Despite the fact that most of us carom through life like there's no tomorrow, we've all got an expiration date. Find out when yours is likely to be at Living To 100's Healthspan Calculator.
Hmm, my penis"health span" is only 80 years long, according to this calculator. Also, I'm apparently "significantly obese". I guess girth makes up for length then!
Anyway, isn't it true that the best predictor of your lifespan is your date of birth? (Assuming you're generally healthy...)
"Do you have a bowel movement at least once every two days?"
They're joking, right? Please tell me that's a joke.
91.9. damn. 9,000 years less than I'd planned.
Ooooo. This is not lookin' good. With a name like mine I'm not at all surprised. But I should outlive ol' Jer!
/truckin' on
I'm only going to reach 71.7 years. That seems awful low compared to the rest of you
Don't feel bad Suomynoa, I clocked in at 70.2. Oddly, I've always assumed I'd die much younger.
93.2. Drinking tea is good!
Your calculated health span is 76.6 years. Guess I'll have to get a refund on my March 4, 2081 Hanson tickets.
Oops, forgot to subtract my age, never mind!
79.something. It also claims I'm morbidly obese, which is the sort of thing I like to announce around in-person discussions of BMI, since it gets anything from a good laugh to stunned disbelief.
(The BMI is not so useful if you fail to consider body fat percentage and muscularity. Yes, I weigh 105 kilos. I also bench 100 kilos. I am not unduly concerned about my BMI).
Interesting that I lose points for having exercise 5 times a week (4 x 60 minute weight training sessions and 1 x 90 minute Judo) compared to someone who has it 3 times per week.
According to this, I've only got a couple of years to live. Better get busy.
I'm dying tomorrow! to Monkeyfilter, I leave all my earthly posessions.
59.9! Woo hoo! All those years of indolence & self-indulgence are finally paying off!
67.7.
I have to get married, sleep more, endure less stress, go live in the Rockies, switch to tea...
Mmmhh... I've heard green tea is tasty.
Man, I'm doomed. If any of you live in the Austin area, don't be surprised when they find a mummified corpse because no one stopped by!
Heh! Heh. heh. uh ...
Oh, dear.
Actually, green tea doesn't have much of a taste; in my experience, it's mostly an exercise in subtlety. When I want to taste tea, I go for Darjeeling or uroncha. /tearail
body mass index is so discredited its not funny. I can't believe they still use it. Some Olypmic track athletes in the sprint events would be 'obese'.
Oh, I got 101. I would have got more if I had had tests lately.
tearail/
tensor, Flagpole, green tea can be very strong in flavour. It can smell of flowers, or taste of freshly cut hay, or even fresh seaweed and seawater. Honest. Would you guys be interested in a small sample?
Said 100.3.
I ascribe my future longevity to the whisky. And to avoiding porridge, of course. And to lying like mad on this test.
Either I should worry that I'm only 22 and scored a lifespan of 61, or I should reassure myself that this test is all hypothetical and no real gauge of one's true lifespan.
*goes and smokes another cig*
My mother once went to a psychic and despaired when the cards said her mother, my grandmother, would live for a long, long time. She's 76 now, I think.
My estimate is 91.5 years. I wonder if MoFi will still be going.
body mass index is so discredited its not funny.
That's kind of overstating the case. A lot. BMI as a single indicator is not entirely useful. BMI as part of a group of indicators is (there's a huge correlation between BMI and Type II diabetes, for example).
"Do you have a bowel movement at least once every two days?"
Je'christ, I've had two this morning!
I will live on through the endless sameness of the centuries until another of my kind bests me in combat and takes my head and my quickening. There can be only one!
"Do you have a bowel movement at least once every two days?"
I'm having one right now!
My blood pressure is going up.
Error resolving parameter HEALTHSCORE_E
ColdFusion was unable to determine the value of the parameter. This problem is very likely due to the fact that either:
You have misspelled the parameter name, or
You have not specified a QUERY attribute for a CFOUTPUT, CFMAIL, or CFTABLE tag.
