About this title: Losing It is popular actress, Jenny Craig spokeswoman, and America's sweetheart Valerie Bertinelli's headline-making account of her complicated past and how she took control of her own life to gain self-esteem and happiness.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781416568186ISBN:1416568182
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781416569688ISBN:1416569685
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Edition: 1st Free Press Hbk. Ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2008-02-25
ISBN-13:9781416568186ISBN:1416568182
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Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Binding VG, Minor edge & shelf wear. DJ VG, Minor edge wear. 1st Free Press Hardcover Edition, 1st Pr. IP as of 05/03/09. Personal Name: Bertinelli, Valerie, 1960-Main Title: Losing it: and gaining my life back one pound at a time / Valerie Bertinelli. Edition Information: 1st Free press hbk. ed. Published/Created: New York: Free Press, 2008. Description: viii, 277 p., [16] p. of plates: ill.; 24 cm. ISBN: 9781416568186 1416568182 Subjects: Bertinelli, Valerie, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781416568186ISBN:1416568182
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"I read this book for the same reason I read US Weekly and Star magazine. I am a voyeur into the lives of the rich and famous, especially those frequenting the Oprah show. If she finds it worthy to read, I likely read it too.
I mean, who doesn't want to know what its like to be married to Eddie Van Halen or how it feels when you are approached to be the Jenny Craig spokeswoman?
Needless to say, this didn't blow my socks off in terms of the writing. But it was nice, run of the mill celebrity memoir. Very easy morning commute reading.
I know Valerie is happy and all on Jenny and she really does look great, but the descriptions of always being hungry sound like hell to me!"
"Being the same age as VB and growing up with One Day at a Time, it was fun to read similarities as a child and teenager; growing up in LA, being an Elton John fan, etc... but after awhile I found her to be kind of self-absorbed -- and I realize this is an autobiography, but I was hoping for somebody other than "the Hollywood type" and I was disappointed that even Valerie Bertinelli is "a Hollywood type". That being said, it was interesting reading about her marriage to Eddie Van Halen - sad, but interesting. Happy that she found happiness in getting slim and fit, but frustrated at reading size 12 is "fat". Frankly watching an episode of Biggest Loser is more inspiration than what is in this book."
"I don't know why I was surprised that a book about weight loss would be so much about weight, but my overall impression after reading this book was that it would have been a much better book if the weight loss part was left out. It seemed to be a standard celebrity biography with "at this point, I weighed 132" and "now I wasn't working out at all and gained 15 pounds" thrown in at the appropriate time. Yeah, we've all gained and lost weight, worked out and fallen off the wagon, but hopefully that's not the way we will frame our life experiences. Maybe that's the point of the book, but it pointed up so clearly how narcissistic and self-involved it is to waste your life obsessing about your looks."
"Proof, were it needed, that I will read just about anything. And in the world of celebrity autobiographies, will not only read anything but will enjoy it as well!
I have always loved Valerie Bertinelli,(I never missed an episode of "One Day at a Time")and she comes across in her book pretty much the way she always has on TV. Written with real warmth and honesty (tons about her difficult marriage to Eddie Van Halen and really written from a place of kindness), I found her struggles with compulsive overeating and obsessing about her weight to be very easy to relate to. I was worried the book would be one long Jenny Craig ad but the diet plan doesn't even get mentioned until the last section of the book. An enjoyable read for fans of Valerie. Mackenzie Phillips, your book is calling..."
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