Valerie Bertinelli Opens Up About Struggles With Weight: ‘It Shouldn’t Matter What I Look Like’
etcanada.comValerie Bertinelli is sharing her struggles with self-perception and being happy with yourself. The Food Network Canada host penned an essay for New Beauty, where she admitted one of her biggest struggles in her journey to self-actualization was her perception of weight. “For me, the big thing is my weight — it’s the thing that holds me back.
But I want to start feeling the same about myself — no matter what weight I am,” admitted the 61-year-old star. “I don’t have to wait until I’ve lost weight to be kind to myself and to be kind to others.
It shouldn’t matter what I look like.” READ MORE: Valerie Bertinelli Reflects On Doing Cocaine During Marriage To Eddie Van Halen She continued, “We all know the number on the scale is never low enough — it’s always too high — so I’m going to just crawl under the covers and not have anyone see me until it is.
I’ll be happy once all the weight is gone.” Part of her strategy to control her perception was putting her words to action and refusing to weigh herself obsessively. “I stopped weighing myself when I finished writing my book, which was a big thing for me, and I haven’t gotten on a scale since,” recalled the star. “My clothes still fit; my jeans still zip up.
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