Valerie Bertinelli, as we all know her best for the One Day at a Time Sitcom from 1975-84 has always been an American sweetheart, a girl-next-door teen from the '70s and '80s. She was also popular when we learned that she married Rock Star Eddie Van Halen. Her last role was in "Touched by an Angel" in 2003. The Latest Celebrity Gossip is that she has now become the new face and body behind Jenny Craig. Valerie Bertinelli is 5'2”, 47 years old, and vows to lose 30 lbs. by September. She wants to go from a size 14 to a size 8.
With today’s society being the way it is making women feel like they have to be so skinny. It took a huge effect on Valerie. She has always felt that she was fat, always had weight problems as a child. So when the opportunity arose for her being the new face and body behind the New Jenny Craig spokes person. She took that opportunity. This will give her the motivation she needs. “Going public is the only way to do it”. Says Celebrity Gossip.
According to Extra Celebrity News Kirstie Alley has lost 75 lbs on Jenny Craig, she offered Valerie Bertinelli some advice, telling her that if her son Wolfie (16 years Old) or ex –husband " Hall of Fame rocker Eddie Van Halen want to go out to eat burgers, or other kinds of fast food. She recommended not to do it as the paparazzi will always be around when you least expect it to photograph you!' "
The Jenny Craig campaign will shoot a new ad every month on her progress . Celebrity News admits that Valerie does not state how much she weighs, her boyfriend Tom Vitale who she has been with for the past 3 years doesn’t ever know how much she weighs. She states that she will not tell him until she has reached her goal.
She cannot understand how her size 14 has become obese in society today, and size 0 seems to be a normal size. Valerie was always weight conscious as a child, always struggled with her weight, but she says that it not even close as to what the girls of today are experiencing. Society today is totally insane.
Bertinelli appeared on the Oprah show. She spoke about her new autobigraphy“Losing It” and Gaining My Life Back One Pound At A Time. Since last March Bertinelli has lost 40 pounds and is now a size 6.