one chapter told about that and there really weren't too many details. But I did enjoy reading her honest, detailed account of her childhood, growing up period on One Day at a Time, her marriage to Eddie Van Halen and divorce. I didn't realize that she was that involved with drugs when she was married to him, but I guess it would have been pretty hard not to be, given the lifestyle they lived.

It was interesting to hear that people thought she was fat when she was on the TV show and how much actresses are judged on their body image. I always thought she looked just about perfect in the show. It's easy to see how she ended up gaining weight with all the pressure of a show business career and then with the wild lifestyle during her marriage. Reading that the rich and famous have many of the same issues with weight and self image that the rest of us do is kind of surprising sometimes but why should they be any different?

It was an interesting book, and a quick read. I'd recommend it to anyone who followed Valerie's career and watched the show growing up.

Summary of Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time

Valerie Bertinelli, then: bubbly sitcom star and America's Sweetheart turned tabloid headline and rock star wife. Now: actress, single working mother of teenage rock star, and weight-loss inspiration to millions.

We all knew and loved Valerie Bertinelli years ago when she was girl-next-door cutie Barbara Cooper in the hit TV show One Day at a Time, and more recently when she starred in numerous TV movies and co-starred in Touched by an Angel. From wholesome prime time in America's living rooms, Valerie moved to late nights with the hardest-partying band of the decadent eighties when she became, at twenty, wife to rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Losing It is Valerie's frank account of her life backstage and in the spotlight: the ups and downs of teen stardom, her complicated marriage to a brilliant, tormented musical genius, the joys of motherhood, and her very public struggle with her weight.

Surprising, uplifting, and empowering, Losing It chronicles Valerie's journey as she finds new love, raises a terrific kid, and motivates other women to take back their lives.


A Note to Amazon Readers (and a Q&A) from Valerie Bertinelli

Dear Amazon Customer,

Glad to see you here and hopefully purchasing my book. I've heard if you buy multiple copies it's a better experience--a better one for me! But seriously, I'm usually on Amazon, too. I've been buying books through the site for ten years. I enjoy reading the reviews. I get a good sense of the book, and I like to hear what other people have to say. Like in a traditional bookstore, I can look at the cover, peek inside the book, and check out the bestseller lists.

Valerie

  1. Do you have a favorite character from a book? I love Scout and Atticus from To Kill A Mockingbird.
  2. If you can be any character from a book, who would you like to be? I would like to be Scarlett and I would let Rhett know how much I love him.
  3. How do you decide what next book you want to read? If it's for my book group, whoever hosts the next gathering picks the book, so it's picked for me seven out of eight times. But on my own, I read reviews and ask people whose taste I like what they're reading.
  4. Where's your favorite place to read? Either lying in bed or on the sofa next to the fireplace.
  5. What is your favorite genre? I don't really have one.



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