How long will you live?

[TromboneAl]

Click here to calculate your expected longevity.

 

[Dreamer]

Hey TromboneAl,

Thanks for the longevity calculator. According to it, I am expected to live to 82. Hope I do live that long or longer. If I do live that long, I will have outlived 3 grandparents, my parents and 1 brother. I think that in the back of my mind, I always figured that I would die in my 60s or early 70s, based on family history. My biggest negative factor was family history. Maybe I had better start taking better care of myself and figuring that I will live longer for financial planning!

Dreamer

 

[wildcat]

Thanks TboneAl. I marked it on the calendar

 

[KB]

WOW,

I came up with 97. I've never planned on lasting that long.

Interesting. THanks Al.

 

[MJ]

No surprise here, I register 92+. My father is over 94.
I am planning to live into my mid 90's unless I get runover or seriously doored by a truck while riding my bicycle.

 

[sgeeeee]

Thanks TboneAl.  I marked it on the calendar

Better mark it one day early. You may go in your sleep in the early hours of the morning.

 

[TargaDave]

Damn those family genes! If I start behaving very badly from today forward I can cut a full 20 years off the tail end and RE tomorrow!

 

[Dawg52]

87 for me. I'll take it! Says I need to lose 10 lbs tho.

 

[retire@40]

I came up with 97.  I've never planned on lasting that long.

If I knew I were to live that long, I'd start taking better care of myself.

I came in at 82. My guess before the calculation was 80 based on family history.

 

[Mr._johngalt]

89, and I hope they're wrong.

JG

 

[Jay_Gatsby]

I'm not sure that the calculator is quite accurate. My family history has numerous individuals who lived to 90+ years old, with some of the oldest actually breaking the 100 barrier (I believe one of my great grand aunts made it to 103 or 104). The calculator does not take into account individuals that engage in weightlifting activities, and have 15-20 pounds more muscle than the average person in our age range. In fact, studies have shown that weightlifting is better for you than cardiovascular exercise alone.

Overall, I rate the calculator as no better than many of the mainstream articles on investing. Far too simplistic.

 

[Nords]

Results
If you continue maintaining healthy habits, you'll want to plan for a maximum life expectancy of 93 years or more.

Your "ideal" weight for maximum longevity is: 167 lbs.

The three biggest positive factors that you have going for you are:
1. Diet
2. Age of parents
3. Doctor exam frequency

The three biggest negative factors that you have going for you are:
1. Family health
2. Gender
3. Weight history.

Jay's right-- just this side of financial pornography. I don't think I'm at a significant risk for my family's history of breast cancer.

 

[Jay_Gatsby]

Jay's right-- just this side of financial pornography.  I don't think I'm at a significant risk for my family's history of breast cancer.

You never know. You don't have those "man boobs" that many men seem to be sporting these days?

 

[dimwit]

I was suprised that I was honest and it gave me an 87 - which includes drinking until intoxicated ... since I get intoxed after just 2 drinks.

Family history is in the genes and that's the heaviest weight since there's not much we can do about that other than aware and vigilant.

 

[wildcat]

Better mark it one day early. You may go in your sleep in the early hours of the morning.

Sounds even better

 

[MooreBonds]

Results
If you continue maintaining healthy habits, you'll want to plan for a maximum life expectancy of 93 years or more.

Your "ideal" weight for maximum longevity is: 167 lbs.

My "ideal" weight is allegedly 162 lbs, although my current age projection is a ripe old 90 (which I think is easily doable, considering the genes in my family and my awareness of healthy living).

I tip the scales at 185, and for someone who's 5'7", I always register as "overweight" in these stupid surveys.

LOL....well, considering I have a 43 chest and 32 waist, and my only body fat on my entire body is strategically located in my gut, I suppose they want me to drop 23 lbs to a size 26 waist I know, they don't factor in waist/body builds, but I just always get a little peeved when they think I'm overweight when I'm not.

 

[sgeeeee]

BMI is not a good indicator of fitness for a lot of people. It is widely used only because it is so easy to evaluate -- Plug in height. Plug in weight. Out comes BMI. But there is a lot more to fitness than height and weight. BMI is a poor metric for people with low body fat, for people with relatively short legs, etc. There has been a lot of recent literature on this subject. Here's a couple of interesting pieces:

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/oped_detail.cfm?oped=160

"Tom Cruise: Hottie or Fatty?

By: Dan Mindus
Newspaper: Orange County Register

If Tom Cruise had been accidentally decapitated in the making of the Last Samurai, he would have become one more victim of our "obesity epidemic." Sound strange? Welcome to the politics of fat, where bathroom scales can be tax-deductible, lawyers are lining up to sue anything rumored to contain calories, and the press has fed us a steady diet of hysteria and hyperbole.

