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I’ve been on a diet for what seems like a lifetime and for the past year or so Coke Zero has been my drink of choice with Diet Coke used as an alternative ONLY if my CZ isn’t available.
That being said, I just read about two studies which claim that while diet soft drinks may have few or no calories, they can still have a major impact on your waistline.
We fatties can’t win for losing! *sigh*
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If you’re an avid hip-hop head, this highly accessorized dude may look vaguely family to you and he should. Besides the fact that he lost a few pounds, this platinum selling rapper’s looks haven’t really changed THAT much.
It may be the blank stare in his eyes, or perhaps it’s the way he holds his mouth… Whatever it is, I’m sure somewhere in the back of your mind, you’re hearing “Who?”
Do you know the identity of this former “fatty”?? Answer below… Continue Reading…
Jennifer Hudson was all smiles Friday morning as she hit the Summer Concert Series stage on Good Morning America…
[READ: Spotted Jennifer Hudson & Baby David at GMA ~ PHOTOS + VIDEO]
Immediately following Jennifer’s crowd pleasing performance, things took a change for the worst when she was suddenly stricken with severe stomach pain.?
She was rushed to the hospital and her scheduled performance on the CBS Early Show was cancelled.
A rep for the Academy Award-winning singer confirmed that Hudson fell ill and was taken to a New York City hospital.
?After performing on ?Good Morning America? earlier today, Jennifer Hudson went to the hospital due to severe abdominal pains,” the rep said in a statement. “She was treated for food poisoning and released.?
It didn’t take long for the rumor mill to start buzzing about Jenn’s “stomach ailment,” with many concluding she was suffering from complications related to a lap-band surgery or gastric bypass procedure.
It also didn’t take long for Hudson’s camp to speak out.
Here’s what they had to say…. Continue Reading…
Jennifer Hudson is looking A-MAZING!!
Jenn hit the stage at Rumsey Playfield in New York’s Central Park this morning (June 10, 2011) for Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series and brought along her lil mini-me, David Otunga, Jr.
Hudson spoke about her upcoming weight loss memoir and revealed details about a few new roles (she plays a nun in The Three Stooges and a drug-addicted single mother in an Alicia Keys-produced film).
Awwwww… isn’t him adorwable? 🙂
More photos PLUS video from Jennifer Hudson’s GMA summer concert performance… Continue Reading…
Actress/singer Jennifer Hudson joined Alliance for a Healthier Generation to promote Weight Watchers Walk-It Challenge at the Namaste Charter School on May 10, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.
Promoting the third annual Walk-It Challenge for Weight Watchers, Hudson practiced yoga moves with students of the Charter School and further encouraged them to maintain a healthy lifestyle and continue working out.
Hudson expressed her delight at being a part of the campaign and speaking to kids at the school, stating:
I’m just glad to be here and be a part of it. It kind of goes hand in hand with the way they encourage good health and teach kids that way.
I wanted to make sure that I gave that example to go off of.
As Weight Watchers’ ambassador, J-Hud lost over 86lbs. She spoke about the necessity of keeping active with her son so that he learns the value of being active and exercising at a young age.
Jennifer also spoke of her affinity for fellow Chicagoan Oprah Winfrey. She expresses her disappointment about Miss. O’s “retirement” but reveals she may be next up to fill Winfrey’s Loubous.
More photos of Jennifer participating in Weight Watchers “Walk It” initiative PLUS her video interview below: Continue Reading…
Jennifer Hudson, photographed above last week in Brazil, hasn’t always been a size 4.? In fact, she vividly remembers when she was considered the “big girl” in a room fulla hollywood skinny b*tches.
[READ: J-Hud: “Being Skinny is a JOB! and it ain’t easy… VIDEO]
Hudson recently revealed in an interview that she felt like her weight was holding her back in the entertainment industry and now that she’s shed the pounds people are much more receptive…
In this slim world I do now realize I was being discriminated against. Continue Reading…
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