It's obviously all down to my crap spelling. Or is it my QUERY attribute?
Also, this shit cost me five minutes out of my life. Can I get a refund?
*spits on monitor, goes for walk*
It just doesn't want to tell you the awful truth, Wolof.
What up, my JRun's not connected to my JFKRun?
Feck.
Well, look, I didn't want to say anything... But they've been dangling loose for a while. People have been staring.
I think you maybe on de wrong t'red dere mon, Jah love & etc.
90.3. Amazing. Although, I imagine that if I keep my current pace of the last few months, it will increase dramatically.
(I went from a diet of eating fast food 2-3 times a day to eating unprocessed and organic foods with meat only 2-3 times a week, and from no exercise to 4-5 sessions of light cardio a week.)
Oh, and 81.9. Fairly good innings.
Good for you shawnj. I'm trying to make a similar exercise switch and it hasn't been easy. What's your secret?
Whoops. 87.9
DDR, shinything. I haven't been keeping track of my weight loss, but it is very noticible after a couple months of play.
83.7. Not to bad considering all the dissing I got on my BMI. No, preachy medical website - screw you!!
88.3. I also got the BMI lecture, which is a whole bunch of hooey. And who the hell wants to live to 100 anyway? Unless Willard Scott is still around to wish me a happy birthday, what's the point?
Ok, so I made it to 101. Now what?
Oh.
So around 2052 i should be kicking the bucket. For anyone who is interested there will be a reception with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at 3. In lieu of flowers please bring more vodka.
That's in 2052, not today. I apologize for any confusion.
Although i will be accepting condolence booze.
94.something...ugh. not sure I have the energy to stick around quite that long....
and re the bowel movement issue...jesus fooking christ. I pretty much poop after each major meal (ie 3 times a day) which I personally feel is a good n healthy thing...
MonkeyFilter: I'm having a bowel movement right now!
Yeah, I smoke tons yet still live to 76.1. Genial, I shall join you in your smoke, and homunculus, in your bowel movement. I know I'll feel better then!
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Last Christmas I sprang my great-aunt from the nursing home and did some shopping. We ran into a friend of mine who had just attended her 92-year old grandmother's funeral. My great-aunt, ever the sensitive one, quipped, "Oh, that's plenty." Fortunately, my friend was amused.
But I tend to agree with her. It's tough to live that long.
christ, i'm gonna be around until i'm 99? guess i'll need more retirement money
79.5, disapointing to say the least. Maybe I should finally get around to implementing a regular exercise regiment....
Really, folks, are you sure you want to live that long?
I'm heading into 65, and in spite of living a relatively healthy life, I'm starting to feel the effects of arthritis. And, my 87 year old mother has been active all her life, has macular degeneration (has some peripheral vision, but can't see my face if she look directly at me) and has had congestive heart failure for about 10 years, so she has awful trouble breathing on some days. And, my father, who died at 90, was obsessive about working in the garden after he retired, and gave us wonderful vegetables and fruit to eat, but spent the last 10 years or so of his life in bed because of osteoporosis. As his ability to move decreased, his muscles contracted to the point where he could do nothing without the aid of an hydraulic lift and a wheel chair, pushed by someone else.
My point is that science has made it possible for us to live longer, but, for many, I'm not sure it's a good thing since they haven't really addressed the quality of life issues.
And, let tell you that many doctors don't aggressivly try to improve the quality of life for seniors. The impression I've gotten, at least in my area, is that they think "Well, that person is going to die soon, so we won't go to the lenghts we would for a younger patient."
So, yeah, there is some percentage of geezers who live to 95 in good health and then go out in a flash, but don't assume you're going to do that. I've just begun to discover that I'm not immortal.
It says I'm already dead.
My wife's going to hate to learn that she's a necrophiliac.
Really, folks, are you sure you want to live that long?
