Valerie Bertinelli Quotes

Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.

We all have our painful pasts we have to get through.

I started thinking: 'Okay, what's wrong with wearing a bikini? I look better than I looked in quite a few years, so why not? What am I afraid of?

After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out.

I have obsessed about my weight in some sort of way all my life. I used to write in my journal what I weighed every day.

The only things I really love about myself physically are my ankles and my hair.

Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.

I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.

Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced.

I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.

It took me years after stopping the cocaine before I was able to enjoy a sunrise and enjoy the sound of birds.

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.

I actually don't care about his movies that much. I just want to twang that thong like a big elastic band.

I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.

Think of every step in a workout as a step in the right direction.

I kept buying bigger and bigger jeans, and once the size 14s got too tight, I thought, That's it. I'm not buying the next size.

Professionally, I have no major goals. That's partly because I'm really flaky. I want things, but I don't go after them. I'd rather they be placed in my lap.

If I sleep in and don't run, I'll feel a little bit off because I didn't do what I was supposed to do. But I'm not going to beat myself up because of it. I'll just get right back on track.

If you say you're fat, all of a sudden people like you!