real age test

[chickwhorips]

A-ha; more clues
The plot thickens...

dun dun DAAAAAAA!!!!!

[mary9761]

I haven't gotten my final results, but the more questions I answered the older I got!! I don't know if I knew the answers to some of my numbers if that would have helped, but if the site was to make us feel better, I feel worse...

[RoadRaven]

Well, my birth age is 41yrs, 1 month

They gave me 36.5 as my "real" age.

They said I could lower my age further if I reduced my eating of red meat to once a week (c'mon - I'm a Leo, I'm a carnivore!!!) and if I reduced the quantity and intensity of my exercise (c'mon - I have to increase it if I want to be nationally competitive!!!)

I guess I am at an advantage over some of the women here who cycle, as I have had no serious health issues (the last time I was in hospital was 11 years ago to have my tubes tied), I take no medication/prescription drugs (last time was 4 years ago for a sinus infection, I don't smoke or drink, no history in my family of most of the diseases they list.

Don't take it to heart, Mary - anyone who tells an exercising woman to cut out red meat hasn't got everything 100per! Its interesting, but not a gospel.

[velocilex]

I'm 40.8, my RealAge is 38. Among other bizarre things that make me older (like controlling my arthritis with diet and exercise intead of medication I don't need), I apparently exercise TOO MUCH!

I'm jealous of all you ladies who are many years "younger" but thankful I didn't get clocked as an old, old lady!

[fatbottomedgurl]

Did you all read the fine print or did you just hit "accept"? Stuff like this sounds fun until you understand how these sites are violating your privacy. There's no free ride here.

In part you agree to:

We do not use third party advertising services to display advertisements or links on our sites. However, when you click on such advertisements or links, you will leave our site and go to another site. During this process, a third party (including a third party advertising service that may provide services to an advertiser) may collect Personal Data or Anonymous Data from you, such as the URL you just came from, the URL you go to next, your browser type, and your IP address.


I hope everyone uses AdAware free from Lavasoft to kill all the spyware this sort of site makes you vulnerable to. And sorry for ending on a preposition, you grammar goddesses.

[chickwhorips]

I hope everyone uses AdAware free from Lavasoft to kill all the spyware this sort of site makes you vulnerable to. And sorry for ending on a preposition, you grammar goddesses.

yup use that and also CCleaner to clear up extra some extra space on my computer so it runs faster.

now back to your scheduled thread....

[emily_in_nc]

I hope everyone uses AdAware free from Lavasoft to kill all the spyware this sort of site makes you vulnerable to.

Thanks for the reminder, fbg! I'll do that and Spybot Search and Destroy as well, since it's been awhile since I've run either.

I took the test but was disappointed in some of the conclusions. My age is 45.5, it came up with 40.5 for my real age. However, one of the many things that "aged" me was selecting "high HDL" instead of my exact HDL number. The reason I did this is because I haven't gotten my cholesterol checked for a few years, so I felt it would be a bit presumptious to put in the exact figure from my last test, which I actually remember (103 - very high). I would have put that in if I had known it would be significant.

I also got dinged for "only" weight lifting twice a week. Honestly, how many of us even do that? I go to the gym at work and am normally the only woman lifting at all (most are doing the treadmill). I'd lift more, except that I am riding, running, and hiking so don't want or need to do a lot of leg weight work, so I think twice a week is fine for upper body since I am not a body builder. Sheesh!

Other things I got dinged on were not eating enough servings of grains, fruits, veggies, etc. I think I eat adequate amounts of all of those things (~3 servings grains, 1 fruit, 3-5 veggies), but I'm very petite and just don't eat nearly as much overall as they must want me to be eating, since I do eat balanced. They also didn't ask some nutrition questions I think are really important: I buy nearly all my groceries at the local farmer's market (organic) and whole-foods co-op (at least 75% organic), buy no processed foods, eat out only very rarely, etc. etc., but I didn't get any credit for those things, just got dinged because I eat fewer servings of everything than the average Josephine! I weigh less than 105; I just don't need to eat all that much when I am not riding mega miles.

One other thing I got dinged on was taking prescription medication. I take one Rx: Advair for asthma, in the lowest dosage possible. Why is that worse than untreated asthma?! I don't get that at all. I follow the Rx instructions, and my asthma is completely controlled.

And yeah, I am not perfect on the flossing thing either. That one I fully admit to. <hanging head in shame>

Overall, I take issue with some of the questions they did ask, some they didn't ask, and their overall conclusions. I get teased all the time at work for being a health nut, a fitness fanatic, etc. and compared to my 40-50 year old peers at work, I feel like a spring chicken in appearance, attitude, energy level, and yet I only tested out 5 years younger than my actual age.

Emily, who really wanted to be in her 30s again....

[tygab]

I am 34 and it pegged me at 32. There were some good suggestions (ahem, more flossing, more fish etc), but I think I would have fared better if I hadn't seen the following (duh, yes I knew this) paraphrased in the opening of my little report:

"You have had a number of major life stresses this past year."

So hopefully next year I will be like 23! ;^)

-T

[CR400]

28.5 years old for real here but my test came back 20.7 So I lost almost 8 years. I could have scored better had a lower BMI. I hate BMI because it is really a meaningless number that only works in thorey for people who are couch potatoes or lift weights seldom.