The
exact
amount of weight Jennifer Hudson lost was kept under wraps for
a pretty long time. But the celebrity singer, actor and now mom to a a
2 year old son was so excited that she revealed the secret number. All
in
all,
Jennifer Hudson's weight loss is a 5 dress sizes drop,
shedding from a size 16 to
size 6.
Exciting as
the current drop in weight is, J-Hud's
weight loss has some history to it. This is not the
first time she has
lost a
huge amount of weight.
About her new found weight, she tells
CNN, "At night I can't
even sleep
because I can't wait to see what I am going to wear the next
day".
"It
does make it a whole lot easier because now my fittings aren't that
long," she explained. "The
first thing I try on, I’m like,
'That's
the dress. OK, let’s go.' And it’s that simple, and
it's fun, and it looks
good!"
2 Things That Lose
you Belly Fat Fast, Easily & Permanently
Jennifer
Hudson's Weight Loss Journey
Many
might
remember her debut into the limelight as a one of
the 12 American Idol finalist way back in 2003. The then Miss Hudson is
said to
have dropped a whooping 60 pounds to audition for the popular TV show.
Apparently
she then dropped fro a size 22 to a size 10 by cutting back on fried
foods, ice
cream and jogging.
Inspite of
not winning in Idols, her start kept rising. In
2005 she auditioned for a role in the movie "Dream
Girls". To suit the role she
had to reverse her weight loss by gaining 20 pounds. However, as soon
as she
wrapped filming "Dream Girls", Hudson
went back to eating healthy and exercising. "It bothered me
to not workout,"
she said.
It is also
for a role in this movie that the so called Beyonce
Lemonade Diet or beyonce
weight loss was born. For her role, Beyonce Knowles engaged
a
popular
liquid diet to lose 20 lbs in 14 days. She however does not recommend
the
strategy as a way to lose weight longterm.
On the other
hand, so serious was Jennifer Hudson on losing
weight longterm that Newyork Times reports that at a post-Oscar bash,
[in 2007]
instead of toasting with alcohol, Hudson
is said to have sipped mineral water in preparation for her morning
workout. "I
never would have guessed I’d be up at 4 a.m. to
run," she said. "I
love
it!"
Unfortunately
in 2008 tragedy struck. Jennifer Hudson lost
her mother, brother and 7 year nephew. She admits to Oprah, she is not
even
sure if her healing has begun. But it was not all a bad year for her.
It was in
this year we saw the release of other of her movies "Sex
& And the City"
and "The Secret Life of A
Bee".
It is also in
2008 that she got pregnant with her first born
son David Otunga Jnr. At 8 months pregnant, she performs at Michael
Jackson’s
memorial service. Of the pregnancy, Hudson
refers to it as smooth. She did not have any cravings or morning
sickness.
Fast forward,
Jennifer Hudson is a new mom with 35 extra
pounds of baby weight, and she just didn't feel right. Esscence.com
reports, "I
was like, 'Who? ... Oh, my God, this is me," she said
after
seeing pictures of herself post-baby. So, she signed up with Weight
Watchers to
help her reach her goal of becoming "a better me."
Two months
after giving birth, she was back to 45 to 60
minutes walking. She told PEOPLE
"I
work out at least
45 minutes every day… But I don’t count
calories". By 2010 she had enlisted
celebrity trainer Hayley Pasternak to help her get rid of the last few
pounds.
How To "Go Beyond Calories"
To Lose Belly Fat For Good
Jennifer
Hudson's Diet
The secret to
Jennifer Hudson weight loss is Weight
Watchers. Most celebrities use expensive means to lose weight e.g. Janet
Jackson’s weight loss. But before you can say Hudson
lost all that weight because she can
get chefs and trainers you cannot afford, she reminds you, "I cook all
my
meals at home. When I work out, I like what I do. I don't believe in
overdoing
myself," she says.
"It's all
about self-motivation because at the end of
the day, you can have all the trainers and all the money in the world,
but if
you don't have that mindset, it's not possible."
She admits
her biggest problem was not knowing how to eat.
This is where Weight Watcher’s program mostly assisted her.
However, it was not
a smooth start. Liz, her Weight Watcher’s supervisor say when
Jennifer started
on the program she was not following instructions. In about a week she
added
weight. When she started towing the line she started losing in days.
Like all good
weight loss program, the strategy is to aim
for fat loss. This is why most healthy diets include exercises. But when it comes to losing belly
fat you will need to go a step further. You will need to "Go Beyond Calories"
and focus on two things, just two things. These two are...
