- Valerie Bertinelli begins her health journey.
- In recent interviews, Valerie shared how comments about her weight have triggered problems throughout her career and how she has taken a new stance on self-love since then.
- Although her journey is not yet over, she says that one issue in particular has sparked change.
Even though she has spent most of her life in the spotlight, Valerie Bertinelli is still working on understanding how self-acceptance and self-love can trump the vitriol she experienced. The old One day at a time and Hot in Cleveland The actress has become known for her particularly inspiring position on body image these days, but opens up to the challenges she has overcome to reach this point - and the way she is still working to change her condition. in spirit, as she recently celebrated her 60th birthday.
"I had to realize that food was not the enemy. And I thought of food as the enemy, no matter what it was ... Food is not the enemy, it is the how I have abused it in my life by eating the wrong things, eating emotionally, or eating unconsciously, "said Valérie Good Housekeeping. "I am [still] trying to understand, then, where does my body fit into all of this? Even at 60, I still try to figure out what my body likes and doesn't like, but I have to be aware when I eat. And it's not always what I do ... But that's the way I am right now. "
Valerie said the first time she felt the body ashamed like a little girl in a new one People cover this week. She shared that an early memory was triggered when a fifth grade teacher patted her on the stomach and commented on her weight, which created a negative outlook at a tender age. "Now I can be mad at this little girl," she said. People. "It's like a lot of time wasted."
Embarrassed thoughts permeated Valérie's life for many years, before becoming a spokesperson for Jenny Craig in the early 2000s. One day at a time, acting on television has only made matters worse. "I think back to the photos and even in the first season, I felt great next to Mackenzie (Phillips). I was not. I was 15," she said People. "But I was made to feel like I could lose a few, like, 'Let's see if we can put you in a smaller size.'"
Catch up with Good Housekeeping before the premier of season 11 of Valérie's home cooking on Food Network this month, Valérie told us that despite her growth, she still feels like she still has a long way to go to overcome her past. "I don't want to be ashamed all the time of having extra weight on my body - and I don't think I should be ashamed. Because I'm always a kind and kind person, no matter how heavy," said- her in a moving moment. "Oh, boy. It was hard to say. Words are always difficult for me because I have 60 years of bad habits of hurting myself with words in my head to overcome. "
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Now, Valerie is focused on closing all wandering offensive thoughts, including those of others, but mostly of herself. She sees the extra weight as a sign of pain in life for most people: "And I know I don't want to be judged for my pain and what I look like right now. So it starts with me. And the only way can really work on me and put my mind away is not to let others intrude on it and try to knock me down. "
For those who might embark on their own path to acceptance, it could serve as inspiration - but she says she's not done learning yet. For Valérie, the turning point to overcome years of pressure came when she started thinking about things in a different light. "Ask yourself: Why should I focus on the negative? It's just a matter of changing that. I would encourage anyone to focus on the positive you are doing in your life ... "
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