what's your REAL AGE?

Calendar Age: 31.3
Real Age: 25.3

Take this with a shaker of salt, however, since I just moved from 8000ft to sea level. I'm like a superhuman down here. This will last approx. 3 weeks according to science. Then I'm back to 75-80 (thanks coffee!)

I thought my lack of exercise would be more of a problem than it was. Great BP, resting heart rate 72, no health problems, just a little stress. This beach-ball belly might be a heart-attack problem someday, but so far so good.

I was about 2 years under my calendar age until I got to the bit about whether or not I'm social/belong to clubs/close with my family. It then went up 5 years.

(i doubt this)

I was doing OK until the car questions. Driving 20k miles in a truck over the next year bumped me up three or four years by itself. Allergies & rheumatoid arthritis, plus being an ex-smoker took care of the rest.

xpost - I gave the semi-loner answer to all of those and it knocked a half year off.

Yeah, I eat well and exercise, happily married, never been a smoker, never had any major health issues.

INCREASE YOUR INTAKE OF VITAMIN E TO 400 IU A DAY. Your low intake of vitamin E makes your ...

(I reported taking more than 400 IU per day)

OWN A DOG IF POSSIBLE. For most people, dogs ...

(This is just bullshit to begin with)

IF POSSIBLE, ADD FISH OR OTHER SOURCES OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS TO YOUR DIET AT LEAST SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. Besides being a good source of protein and vitamins, fish contains ...

(I reported eating the highest amt of seafood they had as an option)

INCREASE YOUR DAILY INTAKE OF CALCIUM. You consume approximately ...

(See Vitamin E recommendation. Also I reported eating the highest amount of dairy products per week they allowed)

REVIEW YOUR MEDICATIONS WITH YOUR DOCTOR FOR POSSIBLE ADVERSE DRUG INTERACTIONS Your RealAge is ...

(I did not report taking medications)

HAVE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURED. TAKE STEPS TO REDUCE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE TO LESS THAN 120/80 mm Hg, IF IT IS NOT ALREADY SO. You estimated that your blood pressure is lower than average, and ...

(My blood pressure is WELL under 120/80 and I said so)

....so on and so on and so on, more "eat more grains, veggies, fruits" when I reported the highest option they had for all of them.

I am posting this more to make sure people don't worry that they actually are real age 874 because they are just trying to get you to buy their products. BASTARDS.

Anyway in real age I'm about 32.3, I think.

hence my warning in the very first post.

I was about 23 until I hit the diet page ... too much red meat and carbs, I think. I also never eat breakfast. Fuck one breakfast.

The food questions offset my penalties incurred by the driving and social interaction ones. Hilariously, the page screams at me to:

"TO RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF UNAVOIDABLE STRESS IN YOUR LIFE, SPEND MORE TIME BUILDING AND MAINTAINING STRONG, CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS."

and

"OWN A DOG IF POSSIBLE."

I'd rather have a cat, and if I do have a cat I won't have to deal with others.

*asks a grumpy ol' creep, who's forty-five but feels like fifty-four this morning*

Haha, maybe I should have, because at the end I was criticized for not having enough group participation in my life!

the smoking put me over the top, even though i don't smoke regularly anymore. yikes. also, i don't take vitamins and don't really exercise regularly. i still feel like i'm healthier than many people my age in that i don't get sick very often (i've had maybe one cold in the past year).

I bet if I knew my blood pressure and colesterol levels it wouldn't be saying that.

I don't understand this, I feel ancient.

...until i answered the financial / family / death / employment stress questions. Now my final REAL AGE is 28.9.

I'm sooooo fucked.

Must be because I don't smoke, have both parents, do lots of light aerobic exercise and seldom drive a car. Of course, not knowing my cholesterol levels might make the whole thing useless, I don't know.

(Crankypants, when's your birthday?)

gee I feel young again!(er, not really)

not enough cardio excercise...

I'm not big on "strength-building" exercise.

Neither could I! Join me in the Ranks Of The Dead Ones!

