When schools began discussing the elimination of recess from elementary grades, fitness trainer Susan Clayton knew she had to do something. News about the Orange on the Move Coalition caught her attention, and Clayton signed on.

"Guaranteed playtime is no longer a part of our society," she said.

Clayton, fitness director at the Triangle Sportsplex in Hillsborough, works with the 5-4-3-2-1 Go! Challenge to help members of the White family increase their physical activity.

"It's not about losing weight," Clayton said. "We're trying to provide a healthier lifestyle."

Clayton began her career in nursing, studied exercise science in Australia and has been in the fitness industry for 25 years.

She will work with Murriel Fozard, a nutritionist with Orange County Schools, to create a plan for the White family that concentrates on reducing "screen time" and increasing physical activity. Fozard, who received a bachelor's degree in foods and nutrition, will meet regularly with the family to develop ideas on how to budget and prepare healthy food.

"It's easy to say we want them to eat healthy," Clayton said. "We have to find physical activities the four of them can all do together."

Clayton sees an increased number of families coming to the gym to encourage their kids to exercise, but she stresses that there are plenty of ways to get exercise that are easy and don't cost any money.

"Whatever happened to ride your bike outside and play?" Clayton said. "Sometimes you just have to carve out an hour of your lifestyle to take your kids to the park."

Clayton also says that physical activity is only a part of a healthy lifestyle. Families must also encourage their kids to eat healthy and to reduce screen time. Screen time, according to Clayton, is the time kids spend watching television, on the computer or playing video games.

Together, Clayton and Fozard hope to give the White family a simple plan that can continue after the program is finished. As Clayton said, "It's all about saying, 'We're going to do something together and move.'"