Jamie-Lynn Sigler admits she didnt have the best eating habits growing up.
In the current issue of PEOPLE,the Entourage and Sopranos star opens up about how, as a mom, she had to go against the grain of her own childhood palate for the sake of her sonBeau Kyle, 4 this month.
I would drink a lot of soda and eat sugary things, explains Sigler, 36. Vegetables and fruits were never things I reached for.
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But about a year after welcoming Beau with husbandCutter Dykstra in August 2013, the actress realized her son was looking to her for guidance on how to model his own food choices.
He was always looking at my plate to see what I was eating, so I made a conscious effort to change, Sigler tells PEOPLE.
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The star who announced last month shes expecting a second son says Beau likes to help, so she found something they could make together: smoothies.
I just hold the blender and he throws the ingredients in, says Sigler. Beau feels so involved and has a nutrient-dense, filling meal before he goes to school and I have some of it too!
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Jamie-Lynn Sigler Reveals How She Changed Her Diet for Her Son: He 'Was Always Looking at My Plate' - PEOPLE.com
