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Jennifer Hudson Discusses Dramatic Weight Loss on 'Today': "I Feel Empowered"

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Jan. 9 2012, Published 5:09 a.m. ET

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For anyone who's trying to get motivated to work on their New Year's resolution to lose weight, Jennifer Hudson is the perfect inspiration. The American Idol star and Oscar-winner lost 80 pounds and is sharing her experience to help motivate others.

Jennifer stopped by the Today show this morning to promote her new book, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, and chatted with Ann Curry about her dramatic weight loss.

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"I feel amazing. I feel empowered, I really do," Jennifer explained.

The mother of one says it took her pregnancy to allow her to realize that she can control her body.

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"Being pregnant, you're invaded, you're sharing your body and so you lose that control," Jennifer said. "That experience let me know that, wow, this is my body and I can do what I want to do with it and it can be whatever I want it to be."

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And Jennifer says she really wanted to "set an example" for her son, so she worked hard to avoid the "hostile reception" that can come with dramatic weight loss.

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