‘Food Network’ star Valerie Bertinelli, 66, ‘looks 15 years younger’ as she wows fans with weight loss update

“Food Network” star Valerie Bertinelli wowed fans as she looked younger than ever while showing off her latest weight loss update.

The 66-year-old took to Instagram this week to share her “outfit of the day,” as she was clad in a pair of flared blue jeans, and a short-sleeve, gray cable knit sweater.

The “One Day at a Time” alum gave viewers a peek of her flat stomach, and twirled around to show off her backside, too.

Valerie Bertinelli shows off her outfit and weight loss update in an Instagram post on Nov. 10. wolfiesmom/instagram
The “Food Network” star twirled for her fans in a video posted to her Instagram account on Nov. 10, showing off her slimmed-down figure. wolfiesmom/instagram

In the caption, she wrote that she was “feelin’ good” — and it seemed like many fans agreed with her, as they left comments gushing over her ageless look.

“Look great. Lost tons of weight. Look 15 years younger ❤️,” one Instagram user wrote.

Another agreed, “You look good, but more importantly, you look like you feel good.”

Bertinelli shared her physical progress with followers in a social media update and posted her “outfit of the day.” wolfiesmom/instagram
The actress and television host shows off her waistline during an Instagram video on Nov. 10. wolfiesmom/instagram

“Looking fantastic!! Cute outfit looks perfect on you ❤️,” someone else commented.

A person seconded, “Looking amazing Val. Keep bathing in that fountain of youth you found. lol.”

Bertinelli has been open with her fans about her physical and emotional struggles, sharing many of the hard times she’s faced so that others feel “less alone.”

In the past, Bertinelli has been open about her personal and physical struggles. (She is pictured here in 2022). Getty Images
She bared all in her March memoir, “Getting Naked.” (She is pictured here in 2022). Getty Images for The Recording Academy

In 2024, Bertinelli went viral for posting a selfie in her bra and underwear, celebrating every “lump, bump, wrinkle, and saggy part.”

During an appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show” just days later, the actress explained that she posted the vulnerable snap while trying to work on celebrating her body.

“I have been coming to terms with my body now, aging, and I saw myself in the light and I went, ‘Oh, I’m not mad at that,’” Bertinelli shared at the time. “Like, all those, you know, planks and sit-ups I’ve done, you can see underneath the saggy skin.”

Bertinelli had an award-winning cooking show on the Food Network, titled, “Valerie’s Home Cooking.” It ran for nearly eight years. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
In her memoir, she described her scary experience with breast implants. (She is pictured here in 2024). Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

While on the show, she shared that she was “proud” of her body and showed viewers her stomach, which was met with applause from the live audience.

“I have to say it’s 64 years of gravity. It’s science,” she said. “If you focus in on that picture, you’re gonna see the little saggies, and I’m proud of them, because I’m 64. It’s a belly. Why, why, why?”

She also addressed internet haters alongside Barrymore, telling her that she had come to terms with the fact that not everybody may like her.

Bertinelli had to undergo two breast implant removal surgeries. (She is seen here in April). Getty Images for Lifetime
In the comments section of her new video, many fans praised her for her healthy look. (She is seen here in 2018). Getty Images for NYCWFF

“I don’t like that I was part of that manipulation of our brains of, we have to look a certain way,” Bertinelli concluded. “We have to be a certain weight. I’m a size 10. How is that too thin? I’m a size 10. How is that too fat? I’m just me. It’s my body.”

She also shared a lot of her life in her memoir, “Getting Naked,” which was published in March.

In the book, the former Food Network star detailed the complications she had from her breast implants, and the “horror” she faced after one of them ruptured after taking a fall.

She said that she had a “huge” anxiety attack in 2024 that “brought [her] to [her] knees.” (She is seen here in 2017). Gustavo Caballero

She had to undergo two implant removals — including one for an infected implant.

“The second surgery involved removing the implant and the infection from the tissue surrounding the muscle. Recovery took more time. Then my boob started to fall in on itself. The doctor referred to it as cratering,” Bertinelli explains.

“The description was accurate. Another apt word was gross. Like, really gross. It looked like a horror movie — and it was. I had an open wound the size of a misshaped quarter and a hole more than an inch deep where my nipple used to be. My nipple, or what was left of it, was holding on to within a literal half inch of its life.”

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