I think it’s great that Valerie Bertinelli is coming to Kirstie’s Alley’s defense with her recent weight gain. Alley has joked about seeing Bertinelli on the cover of People in a bikini by saying, “It’s like the student surpassed the teacher, who is now over there in the corner, fat!”
But Bertinelli still says Alley can lose the weight and get back in shape again. She says Alley’s recent 83 pound weight gain is “just a bump in the road. Nothing in life goes smoothly all the time.” She also credits Alley with inspiring her to lose weight …read more

I’m amazed at how great Valerie Bertinelli looks on the cover of People, aren’t you? Normally seeing a celebrity in a bikini just bores me to tears… like… who cares? But Valerie really has a likability factor, doesn’t she. And yeah, she wasn’t HUGE…. (172 pounds) but she clearly had body issues that we all can relate to.

In reading her shape up secrets, I saw that to lose the majority of the weight she simply walked 10,000 steps a day. That’s the equivalent of about 5 miles. To give you an idea what the rest …read more