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Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time

Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time
Author: Valerie Bertinelli
Publisher: Free Press
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 31787

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1

ISBN: 1416586806
EAN: 9781416586807
ASIN: 1416586806

Publication Date: February 25, 2008
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: ~Brand New-Light Shelf Wear- No Remainder Mark~

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Motivational Weight Loss Guide   April 16, 2008
 6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I've never written a review that gets personal before, but because this is a motivational book with a subject very close to my heart, I decided it was appropriate.

As someone who has struggled with weight all her life, I've watched Valerie's weight loss with Jenny Craig with interest and looked forward to reading her book.

Valerie grew up with a poor body image, although in hindsight, she acknowledged her body was perfectly fine. She writes that she thought she was fat and ugly back when she acted on "One Day at a Time" and even took "Black beauties" (speed) to lose weight.

Valerie hit rock bottom when she watched herself in a TV movie, Claire, and describes herself as a "fat and ugly old woman". Valerie wrote that she felt miserable inside and out. "There is the weight you see when you weigh yourself in the morning and then there is the weight you carry around inside that makes your feet drag, your shoulders hunch and your eyes look down."

She knew about the Law of Attraction, and decided to apply it to her life. She literally prayed for a lightness of being.

Shortly thereafter, Jenny Craig called.

Reading her book was very odd for me, because I practice the law of attraction(as well as the placement of objects in my home and using the home's energy) and write about it in my book! I met my husband using the law of attraction, I have found great jobs...I have manifested all kinds of incredible things.

For some strange reason, I never thought to apply the law of attraction and use energy work to lose weight. I think feeling good about yourself--inside and out--is difficult when you are not happy about the way you look.

People who feel good about themselves glow. They feel the lightness of being that Valerie talks about. Motivation follows, automatically.

Ahhhh...but then you still must eat less!

Author of the award winning book,Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet.



5 out of 5 stars Well worth the read   April 13, 2008
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I thoroughly enjoyed this book,It was so well written I could feel her pain and her happiness. I do hope she puts out another book, so we can read what she left out of this one. I would like to hear how her life is progressing, both personally and with her weight loss.
If you are a Valerie Bertinelli fan, or a Van Halen fan, this book is quite an eyeopener.



3 out of 5 stars Interesting read, but not really about weight   March 6, 2008
 4 out of 5 found this review helpful

This is an interesting, well written autobiography, but the title is deceiving. It is not really about weight at all, although the numbers on the scale are scattered throughout the book. it is more of her life story.


5 out of 5 stars "honesty"   March 3, 2008
 6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I loved this book, she writes with such passion about her love for her ex husband and her child, she is the girl next door, you just want to go over and ring her door bell and have a cup of coffee with her. It is so nice to see that she kept her private life, "private" for so long. Her strength and love for her family kept her going. She is a very genuine woman. I really related to this book because of her constant battles with her weight, it was always up and down just like her life and so many of us others. She believes in marriage and only gave up when it came down to the nitty gritty, took her many years of ups and downs to finally reach the breaking point. I highly recommend this book, it only took me 2 days to read it! I couldn't put it down!

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