There’s no secret really as to how Valerie Bertinelli keeps off the 40 pounds she’s lost — she keeps up with the exercise and portion control!
“I mix treadmill running with exercises like push-ups, walking lunges, crunches,” she tells Prevention magazine in its September issue of her exercise routine. Bertinelli says those looking to lose the pounds should consider digging into their pockets ├óΓé¼ΓÇ£ at least for a little while ├óΓé¼ΓÇ£ to hire a trainer.
“It’s a really good investment,” she says. “Health clubs all across the country have them, and you don├óΓé¼Γäót need one for any longer than one or two weeks. Get some good stuff. Write it down. Then do it on your own.”
“If I know that I’m going to go out to dinner, I have a light, light breakfast and a light, light lunch, so I can indulge,” she says. “It’s more about portions. If I start restricting myself with any food, I’m going to obsess about it. Eventually I’ll indulge, and I won’t stop.”
And if she overindulges, she gets over it.
“Sometimes I’ll beat myself up for having too much, and then I’ll go, okay, that’s it,’ ” she says. “Did it, move on, be better next time.”
That’s definitely the healthiest way to look at it, if you ask us!
She isn’t obsessing over the little micro-managing things and doesn’t punish herself too hard for slipping up. She notes that it happened, and continues to work at it!
We trust her advice too — she’s still looking incredible!
Congrats and keep up the good work, gurl!
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