Jamie-Lynn Sigler recently opened up about her eating disorder and how she suffered. Jamie-Lynn says it was like she was someone else when she was going through it.

“It’s hard for me to even recognize who I was,” the former Sopranos actress. “My reality was so warped. … I knew I had a problem and wanted to get better, but I was not able to let go of my habit.”

One particular bad incident happened when she was having a meal with her family and her family begged her to have some cake. ”I remember rationalizing that if I had that one piece of dessert, the next morning I would wake up and weigh 400 pounds,” she says. “It sounds so wild, but for me it was true.” 

Ms. Sigler was honored on Thursday in NYC by the National Eating Disorder Association for her work and representation for the group. In her speech she referred to going through it as the ”deepest, darkest place” – and her efforts to have eating disorders seen as more than a “superficial disease.”

These days, Sigler remains in recovery, and works to keep the bad habits at bay.

At one time, “I knew every calorie that entered my body, and I tried to measure every calorie that I could burn,” she says. “So for me, any sort of regimen, any sort of ritual or rule when it comes to dieting or exercising, is bad for me.” 

As for her current work out regime she says,

“I have a wonderful friend who does yoga with me,” she says. “When I go home to Long Island, my mom and I take the dog and go hiking. It’s nice to be outdoors.”