Valerie Bertinelli Quotes

You see your peers weighing 80 pounds and you think, 'Oh, my God, I've got to be 80 pounds or I'll fail.'

My weight has been one of the most challenging things that I've had to deal with throughout my career.

I've been overweight all my life.

Food is a fairly significant aspect of my life. I have struggled mightily with food. With my weight. And I'm conscious of it. So I have a sensitivity to people who struggle with their weight.

Weight is something I've battled all my life.

I didn't think I was fat. I just thought I didn't need to gain any weight. But I would drop weight and then I would be comfortable with that number. Then I would lose more weight and that would become my new number.

Being fat worked, and I think that was what was confusing for me for a long time in my career.

My weight has always been a struggle for me.

When I was in middle school and high school, I was over 100 pounds overweight.

I have seen actresses avoiding food out of fear that beauty would be lost.

Even at the times that I've pushed myself to exhausting limits to get myself at my lightest weight, I did not feel comfortable in that skin.

I gained weight, and that started a 32-year struggle with weight and exercise and body image problems.

I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

I've talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they're judged. They think they're unattractive.

I'm no stranger to weight issues. I've had cellulite since I was about nine years old. I have enjoyed the uber support of Spanx many times.

I've always been the porky boy in my head.

I've always been conscious of my weight.

When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.

I don't think it's good to constantly talk about your own weight and the fact that you look fat in jeans.

My weight has been an emotional roller-coaster for me, and I am ready to get off it.

My weight has fluctuated my whole life, and because I've been on television since I was 11 years old, everyone has seen it.

Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.

One of the biggest struggles of my life is my weight. My weight is always going up and down, and I'm always fighting that, and I think that no matter what I do, I'm never going to look good enough to everybody else.

I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am.

I know what it feels like to struggle with your weight, and it makes me understand why women get attached to numbers on a scale or a dress size. It doesn't mean that I have gotten over all of it myself, because I have good days and bad days just like everyone else.