I'm heading into 65, and in spite of living a relatively healthy life, I'm starting to feel the effects of arthritis. And, my 87 year old mother has been active all her life, has macular degeneration (has some peripheral vision, but can't see my face if she look directly at me) and has had congestive heart failure for about 10 years, so she has awful trouble breathing on some days. And, my father, who died at 90, was obsessive about working in the garden after he retired, and gave us wonderful vegetables and fruit to eat, but spent the last 10 years or so of his life in bed because of osteoporosis. As his ability to move decreased, his muscles contracted to the point where he could do nothing without the aid of an hydraulic lift and a wheel chair, pushed by someone else.
My point is that science has made it possible for us to live longer, but, for many, I'm not sure it's a good thing since they haven't really addressed the quality of life issues.
And, let tell you that many doctors don't aggressivly try to improve the quality of life for seniors. The impression I've gotten, at least in my area, is that they think "Well, that person is going to die soon, so we won't go to the lenghts we would for a younger patient."
So, yeah, there is some percentage of geezers who live to 95 in good health and then go out in a flash, but don't assume you're going to do that. I've just begun to discover that I'm not immortal.
If i can live to be 95 and be in good health i'd be one happy monkey. If i live to be 95 and have to be put into a home because I've gone all weird in the head, or can't get around or breathe etc. etc. without the assistance of machines,unless these machines don't confine me to a bed somewhere, I don't want it. I'd rather die at 71.7
Dammit, inside I feel like I'm finally grown up at 30, but who's that wrinkled old hag in the mirror?
77.7. Though I am starting to make some changes to improve myself, I'm not eating straw and spring water yet. (DDR is good, however, getupmove.com is viral marketing for a company that makes game controllers. Nobody seems to realize this, even intelligent people. Twitch. Twitch.)
However, the critical factor with me isn't diet or exercise but mental/emotional happiness. It's morbid, but it's a factor. I don't think I could put up with myself for 50 more years.
More power to those who make the best of their years; my grandmother is one of those, and I admire that. But I don't think I want to go down that path. The title of the site, and its apparent focus - live as long as you possibly can!! - is kind of frightening to me. To me that's like getting trapped in a lease with the worst roommate you can imagine. Mmm, fun.
DDR is good, however, getupmove.com is viral marketing for a company that makes game controllers
It is viral. Two points however. The first is that it does a great job of showing just how much of a health benefit someone can get out of playing DDR, which is absent from the rest of the advertising for it. The site got my girlfriend and myself interested enough to track down and research different pads and got started. Viral or not, it brings people to the hobby which is a good thing, almost always.
The other point is that once you get outside of the site, it becomes quite clear (and confusing) that there are many, many other options as far as pads go (I ended up getting the Vortz pads, which are great).
That's true. It worries me because it's the only DDR site I ever hear about, so I fear that not enough people will realize that they do have options.
As for the health info... I don't know if it's true, considering that well, it's a commercial. They might well be actors.
But it's true that it does highlight the health benefits, which is good.
Really, folks, are you sure you want to live that long?
Suspect there may be two camps of people:
A consists of those who tend to form some plan for the future and try to stick to it;
B.consists of those whose life is one long series of improvisations.
Dear path, suspect you may be one of the A campers.
Wheras I am, of course, a B.
B philosophy summarized: How do I know I'm going to want something/not going to want something tomorrow until tomorrow gets here.
Of course, there is a middle path, but I am not a good buddhist, being but a B.
path: The founder of my Judo dojo is 74, and was in an international competition a few weeks ago. While genetics can deal us a shitty hand on quality of life, there's a lot of difference to how we age that we do control.
That said, my wife's 90-odd year old grandmother has gotten to an age where she feels like she's lived too long.
penis"health span" is only 80 years long, according to this calculator. Also, I'm apparently "significantly obese". I guess girth makes up for length then! Anyway, isn't it true that the best predictor of your lifespan is your date of birth? (Assuming you're generally healthy...)