{"id":9409,"date":"2009-06-19T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=9409"},"modified":"2009-06-19T09:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T14:16:00","slug":"dad-starts-healthy-lifestyle-with-help-of-ea-sports-active","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/dad-starts-healthy-lifestyle-with-help-of-ea-sports-active\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad Starts Healthy Lifestyle with Help of EA Sports Active"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"donny<\/a>Donny Claxton joins us as a contributor for Men’s Health Week<\/a>. Donny is a public relations executive who has embarked on a new adventure for the benefit of himself, his wife, and their seven children. He recently completed the EA SPORTS Active 30-day challenge and continues to use it along with other healthy habits to regain his health. Donny regularly blogs at DadsCenter.org<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

On April 3, 2026, I began a journey to change my life.\u00a0 In California to meet with EA SPORTS officials about the then soon-to-be released EA SPORTS Active, I made a commitment to my wife, Kari, and our kids, and the world, that I was going to change my lifestyle.<\/p>\n

At the time, I weighed a staggering 369.78 lbs.\u00a0 That was too much.\u00a0 Way too much.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s now June 19, 2026, and I weighed in this morning at 340.65 pounds.\u00a0 I\u2019m almost down 30 pounds in two and a half months and I\u2019m still dropping.\u00a0 I\u2019ve done one EA SPORTS Active<\/a> 30-day challenge and I\u2019m now doing a second.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve sworn off my daily equivalent of two IVs of straight Southern-style sweet tea.\u00a0 At home we\u2019ve done away with fried foods.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had one order of French fries since the beginning of April.\u00a0 We\u2019ve done away with white bread at home.\u00a0 I only eat whole wheat bread anymore.\u00a0 I don\u2019t drink alcohol so that was easy to \u201cgive up.\u201d\u00a0 I haven\u2019t had a Coke or carbonated beverage since April of 2001.<\/p>\n

This second go around with the EA SPORTS Active 30-day challenge, I\u2019ve complimented my working out with other physical activities.\u00a0 Nearly every night now, I\u2019m swimming laps for at least 30 minutes.\u00a0 It\u2019s catching on, too, because my youngest twin daughter, Haley, (by 7 minutes) is also swimming with me. Dads, what we do, the kids will often copy!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m drinking tons of water now.\u00a0 I keep a bottle or two of it on my desk at work.\u00a0 At home, I drink it with a touch of lemon or lime juice just to give it a variety of taste.<\/p>\n

And my dog, Molly, now knows the workout routine as well.\u00a0 She knows that when I finish an EA SPORTS Active workout, she and I are going for a walk around the neighborhood.\u00a0 When I do my workouts, she\u2019ll come sit close to where I\u2019m doing lunges, running in place, shoulder presses and all, and waits.\u00a0 As soon as I go to close out the virtual fitness product, and that backwards sounding music starts to play, she stands up and moves to the front door where we keep the leashes. \"donny<\/a><\/p>\n

This morning when I got dressed, I changed belts.\u00a0 The one I\u2019ve been wearing most for the past year was about four inches too loose for my waist.\u00a0 My jeans are super baggy now and it\u2019s time to pull out the old jeans or treat myself to some new ones.\u00a0 I have an EA SPORTS Active shirt on today.\u00a0 I\u2019m wearing it un-tucked.\u00a0 I used to not wear it that way because my stomach, 30 pounds ago, stuck our so far it looked like I was pregnant. Now it mostly hangs straight down.<\/p>\n

My gift to my family this Father\u2019s Day is going to be a healthier me.\u00a0 Already this summer we\u2019ve taken our kids to Yosemite.\u00a0 I hiked more with them than I ever have.\u00a0 I climbed more with them than I ever have.\u00a0 And I was less tired than I ever have been with them there.\u00a0 And it\u2019s all because of what I began with EA SPORTS Active and the determination that all was not lost.\u00a0 I could begin a fitness program at 43 and lose weight, and lose lots of it.
\nI\u2019m still on my journey.\u00a0 I\u2019m now 10 pounds too heavy to use the Wii Fit<\/a>, but that beats beginning 40 pounds too heavy.\u00a0 I\u2019m so looking forward to getting to that point and adding a new variety into my exercises because the balance board works with EA SPORTS Active!<\/p>\n

Come on dads, if I can do it with seven kids, you can, too!<\/p>\n

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