Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life without Opening the Fridge | 
| Author: Valerie Bertinelli
Publisher: Free Press
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Sales Rank: 1808
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 1439141630
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092
EAN: 9781439141632
ASIN: 1439141630
Publication Date: October 6, 2009
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Welcome back to chez Bertinelli, where life is as crazy and comical as ever. In revealing talks with her longtime boyfriend, Tom, Valerie gets even more personal about her inner worries: her maternal anxieties about her son, Wolfie (he's fallen in love and, as she writes, "getting your sex talk from Eddie Van Halen wasn't recommended in any of the parenting books I read"); the challenges of dealing with a blended family; her mother's own new diet adventure; and a craving for a deeper relationship with a Higher Power ("I have experienced days of inner peace and connectedness with a larger spirit -- twice," she writes. "Why not more often?"). And as if these everyday challenges weren't enough, Valerie is work-ing to maintain her own very public weight loss. She even gets to thinking she might kick it up a notch, shed more weight and get so buff she can wear a bikini -- in public.In this new, inspiring memoir from the beloved actress and author of the bestseller Losing It, Valerie tells the story of what happens after you change your life. It's not all peaches and cream, or even non-fat yogurt. In Finding It, Valerie comes face-to-face with hard questions of family, faith, and beachwear, and realizes that she's hungering for another transfor-mation -- to become better, not just thinner. Forget the scale; the real change is happening inside, and Valerie realizes that this is the part of dieting that no one ever talks about -- the reality of keeping the pounds off. Dieting fixes one problem, she discovers, but to maintain that weight loss, she has to work on everything else -- all the reasons she got fat in the first place.Warm and friendly, honest and self-aware -- like a talk with your BFF -- Finding It tells of the common worries and frustrations, the funny and fabulous moments in Valerie's publicly private life. Humorous and humble, it is also the emotional story of family and the deep bonds and patterns that persist through generations: for as Valerie transitions to her latest role of motherhood with an increasingly independent son, she connects with her own mother in a profound new way. With the same winning wit and candor that touched several generations of fans in Losing It, Finding It is an optimistic story for trying times. It's about believing in love and happiness, having faith that both are possible, and finding out that God does want you to enjoy life's desserts -- even when you're on a diet.
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 SAVE YOUR MONEY- PASS UP THIS BOOK November 22, 2009
Reyna Robles (No. Cal)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I admire Valerie on her weight loss and greatly enjoed her first book. I was looking forward to reading this book and was VERY disappointed.I found her VERY annoying and I can no longer identify with her. She is NOT your typical ordinary person trying to lose weight. She has help & resources that regular people do not have. She has Jenny Craig meals & snacks(which most people can't afford)a personal trainer (again not within most people's budgets) and TIME, that people who work regular jobs do not have. She has time to workout. Her only child is grown and she doesn't have to cook if she doesn't want to. She had a trainer to keep her on her toes. And the use of some device that keeps track of your calories and food eaten. I mean MOST people do not have these things. She says her body is "ATTAINABLE"! NO IT ISN'T. Maybe it's attainable to everyone who has the resources, help and time that she has. This book was a huge disappointment. I forced myself to finish it so that I didn't waste my money. This book had way too much talk about her boyfriend and politics. It was interesting to hear about Wolfie, but even that was excessive. I am sorry I just can't relate to her and cannot recommend this book to others.
Motivating but.... November 17, 2009
J. Anderson (TX USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book, while it does journal the struggles of weight loss and offers some insights on the daily ups and downs of losing weight, strays off the beaten path. I could have happily done without all the Obama love. I know she was writing this book during the presidential campaign and the subsequent election, but for those of us who didn't vote for Obama, it's a major turnoff.
Mixed emotions November 13, 2009
A. K. Miller (Reading, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having seen Valerie on TV promoting her book, I thought this would be a book to make the change in my life. Valerie has alot of good points in this books mixed in with alot of information of her personal life. But what really turned me off was her persistant reference to political issues of this nation. I find pushing ones views repulsive and the people in the acting field tend to use their influence to bias others to their cause --in this cases she chides her own father in his beliefs--I truly was ready to chuck this book at this point. It is a shame because she did bring forth some eye openers ---She should keep Tom as his points were very persuasive and thought provoking.
It's okay... November 9, 2009
silhouette_of_enchantment (USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I like many people saw Valerie Bertinelli on the cover of People Magazine, were amazed. It made me feel possible that a woman -- even in her late thirties and forties -- could achieve a svelte, bikini body. How did she do it? Well... Valerie Bertinelli (sort of) talks about how she achieved her buff, bikini form in her latest book, "Finding It." But, unfortunately, reading Bertinelli's book was a little like reading Herman Meville's "Moby Dick." Like Meville who saved the actual white whale for the last pages of the novel, you won't find out how Bertinelli got in shape for her swimsuit spread until the very last chapters of her book.
That being said, Bertinelli's book was a quick read. The most interesting part about the book was her struggles to maintain her weight loss -- which I believe benefits every person struggling with weight. When you face a weight challenge, (like myself) it's always helpful to know that it's not about just losing the weight, but maintaining the weight loss. Valerie deals with constant stresses that tempt her to overeat -- including having "the sex talk" with her son Wolfie,her relationship with Tom, her family trials and tribulations, her relationship with her exes, stepkids,etc;. If you're looking for a blow by blow account of how she lost it, you'd probably be better off reading her first book "Losing It." You'll find out that she gets into bikini shape thanks to Jillian Michael's trainer.
Even though I enjoyed reading about her struggles and familial relationships, Valerie's copious sprinkling of her political views was just unnecessary. I know she's happy about Obama being in the White House -- I'm not saying that she doesn't have the right to her opinion, it just didn't add anything to her book. Two or three paragraphs were okay, but several chapters -- ugh. It just felt like TMI, and didn't work (in my opinion.) And no, I'm not saying this because I'm a die hard Republican, I'm a Dem.
Other than that, it's a decent read.
Misleading November 5, 2009
Ande (Tennessee)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I read an article in Ladies Home Journal about her weight loss and new joy of life. I thought her book was going to guide me in my quest to stop eating when I am depressed or disappointed. I read the first 3 chapters, skipped to the one titled "Yes you can", then tossed the book in the trash. I wasted my time and money. It should have been titled "My love letter to Obama".
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