Valerie Bertinelli talks about her 40-pound weight loss in the April issue of Ladies’ Home Journal.

Valerie used to weigh 172 pounds at 5?4?. Now, as a Jenny Craig spokeswoman, she is 40 pounds lighter and wants to share her story with the world:

“I dont remember a time when I didn’t struggle, though Hollywood made it worse. ..I used to get so mad about my hips. Now I appreciate them- they brought Wolfie [her son] into the world. Even when I got really thin, though, I never had an eating disorder. Well, at one point I may have been a little anorexic-I’d go on these super-restrictive diets.”

Here is Valerie‘s typical workout routine:

“It’ll either be the elliptical or the treadmill, and for the very first time, last week I went jogging. Three and a half miles. It’s the first time I moved my legs that far in 20 years. And because I lost weight my knees didn’t hurt, though my thighs were killing me. But still, I thought, I can do this now!”

As you may know, Valerie Bertinelli wrote a book about her struggle with weight, that has quickly become a bestseller. You can buy “Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time” from Amazon.

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Rachel Bilson looks so beautiful in this photoshoot for the March 2008 issue of Nylon magazine!

Rachel recently confessed that she wants to start a family, and that she would be ready to sacrifice her Hollywood career if she were to become a mother.

The actress – who is rumoured to be dating her Jumper co-star Hayden Christensen – is keen to start a family, but wants to travel the world first. The 26-year-old says, “I’ve always been maternal. I want to travel and enjoy myself first, but I really want a family. “I love the career I have chosen. But I’d be quite happy as a housewife, at home with the kids. I think I’d be really content.” [Contact Music]

I’m sure she would be a great mother, but I wish she’d just wait a few more years so we can have the opportunity see her in more movies!

View a short clip from Rachel‘s Nylon shoot below, and more pictures after the jump!

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Here are the now famous People magazine pictures of Nicole Richie with her precious baby daughter Harlow Winter Kate and Joel Madden… They look so cute together!

In case you were wondering how Nicole lost her pregnancy weight so quickly (not that it was a lot of it in the first place!), it seems she doesn’t eat much these days because of her breastfeeding diet restrictions:

“I eat really bland [food] – chicken noodle soup, vegetables, fish. I had to cut out milk, no tomatoes, no lettuce. You think you have to cut everything out when you’re pregnant, but you really have to cut everything out when you’re breastfeeding.” [Wicked Youth]

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Jennifer Esposito (Andrea from ABC’s comedy series “Samantha Who?“) shows off her gorgeous bikini body on the cover of Shape magazine‘s April 2008 issue.

Before becoming an actress, Jennifer was an exercise instructor in Manhattan, so she naturally knows a few things about exercising. Her workout routine includes Pilates and yoga, but she also does “at least 30 minutes on the treadmill and the elliptical, plus some weight training”.

Jennifer keeps her slim figure by eating lots of diets and lean proteins, but she also treats herself to comfort foods like pasta and pizza from time to time.

“I refuse to get obsessive about my diet. I don’t stuff myself, but food is too important a part of my life to not totally enjoy it.

I like to get cozy at home, make pizza and drink wine. I never feel guilty about indulging because I have a good attitude about myself. I come from a family where cooking and enjoying meals is a healthy part of our lives. If I want to have comfort foods every now and then, I do. And if I put on a few pounds, I don’t sweat it.”

That sounds like a really healthy attitude – not denying yourself the food you love, but eating in moderation, and exercising it off. In Jennifer‘s case, it certainly works!

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Victoria Beckham is on the cover of Vogue UK magazine‘s April 2008 issue. The photoshoot is very glamorous and, as much as I dislike Posh, I have to say she looks absolutely gorgeous!

The whole article about her is pretty interesting too. Here’s a short snippet concerning Victoria‘s diet and exercise habits (or lack thereof):

She says she eats healthily, and observing her intake during our meetings it’s all steamed vegetables, no fats, fish, edamame beans, fruit… and champagne, but there is a degree of control exercised which one would hardly call normal. She is genuinely fine-boned but is also, one suspects, haunted by being the fatter girl at the Laine Theatre Arts school, where she was never one of the “tall, skinny, gorgeous ones”. “I would never put my health at risk. Obviously working out is important. Well, I don’t. I have joined a gym but I can’t bring myself to start. What do you wear on the running machine? I can’t bring myself to wear flat shoes,” she says, fully aware she’s parodying herself – her common default position when questioned. “Eating disorders are an incredibly serious illness, but you’ve got to be realistic about who you are and what you are. I’d love to look like Linda Evangelista. You know what? I could try for the rest of my life, but I’m never going to look like her.”

More beautiful pictures of Victoria Beckham in Vogue after the jump (make sure to scroll to the bottom of the post to see a short behind-the-scenes video from the shoot)!

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The beautiful Natalie Portman is on the cover of Elle magazine‘s April 2008 issue (she’s on the top of the “Intelligent Women” list).

It’s a nice photoshoot, but a little boring (and Natalie looks somehow uncomfortable). Also, am I the only one who thinks that she looks a lot like Keira Knightley in the picture where she’s wearing a hat?

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