Valerie Bertinelli's Weight Loss Over The Years
After gaining weight in 2022 during her tumultuous divorce from Tom Vitale, the Valerie's Home Cooking star made a point to prioritize not just her physical health, but her mental health, even more so.
In June of 2023, the One Day at A Time actress posted on Instagram to share where she was in her weight loss journey. "I started really concentrating on my emotional and mental health. And when I started doing that, I started caring about the nutrition that I put in my body more."
More recently, in March 2024 at Elton John's Oscars Party, Valerie showed off her slim figure in an off-white pantsuit (top right) and the next month, when she released her cookbook, Indulge, she spoke on the topic of weight loss again.
Valerie Bertinell Says She Doesn't 'Deny' Herself Anything – Including Pasta!
"I don't deny myself anything anymore," the Hot in Cleveland star told People while promoting her book.
"I think what do I want, as opposed to what am I going to eat because I need to be careful about calories. If I want pasta alle vongole, I'm going to make that. And I'm not going to feel one ounce of guilt about it."
"But I also don't crave things anymore that won't necessarily feed my body all the nutrition that it needs," she added. See? It's all about balance.
Valerie Bertinelli Says She Has Let Go Of Body Shame
The actress has been very open with her fans about learning to love and accept her body, as proven by an underwear mirror selfie she shared with them at the start of this month, as well as the candid and unapologetic caption that came after it.
In the People interview earlier this year, Bertinelli explained that she had let go of the body shame that she had been feeling for a large part of her life with the help of "more consistent therapy, more journaling, and meditation." Noted!