Dedicated to women's health and well-being

Her Story

Sponsored By

VIDEO - HERSTORY: Valerie Bertinelli Shares How Losing Weight Changed Her Life

November 10, 2009 - 9:44am 213 reads 0 comments

Valerie Bertinelli explains how weight loss changed her life and how sharing her story has been beneficial.

Valerie Bertinelli:
It really, it has less to do with weight loss than it has to do with how I have changed the way I look at life because for me, the weight that I had on my body was just a symptom of how I felt about my life, how chaotic, and that showed up on the scale, and so once you start working on your life and working on who you want to be in your life, the rest usually follows.

I swore I would never do a workout video, but I got so many questions from so many women on how I did it that I just wanted them to realize that it really is quite simple, and it’s all old school exercises, and it really is all up here. Your body will do it if your mind will just start it.

I think blogging, journals, diaries, writing things down is very important. It keeps you from going off somewhere where we don’t need to go off, and it puts a voice to a lot of the feelings, or emotions, or stressors that we have that we would usually suppress with food. So once you give all of those things a voice, then you are less likely to suppress it with food.

View More Videos On Diet Plans:
http://www.empowher.com/condition/diet-plans

Add A New Comment

Start Asking & Sharing

Add A New CommentComments

There are no comments yet. Be the first to get the conversation started.

Log in

Are you a member? Log in first to track your posts

Not a member? Join us. Membership is not required to post.

More information about formatting options

We never share email addresses with third parties. Your email address will be used to notify you of activity on your post and send you our newsletter if you choose to sign up for it.
Verify that you are a human (not a computer):
This is necessary to prevent computer programs from automatically posting spam or other irrelevant content on EmpowHer.com. Enter the characters in the box to the left (case sensitive). Do not enter spaces between the characters.
Image CAPTCHA

EmpowHer's Health Newsletter

The latest women's health news delivered to you each week

Featured Provider Discover more about the nation's top provider.

Silver Lake Medical Center

Silver Lake Medical Center

Silver Lake - Downtown Campus is a 117-bed community based hospital. They are located just west of downtown Los Angeles, conveniently adjacent to the 101 freeway.

HerStory View compelling videos from everyday women

Leana
Leana
SurvivHer

VIDEO - HERSTORY: Leana Shares How Her Food Intake Changed After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Leana explains why she chose to have gastric bypass surgery and how her food intake has altered.

View this HerStory

Health News Read up-to-the-minute medical news & stories.

Want Leaner Kids? Parents May Need to Toe the Line

SUNDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) -- It's a trend that has health experts worried: Young kids are becoming increasingly oversized -- leading, they fear, to overweight teens and, ultimately, ...
Read more