Calendar 31 (not actually true, but according to the web page..)

Real Age 41.3!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm 10.3 years older than I actually am!

That's horrid.

Mind you, I had trouble with my pulse too.. I sort of guessed it.

GRADUALLY WORK UP TO AT LEAST 90 MINUTES OF STRENGTH-BUILDING EXERCISES EACH WEEK.

Your RealAge is older because you spend less than 90 minutes a week doing strength-building exercises. Doing strength exercises, independent of your level of cardiovascular fitness, can make your RealAge younger.

ACTION PLAN:

If you are not performing strength-building exercises, consult a certified personal trainer or qualified fitness consultant to help you start a safe and effective program.
Work out three days per week on spaced days (e.g., Monday, Wednesday, and Friday).
Before any exercise session stretch and warm up with activities such as running on a treadmill or riding a stationary bicycle.
Stretch the muscles that you will be working on, holding the stretch under mild tension for 10 seconds.
During each session, do at least 8 to 12 repetitions for each of the major muscle groups of the leg, trunk, arm, and shoulder.

INCREASE YOUR INTAKE OF VITAMIN E TO 400 IU A DAY.

Your low intake of vitamin E makes your RealAge older. Vitamin E is an antioxidant that acts as an anti-aging agent. The best source of vitamin E is tablet or liquid supplementation.

ACTION PLAN:

You should take a 400-IU vitamin E supplement every day because it is difficult to get enough vitamin E from food alone. There is no difference between the vitamin E found in food and that found in most supplements. It is safe to consume up to 2,000 IU of vitamin E per day .
If you eat products containing Olestra, take a 400-IU supplement of vitamin E two times a day, each time between meals. The reason for this is that Olestra binds vitamin E reducing its effect.
Important Note

If you take warfarin (Coumadin) or dicumarol (Dicoumarol) or are considering taking any blood-thinning medication, please talk to your doctor before increasing your vitamin E intake through supplementation or diet.

It's a shame they didn't ask about how much drugs one takes in a year, that might bump my age back up again! (not that I actually take that much, but I'm sure the "medical" profession looks to positively on such things)

they really should ask about excercise and vices.

OH JOY, I AM A MONTH YOUNGER THAN I AM.

Anyway of course online tests are bullshit, though how anyone can say that the Which Creation Record Are You test is bullshit is beyond me, I mean that seems highly reputable!!! Not as reputable as Which Celebrity Should You Go Out With test though.

I love how when it asks if you want to be sent tips to improve your overall health, and if you say no your RealAge shoots up 0.6 points. The liars. Then it jumps another 0.4 points if you say that you haven't been treated for clogged arteries -- for Christ's sake, I don't need to! When I got into the section about stress and social support, my RealAge jumped up ten years. At the exercise section it jumped up 1.8 years, which is bullshit because I walk around frequently (especially when I have to go out -- I'll do at least an hour of walking trying to get from there to here) and I don't really need to exercise (well, aside from building myself up a bit, maybe).

So, if I were 20 years old, my RealAge would be 26.7. Modify it to my actual calendar age (18.7) and I'd be 25.4. Cut off the full year for clogged arteries/not asking RealAge to send me things about improving my health, and cut about a little more than a year in regard to the exercise bit, and it'd be about 23.1 years.

I don't really exercise or eat well, but have never had any health problems. Also, I should start flossing.

ARGH

BOO YA! I'm ONLY 22 AFTER ALL! Give me some donuts and beer, for god's sake!

That, my lack of sleep,
no exercise and no friends
made me kind of old

This is screwy though
as I don't smoke, eat red meat,
or jump off of rooves

it would have been less if it weren't for my DIET letting me down.

maybe it measures how good you'd stand in a fight?

I didn't know what my cholesterol levels etc were.

they want me to weight train and eat fish! dudes, I told you I was pregnant!

I drive too far, too fast, in a small car(in L.A.), ex-smoker. I lowballed my vegetable/fruit intake but it's probably about right

I need to strength train, eat more fruit, get a bigger car, a dog, and a social life.