Valerie Bertinelli is an actress, TV personality, author, and TV show host. She has recently gained fame as the celebrity host of her TV documentary series Valerie’s Home Cooking (2015-2022).
Besides that, Valerie is best known for portraying Melanie Moretti in 125 episodes of the TV series Hot in Cleveland from 2010 to 2015. The 62 years old actress has recently made it to several major media headlines because of two things, first her divorce from her husband Tom Vitale and second her weight.
In this article, we shall only deal with her weight loss journey, facts, and her illness. So, let us begin.
Valerie Bertinelli’s Weight Loss Journey
Valerie’s weight loss journey first began after she met her now estranged husband Tom Vitale in 2004. At that time, standing at 5 feet 4 inches in height, she weighed approximately 162 pounds.
Moreover, in 2007, she gained additional 10 pounds and carried 172 kg on her body. The same year, i.e., in 2007, Valerie took up a weight loss program called Jenny Craig.
It is currently one of the most successful weight loss programs in the world. It also turned out to be very fruitful for Valerie which helped her lose approximately 47 pounds.
Not only did she manage to cut off extra flesh from her body, but she also developed a working-out habit and started taking several fitness-related goals. In April 2007, Valerie competed in the Boston Marathon where she covered a distance of 26.2 miles in only 5 hours and 14 minutes.
Later, the same year, she again challenged herself by participating in a triathlon. Moreover, in 2009, Valerie was featured on People in a bikini flaunting her beautifully carved body.
Since losing her excess weight with Jenny Craig, Valerie has worked hard in keeping her body in check. However, the actress currently seems to have given up being so conscious about her weight.
She realized that the number on the weighing scale is never going to be enough for her. She has quit monitoring her body weight. In fact, Valerie said with People in April 2022 that she has not looked up her weight on a scale since January 2022.
Her Illness and Recent Health Update
Currently, there is no report available about Valerie’s serious physical illness on the internet. However, the same is not true in the case of her mental and emotional status.
The Food Network host has gone through several hard events in the past few years. In 2016, Valerie’s father passed away.
Then, in 2020, her ex-husband Edward Van Halen died because of cancer. After that, in 2021, she separated from her husband Tom Vitale after 10 years of togetherness.
These unfortunate sequences of events had a deeply negative impact on Valerie’s emotional and mental health. In an interview with today.com in April 2022, Valerie talked about coping with her mental health issues.
Valerie revealed she has stopped worrying about her weight and it has immensely helped her in improving her emotional and mental health status.
