Tag — Valerie Bertinelli

Valerie Bertinelli is glowing on the cover of the November issue of Ladies Home Journal.  When she started Jenny Craig in 2004 she weighed 172 pounds she has since lost the weight, ran a half-marathon and now in 2009 she still looks great and weighs 123 pounds.  The 49-year-old has a new lease on life and her positive words are inspiring. She said,

“Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It’s about saying you deserve to be healthy,” she explains. “In no way have I perfected this eating thing and I don’t know that I ever will. But life is about making progress. It’s not about perfection.”

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Valerie Bertinelli is still celebrating her new body and better health.  As if wearing a bikini for People Magazine wasn’t enough, last weekend she ran the Napa-to-Sonoma Wine Country Half-Marathon! She completed the 13.1 mile race in 2:12:19.  She said,

“My legs are killing me, but I think I’m so high and excited and full of pride – which is an unusual thing for me! – that I probably won’t feel it for a couple days,” says the actress, 49. “I am in amazement. I can’t believe what a body can do if you believe in it.”

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Valerie Bertinelli successfully lost 40 pounds as a spokeswoman for the Jenny Craig Diet.  However, over the past year she decided she wanted to be slim and trim just like she was almost 30 years ago when she was the hot actress on the sitcom, One Day at a Time.  To get back into her bikini she lost an extra 10 pounds and did the following 60-minute bikini workout four to five times a week to get the classic sculpted results.  She told People Magazine about her workout:

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Over the past three years we have watched Valerie Bertinelli proudly transform her body as a spokes model for Jenny Craig.  In 2008, she did get down to her goal weight, but then decided she wanted to push herself even further and drop an extra 10 pounds in order to be bikini-beautiful.  Now at 48-years-old, Valerie has decided to get ultra-fit and model for People Magazine wearing only a bikini.  And from the looks of the above image, she looks dynamite.  She said,

“I thought, if I’m so afraid of a bikini, there’s something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!”

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Valerie Bertinelli’s weight has certainly been making news lately, with some tabloids calling her efforts to lose weight on Jenny Craig a “Diet Disaster.”  In the latest issue of People, Valerie, who split from ex-huddy Eddie Van Halen in 2001,  reports she has lost 30 lbs in 4 months on Jenny Craig.  Holding nothing back, Valerie dishes all including her take on the “Diet Disaster.” [Read more →]

Kimberley Locke, of American Idol and Celebrity Fit Club fame, is reportedly going to be the new pitch woman for Jenny Craig, joining fellow celebs Kristie Alley and Valerie Bertinelli. She has apparently already lost 30 lbs on the diet plan and plans on losing another 10 before formally announcing her gig with Jenny Craig.

Seems that Jenny Craig is taking a different marketing approach with Kimberley than with its other celebrity endorsers. Their marketing strategy in the past has been to hire the celeb first and have them lose the weight on the diet. Why the change? Perhaps it’s an insurance policy for Jenny Craig? If she loses the weight great. If she doesn’t, Jenny can opt out and the story gets buried.

Food delivery services have become all the rage recently with the remarkable success of Nutrisystems. With all the calorie counting and portion control done for you they are especially convenient for those on the go. Epicurious recently rated 5 of the top diet-food delivery plans. [Read more →]

Following success with Kirstie Alley’s much publicized 75 lb weight loss, Jenny Craig has signed on fellow celeb Valerie Bertinelli to join the program. Excited to team up with Kirstie as part of this advertising campaign, not to mention getting paid for losing weight Valerie says “I was a huge Cheers fan and have always admired Kirstie Alley’s sense of humor, poise and tenacity. Watching her lose weight and maintain her weight loss publicly definitely inspired me to ‘call Jenny’ and accept the challenge to be a healthier, happier me.” [Read more →]