(Cover) - EN Star Style - Ginnifer Goodwin admits she never lets herself go when it comes to food.

The American actress has revealed she keeps a strict eye on everything she eats, and has been dieting since the age of nine.

Ginnifer, who stars in the American television series Big Love, confessed she was so depressed about her weight growing up that she now never allows herself to eat to the point of self-hatred. "Even when I'm too heavy, I'm still confident because I never actually let myself go," she said. "I can be indulgent for six months and put on some weight, but I still never actually get to the point of being unhappy and self-destructive."

The 32-year-old has been using the Weight Watchers diet for the past 23 years, because it doesnt make her dehydrated or miserable.

Ginnifer first started measuring her food intake in the fourth grade, because she was unhappy with her puppy fat. She found that eating healthily cooked vegetables helped her to feel better. "I really did go through a period when I was very little when I remember realising that vegetables did not come out of the ground deep-fried," she recalled to the January issue of Health magazine. "I changed my eating habits in fourth grade because I was a heavy little girl and I was unhappy." (C) Cover Media