Valerie Bertinelli Quotes

Forget your past, forgive yourself, and begin again. We all have our painful pasts we have to get through. The only things I really love about myself physically are my ankles and my hair. People come up to me and tell me how I changed their life and I've inspired them. And they tell me their stories, and that keeps me going. My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special. 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. I've got this old-school workout - push-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips. And it worked. Anybody can do this at home. 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. I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress. I'm a food addict, that's my downfall. I think a lot of people think because I was getting the divorce, that was really the catalyst for gaining so much weight. 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? I never, ever, ever had deltoids! Oh my God, when I'm doing exercises and I see them pop out, I'm like, Yes! 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. 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. I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him? As an emotional eater, I eat to soothe. I've earned all these years on my face. I don't want to be a liar if in five or 10 years I do get some Botox, but needles in the face scare me, so I don't really know if I am ever going to do that. If you say you're fat, all of a sudden people like you Books make great gifts because... [they don't] come in any particular size, so you don't have to be embarrassed if you bought somebody the wrong size. Everybody complains that people are so flaky in LA. I'd rather be flaky than mean. Think of every step in a workout as a step in the right direction. 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. Its there to nourish your body. 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. You're only as sick as your secrets. It took me years after stopping the cocaine before I was able to enjoy a sunrise and enjoy the sound of birds. Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes. Leap...and the net will follow When faced with the choice, choose happy When you're busy blocking out difficult emotions and feelings, you're not going to feel the good stuff, either.