I built a tool to *kitten* your health.

SHBoss1673

OK so it's still a work VERY MUCH in progress. It's ugly as sin, and I have only tested it against Internet Explorer and Google chrome.

but it works decently so far. Basically it takes a bunch of numbers for a person, mashes em all together based on a heck of a lot of research I've done, weights them based on their importance (generally accepted health importance), your age, and your sex, and pops a number out. This number is a decent guide to where you are health wise. It's more accurate than any one number (I.E. weight, BMI, body fat...etc) because it takes into account many different body health characteristics. You don't have to enter all the numbers in, if you don't know one leave it blank, but the more you know, the more accurate the number will be. Any numbers it doesn't know it will assume the average for your age and sex (thus, less accuracy).

Anyway, feel free to try it out. Log in if you like, go crazy, and email me if you find any bugs.

Oh, and by the way, you can only track your results per day, if you add more than one result set for any one day, it will replace the old set (because really, what good is tracking intra-day health results?)

Anyway, here's the site, have fun

http://healthcalc.harehome.org

Nikki143

Thanks Banks!!

pettmybunny

Schnazzy. It put me at a higher level than I was expecting.

TCASMEY

bump

nyy03

Very cool, I'll recommend it.

iRun4wine

Very cool!! :bigsmile:

blessedtobefit

This is great! Went to the site and noticed the question...What is your VO2 Max? What is that? I was able to answer all the others, but not that one. Thanks for the investment you put in creating this and sharing it with all of us. It really is great!


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lisawest

Fantastic! I was quite a bit higher than I thought I'd be! One question, what is VO2 max? Is that how well your body uses oxygen? How would I go about finding this out? Ok, so that was 3 questions. Sorry!

Great tool!:flowerforyou:

iRun4wine

Woohoo! I'm happy with a 9

StaceG1986

Average health! I was expecting poor! Hopefully I'll be good health soon!

Great tool, thanks! :happy:

erikazj

I came out as a 10 which has cheered me up slightly after a rubbish weightloss week! All this exercise must be doing something! My resting heart rate is much lower since before I started this.

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drvvork

Very nice tool - doesn't help that I came out better than I thought... LOL... Thank you!

mamagettinfit

Sweet...like other peopleeit put me higher than I thought. No complaints here. I also would like to know what the V2O (I think that's what it was...) is. Cool site! Thanks!!

Rebecca__Lynn

hmmmmm I'm headed that way now...should be interesting!!

Melissa_123

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BigdaddyJ

Very nice!!

May i suggest....it would be nice to add links for explanation or calculator for BMI, VO2 max, how to properly mesure yourself....

excellent tool!

SHBoss1673

wow, that's some great response.

To answer the VO2 question,

VO2 Max is a measure of (to put it in layman's terms) how efficient your body uses the oxygen in your blood. It's a measure of how strong your cardiovascular health is. There are many ways to find your VO2 Max, some more accurate than others, but if you google it, there are a few submaximal walking and bike tests you can take. Any trainer can do it for you. Or you can have it done at a lab (far more accurately).

McFatterton

I plan to continue using this tool throughout my journey.

Thanks so much!

noxma

Great tool, thanks!
(Works with Safari too.)

Sarandipity

Thanks Banks... I scored better than expected, although I am still adjusting the the new me that is emerging :laugh:

Question for you though, in your discaimer you say that "This number assumes you have no pre-existing medical conditions such as metabolic syndrome, thyroid conditions, or diabetes; it also assumes no cardiovascular or musculoskeletal problems such as high cholesterol, arterial plaque, or osteoporosis as examples. "

How would Hypythyroid effect this number?

watch48win

I like the Good Heath that I got.! yeah! Just need to tone it all up!

SHBoss1673

Thanks Banks... I scored better than expected, although I am still adjusting the the new me that is emerging :laugh:

Question for you though, in your discaimer you say that "This number assumes you have no pre-existing medical conditions such as metabolic syndrome, thyroid conditions, or diabetes; it also assumes no cardiovascular or musculoskeletal problems such as high cholesterol, arterial plaque, or osteoporosis as examples. "

How would Hypythyroid effect this number?

well, while the number would most likely be the same, the descriptions that I give for them may not be quite correct, as someone could theoretically have a high TBHN but with something like hyper(or hypo) thyroidism, you would still need to adjust your calories and monitor your metabolism differently than you would with a normal thyroid output. Anyone with thyroidism (either hyper or hypo) should still follow the nutrition plan set out by a registered dietitian who has experience with thyroid problems.

SHBoss1673

one thing to keep in mind with this TBHN is that, while you MAY be in a range of good, the number still tells you how far into that range you are, I.E. if you scored a 9, while that's good, it's not great, you just barely scrapped into the "good" range, while someone who scores a 12 is doing REALLY good, bordering on great. Just wanted people to know that/

barefootbabe

Hmm, I scored a 13. I feel like I'm not really "superior", but I'll take it! Thanks Banks! :flowerforyou:

afyfe

Bump.

Works fine in firefox. I was surprised the number is as good as it was considering I have leukemia...LOL! If that is the main thing "broken" about me, I guess I'm okay.

happinessblossoms

Bump

Lookgreat

bump -

catherine1979

Wow, interesting. I'm going in a couple of weeks to have a total health assessment done on one of these things http://www.tanita.com/en/sc-331s/184-catId.520093719.html. There's a new community health clinic opening up in my area, you can go have this analysis done plus they take blood to check cholesterol, blood sugar, etc. I'll be interested to see how my results compare! I'm a 6 for now, so I'm pretty happy, I thought for sure I'd be about a 3.

SHBoss1673

it's pretty hard to be a 3, you really have to actively be neglecting your body. Literally be very obese, eating the worst foods, never exercising.

FrenchMob

Hmm..a 7. I beg to differ.

FrenchMob

I tweaked the numbers to my goal stats:
38 yo
5'-10"
170 lbs
10% BF
52 RHR (already there)

and it gave me an 11. Again, I beg to differ. I would like to see this "lots of research" you based this formula on as something needs tweaking. With these numbers & my age, it should be closer to a 13 IMO.