Valerie Bertinelli Finds Aging Challenging, Shows Her Sagging Skin

Valerie Bertinelli recently got candid and shared her experience about aging with her TikTok followers. The Food Network star admitted that getting older is hard, as she playfully pulled at her skin to prove it’s sagging. “Anybody else out there my age find it challenging to wrap their head around aging?” she asked. “I’m in my 60s, and, factually, I have spent more time young than I have being old, so I’m kind of adjusting.”

Last month the TV personality used the app’s feature that guesses how old you are and let out a big laugh after the filter added nine years to her current age. “Happy Monday!” she captioned the hilarious slip. She also shared a photo of her in an outfit she wore years back as a Jenny Craig spokesperson. “Health is not a body size. Health is not the number you see on the scale. Your worth as a human being isn’t dictated by your body,” she reflected.

Aging is not easy

Valerie shared the changes that have come with aging, including not being able to “run upstairs” and having to “hold onto something to pull myself back up” after a squat. “My body is adjusting for sure. I used to always be able to sit in a child’s pose when you’re sitting on the back of your ankles,” she added. “Boy, I can still do that, but it’s uncomfortable.”

She also empathized with people experiencing the same transformations as her while declaring that she remains the “young goofy, let’s-have-fun girl” despite aging. “It’s just mind blowing, aging. I’m just wondering if there’s anyone else out there doing their best to adjust to being older when they’ve spent so much time being young,” she said.

Valerie embraces aging

While trying on her old pink button-up shirt and jeans, which she found in the back of her closet, Valerie felt “peace, more mentally and emotionally stable.”

“I continue to work on not suppressing or numbing my feelings with food or alcohol, and here I am,” she said, choosing to not be critical of her weight. “I am enough.”

She advised her followers to love themselves and not let their looks define them. “A number on the scale does not define how much love your heart can hold. Please love yourself, every single part of you. YOU ARE ENOUGH,” the 63-year-old added.