(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Jennifer Hudson is opening up her own weight loss centre.

The Oscar winning actress lost 80lbs with the help of Weight Watchers and is now going to be at the helm of her own clinic in her native Chicago.

She apparently wants to help those in her community to get healthier and will unveil the Jennifer Hudson Weight Watchers Center later today.

The 30-year-old became a shadow of her former self by using the tools on the famous diet plan as well as her own exercise regime to shed the pounds after giving birth to her son David Otunga Jr in 2009.

"Four days after my cesarean section, I began walking 30 minutes every day," she explained to Self magazine.

"It was my therapy, my moment to myself and it was all I could do. I figured, me walking is better than me sitting on the couch.

"Even if I can't climb a mountain or do 100,000 push-ups, these steps matter and they're lading somewhere."

Jennifer also said recently that she is "prouder" of her weight loss than she is of winning the Oscar for her role in Dreamgirls.

Part of the revenue from the new weight loss centre will be donated to a foundation that has been set up in memory of her late nephew Julian King who was shot and killed in October 2008 along with Jennifer's mother and brother. (C) Cover Media