What's Your Life Expectancy?

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  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    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. :smiley:

    You sound amazing. I'm too scared to do the test but I guess I better.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    94 here. Hmmm, guess we need to rethink our retirement plan.
    My mom died at 82, related to falling. And my dad died at 90; I was hoping to go his route because he was still pretty mobile and mentally with it until the end. But then, with our kids living far away and thinking I'd be outliving all my friends and local family, I'm not sure I want that either. And Lord knows, I do NOT want to become the burden that my kids will need to stress over and pass from one sibling to the other. :/ I guess whatever happens, happens. :)
  • emalethmoon
    emalethmoon Posts: 178 Member
    85, and no change when I use my goal weight instead of current weight.
  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    95
    And that's with me being over 200lb
  • FitterFifteen
    FitterFifteen Posts: 75 Member
    84 for me - though I doubt I will make it that old personally, the men in my family tend to top out between 60-80 unfortunately. I just hope I’m healthy and have sound mind for as long as possible.
  • sugarapplespice
    sugarapplespice Posts: 3 Member
    68, but I'm working on a bunch of things that will increase that age! I have about 35 years to shape up!
  • xbowhunter
    xbowhunter Posts: 1,309 Member
    90!

    Geeze I'm past the 1/2 way point already!! lol
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    93. As I currently have a grandpa that's 97, and grandma that's 92 (they've been married almost 76 years!!!), that seems legit.
  • swirlybee
    swirlybee Posts: 497 Member
    93.

    Don't know how accurate that is. No one in my family has ever lived past 90, most dying in their late 60's. My maternal grandma was the longest lived at 87. My mom is 72 and while she is healthy, I think she probably has maybe 15 years left. Pretty sad thinking about that.
  • amart4224
    amart4224 Posts: 345 Member
    86. I suppose it would be longer if I start eating my veggies, just haven't decided if that's a life worth living yet 😂
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    88.
  • briscogun
    briscogun Posts: 1,138 Member
    89. That damned question about drinking really tripped up my results... ;)
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    94. Interestingly enough, that's what the life insurance underwriters said last year as well when I took out a new life insurance policy.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    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.
    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.

    We have made some good friends that are 76. I thought for the longest time they were 72. The lady (they are a couple) walked 13 miles a day on a treadmill for years in her 60s! How long did that take? "Well, over 3 hours at 4 MPH"! I was floored. They are incredibly active at 76 now. I have no doubt they will both likely live until their late 80s or early 90s.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    edited August 2020
    At least 90.

    Dad died prematurely at 89 due to complications from emphysema; stopped smoking in his 60's but the damage was done. Mom died at 101 but her last 10 yrs were spent in a nursing home suffering from dementia and Alzheimers.

    I'll be happy w/another 20 "good" independent yrs & hope just go out in my sleep at 90. Just don't want 2 go out like my Mom did; that was awful to watch.

  • richardgavel
    richardgavel Posts: 1,001 Member
    It is eye opening to try one of these, at 45 thinking I'm on the tail end of my career after 20+ years and realizing I still have pretty much half of my life left to live.
  • TayaCurragh
    TayaCurragh Posts: 709 Member
    I got 94, thought that was odd as my BMI is currently obese.

    Not sure if I put my weight in correctly as it doesn't specificy which units - I used pounds - is that right?
  • annieu613
    annieu613 Posts: 143 Member
    97, which seems way too long. I do have a lot of family members who lived into their 90s, but my mom died at 55 from cancer, so you never know.
  • drmwc
    drmwc Posts: 1,051 Member
    Eek! 96 is the claim. I'm 48, so:
    Wooah, I'm half way there, I'm living on a prayer.

    I don't believe a word of it. I quite like some relatively risky things that weren't covered by the questionnaire. Once I get my PFO fixed, I really want to learn to cave dive.
  • QuilterInVA
    QuilterInVA Posts: 672 Member
    101!
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    100
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    According to that 95. But my family has good genes. My mom died at 93 by accidental fall. My aunt at 96. My dad is currently 88 with no real health issues. And I'm in WAY better shape then they were at same age.

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