Jane Lynch: Marriage Aided Me Lose ten Pounds!

Jane Lynch's secret to staying slim and trim this vacation season? Wife Lara Embry's house cooking!

Married to psychologist Embry considering that 2010, Glee actress Lynch, 52, appreciates Embry's time in the kitchen much more than she knows. "She's a great cook. She cooks all the time which is why I have been in a position to eliminate a tiny excess weight the final couple of many years," admits Lynch, who plays difficult -as-nails cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on FOX's series.

Down " ten or 11 pounds," Lynch said "bye-bye" to the bread basket -- and ate far more meals at property with her family members in an energy to slim down. "[ I'm ] eating real meals -- great substances -- and eating in," Lynch informed Us Weekly at the Dec. three ACLU/SC Bill of Rights Dinner of her secret to results. "I was single for a extended time and I am not a cook, so I ate out all the time."

Lynch -- who di d not come out to her parents right up until she was 32 -- tells Vogue magazine her mother was impressed the actress was swapping vows with a medical professional. Embry, on the other hand, jokes that her very own "mom's expectations had been very very low. She was Okay with the simple fact that Jane had gainful employment!"

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In the time given that tying the knot, Lynch has won above Embry's daughter Haden. "I make her sound like the Dalai Lama," Lynch has said of her stepdaughter, 11, "but she's a rather extraordinary kid. She's just like me!"