2009 People Magazine 2007Frankly amazing: 48 year-old actress Valerie Bertinelli, in string bikini, on People Magazine Cover! She looks great! Bertinelli, famous for her role as Barbara Cooper Royer, in the everlasting television series “One Day at a Time”, wrote all about her weight loss efforts in her honest book: "Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time." The review of her book, published on Amazon.com, states:
"We all knew and loved Valerie Bertinelli years ago when she played girl-next-door cutie Barbara Cooper in the hit TV show One Day at a Time, and then starred in numerous TV movies. From wholesome primetime 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. Here are the ups and downs of teen stardom, of her complicated marriage to a brilliant, tormented musical genius, and of her very public struggle with her weight.
Surprising, uplifting, and empowering, Losing It takes you behind the scenes of Valerie's acting career and marriage, recalling the comforts, friendships, and problems of her television family, her close relationships with her parents and brothers, the stress and worries of being the wife of a rock star, and the joys of motherhood. Like many women, Valerie often remembers the state of her life by the food she ate and the numbers on her scale. So despite her celebrity, Valerie's voice is so down-to-earth, honest, and appealing that you'll feel as if you're talking with a girlfriend over coffee. Funny and candid, Valerie recounts her attempts to maintain a healthy self-image while dealing with social pressures to look and act a certain way, and to overcome career insecurities and relationship problems, all of which will be familiar to the hundreds of thousands of women who struggle every day with these same issues.
From marital turmoil to the joys of a new career, from being named among Penthouse's ten sexiest women in the world to overhearing whispers about her weight gain in the grocery store, this is Valerie's inspiring journey as she finds new love, raises a terrific kid, and motivates other women as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig."
Maybe you’re interested in how she lost 40 pounds and managed to keep slim for a year? Of course! You already had a hint in the last paragraph: she lost 40 pounds with the Jenny Craig diet plan and now states that she has never felt in a better shape in her whole life! What’s even a greater accomplishment: she’s kept the weight off for more than a year. This truly is a motivation to any woman with weight problems.
With this publication, People Magazine will surely do miracles for Valerie Bertinelli’s career, while she certainly will be the best spokeswoman Jenny Craig can dream of.
Jenny Craig began her program in Australia in 1983 and started U.S. operations in 1985. The diet plan is a three-level food-mind-body method to help people lose weight and keep it off.
First, the plan teaches customers how to consume the foods they want -- in small, frequent portions. Second, the plan teaches customers how to raise their energy levels by simple activities.
Third, the plan teaches customers how to balance their lives in order to maintain weight loss and a healthy diet.
The program offers several levels of support, including a 24/7 telephone line, allowing customers to get information and support when they need it. The program also offers online support, including peer-support discussion groups.
There are two Jenny Craig programs. One is built around physical Jenny Craig centers. The company counts 645 centers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Puerto Rico. For those who find it hard to get to a center, the at-home Jenny Direct program offers information by telephone and mail.
Advising Jenny Craig is a medical advisory board with certified professionals in medicine, psychology, and nutrition.
The diet plan allows you to eat anything, but it focuses on moderation, a balanced diet, and getting enough exercise.
