What's Your Life Expectancy?
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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.
You sound amazing. I'm too scared to do the test but I guess I better.
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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. 
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85, and no change when I use my goal weight instead of current weight.1
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95
And that's with me being over 200lb1 -
If I end up like my mother I don't wanna make it to 90
Had strokes her GP insisted were headaches at my age, developed vascular alzhimers mid 40's and died age 70 after years of no speech, no movement and frequent seizures8 -
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.2
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68, but I'm working on a bunch of things that will increase that age! I have about 35 years to shape up!1
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92
Of course, the truth is 19. Without medical intervention, I would have died of hereditary kidney disease. Did dialysis until I was 21, and just celebrated 20 years with my cadaver kidney transplant. I live a healthy lifestyle because everything hurts when I make unhealthy choices, then I die. The kidney disease is from my maternal side, but the heart disease on my paternal side will probably have a hand in my death day.7 -
90!
Geeze I'm past the 1/2 way point already!! lol0 -
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.2
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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.0 -
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 😂0
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88.0
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89. That damned question about drinking really tripped up my results...
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94. Interestingly enough, that's what the life insurance underwriters said last year as well when I took out a new life insurance policy.0
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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.
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.1 -
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.
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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.4
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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?0 -
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.1
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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.1 -
101!0
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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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