Jamie-Lynn Sigler reflects on eating disorder

Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the 26-year-old former Sopranos actress who was honored recently at the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) for her work as an ambassador for the group, remembers clearly the day her dad begged her to eat some cake. Knee deep in her own eating disorder, she just couldn't do it.

"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."

It's hard for Sigler to recognize that person with such a warped sense of reality.

Sigler, who continually works on her recovery, tries to achieve a healthy balance in her life. Once obsessed with over-exercising and measuring the input and output of every calorie, she now strays from any regimen or ritual when it comes to dieting and exercising.

"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."