Actor and family man Robe Lowe has opened up with People about his greatest achievements in life, and they range beyond just movies and TV.

“My boys are definitely my greatest achievement,” he said of his sons, Matthew and John Owen. “I can only take half of the credit – maybe not even half! The rest goes to my wife Sheryl, who’s been just an amazing partner. Looking back on this year, the thing I’m most grateful is my family, my health and the opportunities that have been laid out before me.”

He also spoke of the Atkins diet:

“Atkins is a great way to loose weight but I don’t use it for that,” he says. “I use it as an overall lifestyle. It’s not a diet. It is a sustainable long-term easy lifestyle. I think everybody comes to a time in their life where there’s a fork in the road and you can go one way or you can go the other. All of my heroes who are youthful, vigorous, vital, and energetic, among the things they have in common is eating right. Eating well is the single biggest component that I found in a healthy lifestyle, even more so than working out.”