# Valerie Bertinelli gets back into shape **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832 "2009-03-26T02:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/1 "2009-03-26T02:55:22Z")
She’s lost 50 pounds and shows up on [the cover of People in a bikini](http://www.accesshollywood.com/valerie-bertinelli-reveals-her-bikini-body_article_15986). On the one hand, yes, I’d hit it. On the other hand, when I look at her face, I still see that 15 year old from _One Day at a Time_. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/2 "2009-03-26T02:58:00Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > She’s lost 50 pounds and shows up on [the cover of People in a bikini](http://www.accesshollywood.com/valerie-bertinelli-reveals-her-bikini-body_article_15986). > > On the one hand, yes, I’d hit it. On the other hand, when I look at her face, I still see that 15 year old from _One Day at a Time_. - and how does the first hand contradict the second? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/3 "2009-03-26T03:08:28Z")
Here’s a [more realsitic non-shopped shot](http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/valerie_bertinelli_2290111). She looks her age. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/4 "2009-03-26T03:17:10Z")
In any event, [she aged better than Eddie did](http://www.futurerocklegends.com/blog_files/page2_blog_entry0_1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/5 "2009-03-26T03:22:11Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I still see that 15 year old from _One Day at a Time_. And would you believe, Pat Harrington will be 80 this year! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/6 "2009-03-26T03:23:04Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > She’s lost 50 pounds and shows up on [the cover of People in a bikini](http://www.accesshollywood.com/valerie-bertinelli-reveals-her-bikini-body_article_15986). > > On the one hand, yes, I’d hit it. On the other hand, when I look at her face, I still see that 15 year old from _One Day at a Time_. Even just looking at the thumbnail, that image looks quite heavily photoshopped. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/7 "2009-03-26T03:38:07Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Here’s a [more realsitic non-shopped shot](http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/valerie_bertinelli_2290111). She looks her age. Whoa! Again I say that I’m glad my wife (some years her senior) didn’t look that old when SHE was 48. (I mean, really, she was only six years younger than me when I had to write her off as “too young?”) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/8 "2009-03-26T03:39:53Z")
Or should I say, “Too young, and I’m married?” ETA: “Too young, I’m married, and I’d have no chance?” ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/9 "2009-03-26T03:46:58Z")
I’d take non-photo-shopped Valerie WITH the added 50 lbs, thank God for my good forture, and ask for seconds, please! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/10 "2009-03-26T03:47:25Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Here’s a [more realsitic non-shopped shot](http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/valerie_bertinelli_2290111). She looks her age. I’d hit that, too. 😉 I mean, it’s _Valerie Bertinelli_, whom I’ve… thought about… since 10. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/11 "2009-03-26T03:50:30Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > In any event, [she aged better than Eddie did](http://www.futurerocklegends.com/blog_files/page2_blog_entry0_1.jpg). Wow, he is only 54. He could be part 2 of the old PSA: This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/12 "2009-03-26T04:16:16Z")
Let women have normal shapes! I’ve always thought she was great (but then again, I’m a female, and prefer a little extra weight on others…) ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/13 "2009-04-19T14:00:56Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Wow, he is only 54. He could be part 2 of the old PSA: This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs. To be fair, he’s battled cancer, too. Though there’s no excuse for the bad teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/14 "2009-04-19T14:32:31Z")
Anyone remember [Cafe Americain?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105967/) I liked her in the TV show, but it’s not been reissued as DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/15 "2009-04-19T15:27:19Z")
[She wasn’t bad before.](http://dailycontributor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/valerie-bertinelli-people-cover-2.jpg) Sort of Rachael Rayish. But you can’t sell a lot with that bod, besides food. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/16 "2009-04-19T15:29:33Z")
Has she spoken about what else besides Jenny Craig she had to do to get that bod? Like how many hours in the gym with a personal trainer, or any other dietary modifications? I find it hard to believe you’d get abs like that from eating Jenny Craig and nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/17 "2009-04-19T15:38:25Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > Has she spoken about what else besides Jenny Craig she had to do to get that bod? Like how many hours in the gym with a personal trainer, or any other dietary modifications? I find it hard to believe you’d get abs like that from eating Jenny Craig and nothing else. Try reading the article that accompanied the photo: > [@](#): > > "On Jenny Craig, she did lose 40 pounds to get down to 132 but for this bikini shoot she went even lower,” Galina explained. “ **Workout wise, she amped things up.** ” > > Valerie lost an additional nine pounds before the shoot by lowering her 1,700 calorie per day diet to 1,200 calories. She also cut out salt and **hit the gym for one hour, four to five times per week. Valerie believes a combination of cardio and strength training minimized her “jiggly bits,” as she called them.** [Bolding mine.] ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/18 "2009-04-19T15:58:04Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Here’s a [more realsitic non-shopped shot](http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/valerie_bertinelli_2290111). She looks her age. Everyone takes bad photos. She looks pretty good in the Jenny Craig commercials. Here’s [another candid](http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/valerie_bertinelli_5211726) from the same site. No, she doesn’t look 16 to me but she does look as though she’s held up well. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/19 "2009-04-19T16:18:40Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > She’s lost 50 pounds and shows up on [the cover of People in a bikini](http://www.accesshollywood.com/valerie-bertinelli-reveals-her-bikini-body_article_15986). > > On the one hand, yes, I’d hit it. On the other hand, when I look at her face, I still see that 15 year old from _One Day at a Time_. I don’t, which is good, because I don’t like 15 year olds as sex objects. She looks like a mature, hot woman. Also, I hate web pages that start playing sound without permission. Oh, how I hate them. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832/20 "2009-04-19T16:25:38Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > Try reading the article that accompanied the photo: I was actually in the other Valerie Bertinelli thread, one that has not article, clicked on the link to this one, then posted here. Never actually clicked on the link in this thread’s OP. So yeah, I’ll try reading the article in this OP, thanks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valerie-bertinelli-gets-back-into-shape/490832.md?page=2)