J Hud Can't Win for Losing

By now, I'm sure that everyone has seen the "new" Jennifer Hudson showing off her svelte body. I had no idea there was such a negative stir surrounding her weight loss though. Honestly, the only thing I found annoying about it was her bellowing that "new dawn, new day" song during the Weight Watchers commercial.Other than that, I thought her decision to get healthy and fit was a commendable accomplishment. It's difficult to first see the need for weight loss when one is brought up in a family with generally unhealthy eating habits, then to actually take action to lose extra weight. Bravo, Jennifer. There are others, a community, if you will, that attest that Jennifer's choice to become as small as she is is some sort of betrayal to the 'happy big girl' crowd.

*Blank stare*

Jennifer has always been a beautiful woman, but do these weight-loss detractors not remember how she looked when she first popped onto the scene on "American Idol"? She was obviously overweight. Beautiful and talented, yes. But overweight. I read an article over at The Grio concerning this. Nay sayers criticize her weight loss for fear that she will give young, impressionable girls the idea that being skinny is the key to being successful in Hollywood. However, her Academy Award and Grammy, both won pre-weight loss, attest to the fact that her aesthetic didn't give her her star power. Her acting and singing skills did. Period. She won these awards years before she ever signed on to be a spokesperson for Weight Watchers.

Personally, I believe that overweight people with such fiery criticism of Jennifer use overweight and successful celebrities as an excuse to continue in their own unhealthy lifestyles. They say to themselves, "If she can be her size and still manage to garner the amount of success she has in cruel Hollywood, then surely I, a nobody, can remain my size without being criticized." Maintaining or improving her marketability and relevance in the fickle and ever-so-body-conscious Hollywood may have been one of Jennifer's goals at on the onset of her journey, but she made it clear that her choice to shed pounds has to do more with her showcasing a healthy example  for her son more than anything else.

Why can't people just be happy that one more person, a Black woman at that, chooses to adopt a healthy lifestyle and weight? Guess it's just some good ole' jealousy or plain laziness.With all of the preventable diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes, and other ailments that plague the Black community, you'd think she'd get a standing ovation from those that could stand to follow Jennifer's example and adopt a healthy lifestyle.  But, I guess you can't please everybody, and poor Jennifer can't win for losing.

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