Jennifer Hudson (b. 1981)

Quotes

• No matter how big the glam squad, or how dramatic the dress, sometimes things just don’t work out.

• My focus has always been on talent over looks. This theme of people putting an emphasis on looks first has been a constant reminder throughout my life that most people don’t see things in the same way that I do.

• There’s something wonderful about entertaining people on vacation. Everyone is there to have a good time.

• 'If it’s meant for me, it will be.' Those words are my mantra in life, and it has never let me down.

• The talent should speak for itself.

• Whenever I’d try to talk myself out of going for a walk, and there were a few days like that, I’d take myself through a series of simple tasks so I would get up and go.
  1. Get up.
  2. Find your house keys.
  3. Put on some shoes.
  4. Grab your iPod.
  5. Walk out the front door.

• If you can’t take responsibility for your own well-being, you will never take control over it.

• You can’t make a life-altering decision for someone else and expect it to stick.

• Gaining control over your health and well-being is one of those times in your life that you get to be completely selfish and not feel bad about it. If you want to meet your goals, you have to make it about you. You have to make it work for you and you alone. Anything less is a setup for failure.

• Loving yourself means caring enough to make the hard decisions in your life.

• The only way you can sustain a permanent change is to create a new way of thinking, acting, and being.

• 'Where and how can I make this meal better for me?' I asked myself that question before every meal—especially in the beginning.

• You cannot just work out and then eat poorly and expect to lose weight. It doesn’t work that way.

• Avoidance is a great tool to get away from food in my face all day long.

• What I learned from Weight Watchers is that food was meant to be used as fuel for our bodies. If we are using it for any other reasons, it is time to take a step back and ask ourselves what’s up.

• Extreme exercise doesn’t save you from poor food choices. It can be difficult to exercise and erase away that chocolate cake or pizza pie. It doesn’t work that way.

• If you’re not eating the right foods in the right amounts, all the exercise in the world won’t combat the caloric intake.

• The important message I heard about working out and what I want to share is that you create your own opportunities and your own limitations.

• Permanent weight loss doesn’t come with an on and off switch. It is not something you do for a little while and think it is going to change your body.

• You have to want weight-loss success so badly that no mountain, river, or ocean could keep you from reaching your goals. If you have that drive, passion, and commitment, there is no way you won’t get there.