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So on a quick visit to my family, my little sister showed me a site she went to for health class: RealAge.
It was interesting, although not perfectly detailed or accurate by any means. For example, it told me to eat more tomato products because I was lacking lycopene. However, they failed to give an option so that I could account for the fact that my multi-vitamin supplies it. Also, it's a self quiz, so there could be a lot of fudging involved. Personally, I tried to over-estimate what I saw as unhealthy things like motorcycle mileage driven per year and under-estimate healthy things, such as exercise.
It's only a 10 minute quiz or so, and is kind of fun. Let's see what you get.
I'm 26.6 years old, my 'real age' is 17.3
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I'm actually 24.2 and my 'real age' is 21.0
The exercise section killed (excuse the pun) me. Right now I am convincing myself that when they finish the gym on the 1st floor of my work space that I will go there everyday Posts: 14316 | Registered: Jul 2005
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I'm 45 and it said my real age is 42. Not much difference, unfortunately. Does account for the fact that most of the time I think of myself as age 18
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I'm 25.3, and my "real age" is 22.0. Sticking to my exercise program, more fruit and veggies in my diet, and more fish in my diet are obvious starting points for improvement.
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I'm glad I gave them a junk email. It seemed like an information gathering scheme to send you junk mail. I haven't gotten my results yet...
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I think it was mostly because my mom and aunt (on my dad's side) have had breast cancer, but it also says I'm stressed out and should get a dog, which I'm rather amused by. Posts: 952 | Registered: Jun 2005
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I exercise and what not, but I'm surprised since I thought my diet and anxiety would have added alot more on.
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31.6 and my real age is 28.8 not to bad for an over weight red meat eater. I do have a hard time with them telling me to buy a larger car. I drive my wife's car when going out of town which is a larger vehicle and only drive my compact in town at low speeds. But it doesn't ask for information like that.
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quote:Originally posted by Katarain: I'm glad I gave them a junk email. It seemed like an information gathering scheme to send you junk mail. I haven't gotten my results yet...
I agree, and did not go any further with it.
Plus, I know that, though I am 42, I act about 12,and look about 50.
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I'm 23.1 and my Real Age is 23.8-- probably since I'm still carrying 20 extra baby lbs. and have asthma and such.
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I am 26.0, and my "Real Age" is 21.7. Uh, yay? I really didn't know how to answer some of those questions, and I think the test made too many assumptions to have any real meaning. But it did make some good points. *goes off to floss*
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quote:Originally posted by Bob_Scopatz: I got so ticked off at the questions, I gave up in disgust.
I think that makes me 80.
Nonsense. You would have gotten mad at the idea that someone asked you to use the computer at all, if you were 80. You would have read it in the newspaper, by gum, and loved it. You would have answered in pen, on paper, and put the paper in an envelope. You would have put this thing called a stamp on the envelope, and sent it in something called the mail.
You can't fool me, you young whippersnapper!
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I'm a year older than I ought to be. As near as I can tell the things I need to change are not have my father die in the past 12 months and floss. Well, 1 of those things will be easy!
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My "plan" says I'm sleeping too much, but considering I'm six months pregnant, I really don't think 9 hours is out of line. The plan to improve it seems to assume I need more sleep because I'm not sleeping well, but I sleep like a rock for all nine hours.
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Mt age is -3.3 and I find that hard to believe. I am at least +10. I look and feel older. Oh well, it made me feel good.
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quote:Originally posted by Bob_Scopatz: I got so ticked off at the questions, I gave up in disgust.
You and me, both. I started lying, then not answering, then I just gave up. I don't know what my "real age" is, but my life is not long enough to waste time on that mishegos.
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But you know what? I work with a woman who is a real pain in the neck. So I entered in her email address at work and answered all the questions for her. When she gets to work in the morning, she will find out that she is a lot older than she thought she was.
Especially since I added about 20 years to her baseline age.
I can be such a stinker! Posts: 10397 | Registered: Jun 2005
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