What's Your Life Expectancy?
Rusty_In_Missouri
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How much time do I have left?
Well, that depends. I was sitting all day, not getting off the couch and eating all the wrong things. I used this Lifespan Calculator and answered all the questions truthfully the first time. I then answered the same questions by changing the things I can control like diet and exercise. I liked the different result and am now eating more fruits and veggies along with walking on a regular basis.
media.nmfn.com/tnetwork/lifespan/#0
Looking forward to hearing from everyone.
Rusty
Well, that depends. I was sitting all day, not getting off the couch and eating all the wrong things. I used this Lifespan Calculator and answered all the questions truthfully the first time. I then answered the same questions by changing the things I can control like diet and exercise. I liked the different result and am now eating more fruits and veggies along with walking on a regular basis.
media.nmfn.com/tnetwork/lifespan/#0
Looking forward to hearing from everyone.
Rusty
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970
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910
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86 years and 89 if l reach my goal weight!0
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I’m already dead inside.11
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Whoa...96.
Guess I should ramp up my retirement savings...4 -
96 lol. I'm not sure if I consider that a good thing or a bad thing...0
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On a serious note...I think one of the reasons to be active, eat a well-balanced diet, and maintain a healthy weight is not to live longer...but to ensure that the last years of your life are worth living. I don't want to live to 96 if the last 20 years of my life are miserable. I want to be active as long as possible, keeping my mobility late into my life so I can still enjoy myself, hopefully up until the day I die. I'm doing what I can to give myself the best shot at that.19
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This is pretty cool, mine says 89.0
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Mine says 900
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87 years old, that's good for a male.0
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97? I really don't think I want to live that long. And I even downplayed how much I exercise.2
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82 currently but when I retook it assuming I made positive changes (like I should and am trying to do) it went up to 94. Interesting0
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At my present weight, 91. At my hoped for weight 100 pounds from now, 98. Another good reason to lose weight. I want to outlive my money!1
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Mine says 90.
Lol thats long enough.1 -
Mine came out at 103. (I'm already nearly 70)
I was already expecting up to 100, my mum is 91 and still in relatively good health and active.
However, unlike @HeidiCooksSupper I don't want to outlive my money, but neither leave too much behind if it means I haven't enjoyed myself.5 -
101 for me, and I am already 76 years old; and 94 for my husband and he is 80 years old.
I don't like the idea or living until "that" old age without my husband, and I don't think that I could do much exercise and gardening being that old either. Of course with my OA who know how crooked I will be at 101 .3 -
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87, neat little test, thanks for sharing!2
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91 for me.1
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92.... that’s way too long...I am 69 now1
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880
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94.1
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I love this, 99?! OMG! I have horrible health and have every hereditary disease on each side of the family. This year alone I have 4 new major things wrong despite eating 10 servings of produce a day and working out every morning.3
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I answered for 45-year-old me. As of today, she'd have 3 more years to live (dies at 67).
Then I answered for current 64-year-old me. It says I'll live to 102. I really doubt it: I think familial/genetic factors are more important than that. I'm figuring 80-something, if I'm lucky.SuzySunshine99 wrote: »On a serious note...I think one of the reasons to be active, eat a well-balanced diet, and maintain a healthy weight is not to live longer...but to ensure that the last years of your life are worth living. I don't want to live to 96 if the last 20 years of my life are miserable. I want to be active as long as possible, keeping my mobility late into my life so I can still enjoy myself, hopefully up until the day I die. I'm doing what I can to give myself the best shot at that.
This is so, so true. There's a huge difference, on average, between my 60-80 year old friends who've stayed active and below very overweight (who are mostly going strong, doing most things they want to, living independently), and my 50-70 year old friends who are obese and inactive and have been so for quite a while (on multiple drugs with side effects, eating/drinking and recreational activities limited by health concerns, more surgeries requiring longer recoveries, need help with more of their routine life chores, and more).
It can be earlier, it can be later (or never, if lucky), but from watching people around me, it seems like the less-favorable lifestyle choices really start coming home to roost in the 50s-60s, for a fair fraction of people.
The quality of life difference can be very significant. No guarantees either way, of course: It's just about the probabilities.2 -
It says 98. I have no desire to live that long, but I have a family history that says I probably will, even aside from the fact that I live a fairly healthy lifestyle now. My father is still kicking at 96, despite war injuries, lung cancer 20 years ago, and Parkinson's/dementia. His sister is also still alive. My mother lived to 83, despite 3 bouts with cancer and an extremely difficult life. I want to go before the inevitable decline hits. I've seen old age and I want no part of it.4
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My results say that I will love to 91. I sure hope so! I am the third of 9 children in my family. My Dad is 96 and my Mom will be 92 next Friday. They are active, eat well and enjoy life. They inspire me!4
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I'd better be working into my late 80s in order to make it through my retirement... or maybe the thing is a tad optimistic!2
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98.
Looks like to escape the fatigue of having done it all, I'll be taking up nude gardening, ferret racing, ironing on mountaintops, celebrity stalking, and a few other hobbies that'll occur to my sharp and wily old mind.6
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