Valerie Bertinelli just shared that the weight loss was an unexpected side effect of giving up alcohol last month.
On his TikTok account, Bertinelli posted a video of himself walking and talking to the camera as he revealed his experience with Dry January, a popular movement where people give up alcohol in the first month of the new year. It had an unintended “side effect.”
“So, there’s a nice side effect of dry January,” he said. “These jeans I’m wearing were so tight a few months ago that I couldn’t comfortably button them. Now, they’re so loose that it’s time for me to go down a size.”
He continued, “Yeah, I like that side effect.”
Valerie Bertinelli says New Year’s Day 2023 is the ‘first day of the rest’ of her life: ‘I’m free’
Last month, the Food Network star announced she was participating in Dry January for two reasons.
“One, I want to try and reduce my sugar cravings. And I think alcohol increases that,” Bertinelli said in a social media video.
Another reason was to reduce stress.
“I want to calm down the cortisol in my body that’s been going on for the last five, six years. I’ve been in fight, flight, freeze, fawn mode. And I want to rest and digest,” she said. shared by . “I think cutting out alcohol will help me do that.”
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Valerie Bertinelli shares an example of how much weight she’s lost this year in a new TikTok video. (Dominic Bandel/Getty Images)
Bertinelli made sure to clarify that the idea was just a “theory”, but encouraged fans to challenge him with it.
The “Hot in Cleveland” star is focused on making 2023 the year of positivity.
“This New Year’s Day, 2023, is the first day of the rest of my life! I wish you all every joy and happiness and kindness you claim. It’s all yours. Grab it!” Bertinelli wrote in an inspiring post on Instagram.
In 2022, the 62-year-old finalized her divorce from her second husband, Tom Whittle.
Tom Vitale, left, and Valerie Bertinelli were married on New Year’s Day in 2011. (Taylor Hill)
She shared the news on her social media saying, “Happily divorced, God, finally, it’s finally over, yay!”
Before Vitale, Bertinelli was married to the late Eddie Van Halen from 1981 to 2007, and had a son, Wolfgang “Wolfe” Van Halen.
Carolyn Thayer and Janelle Ash contributed to this report.
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