Jennifer Hudson
I slept with my mom until I was 16 years old.
My biggest thing is banana pudding, but it's the devil! So no one is allowed to bring it into my house. Because I can't control myself. So why put it in my domain?
I'm prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar!
I have a serious love for clothes, like no other.
I try to do everything to say, 'OK, will my mother like this? Will she be pleased? Will she be proud of that? How do I know she's happy and she's smiling down at me from heaven?' And that's what I try to go by and walk by.
When I'm acting I don't sing, and when I'm recording I'm not acting.
I'm just not a shoe girl.
'American Idol' has changed the face of television.
You have to accept the plan and realize that if you slip, and you might, you can’t use that as a reason to give up or stop.Collection: Faith
Sometimes God makes better choices for us than we could have ever made for ourselves.Collection: Choices
The only way you can sustain a permanent change is to create a new way of thinking, acting, and being.Collection: Change
We all have the power to choose how we are going to handle every situation we are faced with throughout our lives. We are in control of the decision we make whether it's about work, relationships, parenting, or our health.Collection: Power
If you can’t take responsibility for your own well-being, you will never take control over it.Collection: Health
Loving yourself means caring enough to make the hard decisions in your life.Collection: Respect
If it’s meant for me, it will be.' Those words are my mantra in life, and it has never let me down.Collection: Fate
That isn’t about money, fame, or power. It’s about will, dedication, commitment, and knowing your self-worth. You can be poor as dirt and have those traits. Money can’t buy you values. You just need to know what is important to you and then feel secure in your pursuit to achieve that.Collection: Money
God uses people to help others. I only pray my faith is strong enough to get me through what I have to face.Collection: Strong
Indeed, God is always with us even when things look hopeless.Collection: Looks
I am completely in charge of the choices I make about what I am doing to lose weight and get healthy. And you know what? We all have this power. Don’t be angry with me for something good I’ve done for myself. Be angry with yourself for not having the courage to do the same in your own life.Collection: Jealousy
If you have a dream, you can achieve that dream, you can achieve that goal. You just gotta go for it. But it also lets you know, that there is a price to pay.Collection: Dream
It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence.Collection: Beauty
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.Collection: Exercise
Love is as hard to hide as hate.Collection: Hate
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.Collection: Exercise
I think to each its own, if nobody is hurting anybody-who cares? Everyone should be able to do what they want and be happy. Who you love is who you love. That's the way I see itCollection: Hurt
Ye canna give up hope when that is all ye have.Collection: Giving Up
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.Collection: Health
Avoidance is a great tool to get away from food in my face all day long.Collection: Food
My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.Collection: Home
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.Collection: Exercise
People get comfortable with the way you are—they have formed their opinion of you based on everything they see and know about you as a person. When you change that up by losing weight, they no longer understand you.Collection: Change
I love being outside and feeling free, so I jog or ride my bike. Some days I play basketball or tennis.Collection: Basketball
If you’re not eating the right foods in the right amounts, all the exercise in the world won’t combat the caloric intake.Collection: Health
There's no rule that says attraction warrents trust. If that were the case, then more wedded couple would be happier.Collection: Couple
There’s something wonderful about entertaining people on vacation. Everyone is there to have a good time.Collection: Travel
I'm prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar! I hope it has inspired people.Collection: Loss
You cannot just work out and then eat poorly and expect to lose weight. It doesn’t work that way.Collection: Health
My family always says my voice is a gift—a precious jewel I inherited from my maternal grandma, Julia Kate Hudson. My sister and I used to joke that the 'Kates' in our family got all the talent.Collection: Grandma
Anyone can lose a few pounds, but not everyone has the tools to stick with it.Collection: Health
There's no heaven on earth. God would have to guide her through the problems.Collection: Heaven
When someone wants to lose weight, they will do whatever it takes. They can’t do it for anyone else but themselves. It has to be for them alone. Without that understanding, they will fail.Collection: Health
The talent should speak for itself.Collection: Talent
When other people reject positive changes you make for yourself, there is always some nerve to get to the root of in those other people.Collection: Roots
My faith in God is everything at this point. Also, my family and friends that I've had around me pretty much my whole life and my boyfriend, we've been together for eight years. I try to keep people around me who've been around me, who've seen me struggle. They know how dedicated I am and how hard I've worked. They know me - not the Jennifer from American Idol and Dreamgirls, but the real Jennifer.Collection: Real
I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.Collection: Thinking
I don't do clubs. I don't drink. I don't smoke.Collection: Clubs
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.Collection: Selfish
I was brought up singing gospel, and I really enjoy getting the church up on their feet, their hips swaying, their hands clapping, it's a great feeling to evoke that energy for the Lord.Collection: Feet
I once had a crush on one of my teachers. I wrote him a love letter and stuck it in a bag in his office. I didn’t write my name on it, but I’m sure he figured out it was me.Collection: Crush