Losing It
eBook - ePub

Losing It

And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Losing It

And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time

About this book

Valerie Bertinelli, then: bubbly sitcom star and America's Sweetheart turned tabloid headline and rock star wife. Now: actress, single working mother of teenage rock star, and weight-loss inspiration to millions.

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Me: The Quickie Version
  4. Prologue: Bring Home the Fun
  5. Chapter One: The Vision
  6. Chapter Two: Tiny Dancer
  7. Chapter Three: Daydream Believer
  8. Chapter Four: You’ve Got the Part
  9. Chapter Five: Tumbleweed Connections
  10. Chapter Six: Blue-jean Baby
  11. Chapter Seven: Love Walks In
  12. Chapter Eight: Love Lies Bleeding
  13. Chapter Nine: Doin’ Time
  14. Chapter Ten: Feels So Good
  15. Chapter Eleven: Runnin’ with the Devil
  16. Chapter Twelve: Fair Warning
  17. Chapter Thirteen: Aftershock
  18. Chapter Fourteen: Sunday Afternoon in the Park
  19. Chapter Fifteen: Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love
  20. Chapter Sixteen: Best of Both Worlds
  21. Chapter Seventeen: And the Cradle Will Rock
  22. Chapter Eighteen: Hear About It Later
  23. Chapter Nineteen: You Still Need Work
  24. Chapter Twenty: Finish What Ya Started
  25. Chapter Twenty-one: House of Pain
  26. Chapter Twenty-two: Where Have All the Good Times Gone!
  27. Chapter Twenty-three: Black and Blue
  28. Chapter Twenty-four: Going Solo
  29. Chapter Twenty-five: It’s about Time
  30. Chapter Twenty-six: Feel Your Way Tonight
  31. Chapter Twenty-seven: I’m Fat
  32. Chapter Twenty-eight: Losing It
  33. Chapter Twenty-nine: Regaining My Life
  34. Photographs
  35. Acknowledgments
  36. About the Author
  37. Copyright