The first thing you need to understand is that in our twilight zone of fat hysteria, he is officially obese. That's based on the Body Mass Index (BMI), a measurement that separates us into government-approved, overweight, and obese categories by taking into consideration only our height and weight. A BMI of 30 or more makes you obese, and at 5-7, 201 pounds, Tom Cruise has a BMI of 31.

. . .

Fatty Cruise is in good company. Thanks to the absurdities of the BMI yardstick, Sylvester Stallone (5-9, 228 pounds, BMI of 34) and Mel Gibson (5-9, 214 pounds, BMI of 32) are also "obese." So was Mark McGwire (6-5, 250 pounds, BMI of 30) the year he hit 70 home runs. And if politics is your thing, you'll be interested to know that the new governor of California (6-2, 257 pounds, BMI of 33) is obese, too.

. . ."
=================
http://www.mkeonline.com/story.asp?id=323240

"Weighty facts about your BMI
Body Mass Index is a general indicator of fitness - but it's not always accurate
By David Jakubiak
Posted: May 5, 2005
. . ."

 

[Mr._johngalt]

My "ideal" weight is allegedly 162 lbs, although my current age projection is a ripe old 90 (which I think is easily doable, considering the genes in my family and my awareness of healthy living).

I tip the scales at 185, and for someone who's 5'7", I always register as "overweight" in these stupid surveys.

LOL....well, considering I have a 43 chest and 32 waist, and my only body fat on my entire body is strategically located in my gut, I suppose they want me to drop 23 lbs to a size 26 waist   I know, they don't factor in waist/body builds, but I just always get a little peeved when they think I'm overweight when I'm not.

Sounds about the size of George Costanza Anyway, 185 at 5-7 sounds a bit portly.
I am 155 at 5-9 and have been for many years. My genes are good too, but
I'm not counting on them. Remember what Al Pacino said

JG

 

[Mr._johngalt]

BMI is not a good indicator of fitness for a lot of people.  It is widely used only because it is so easy to evaluate -- Plug in height.  Plug in weight.  Out comes BMI.  But there is a lot more to fitness than height and weight.  BMI is a poor metric for people with low body fat, for people with relatively short legs, etc.  There has been a lot of recent literature on this subject.  Here's a couple of interesting pieces:

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/oped_detail.cfm?oped=160

"Tom Cruise: Hottie or Fatty?

By: Dan Mindus
Newspaper: Orange County Register

If Tom Cruise had been accidentally decapitated in the making of the Last Samurai, he would have become one more victim of our "obesity epidemic." Sound strange? Welcome to the politics of fat, where bathroom scales can be tax-deductible, lawyers are lining up to sue anything rumored to contain calories, and the press has fed us a steady diet of hysteria and hyperbole.

The first thing you need to understand is that in our twilight zone of fat hysteria, he is officially obese. That's based on the Body Mass Index (BMI), a measurement that separates us into government-approved, overweight, and obese categories by taking into consideration only our height and weight. A BMI of 30 or more makes you obese, and at 5-7, 201 pounds, Tom Cruise has a BMI of 31.

. . .

Fatty Cruise is in good company. Thanks to the absurdities of the BMI yardstick, Sylvester Stallone (5-9, 228 pounds, BMI of 34) and Mel Gibson (5-9, 214 pounds, BMI of 32) are also "obese." So was Mark McGwire (6-5, 250 pounds, BMI of 30) the year he hit 70 home runs. And if politics is your thing, you'll be interested to know that the new governor of California (6-2, 257 pounds, BMI of 33) is obese, too.

. . ."
=================
http://www.mkeonline.com/story.asp?id=323240

"Weighty facts about your BMI
Body Mass Index is a general indicator of fitness - but it's not always accurate
By David Jakubiak
Posted: May 5, 2005
. . ."

An aside...........I never could see that Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman were the least
bit attractive. He mostly looked to me like a scruffy kid who needed a shave and she
was a gangly empty headed actress with little to say outside of her lines.
No accounting for taste I guess.

JG

 

[REWahoo]

89, and I hope they're wrong.

JG

Which direction?

 

[MJ]

89, and I hope they're wrong.

JG

You know you can always remedy that.

 

[Mr._johngalt]

Which direction?

I know there are 89 year olds out there waterskiing, skydiving
and hiking the Alps. It's a very small number. I have seen 89
for most people and it's not a pretty sight.

JG

 

[TromboneAl]

But... I remember hearing about guys who were surfing at 85, and I thought "Awright, maybe I'll have a chance to get good, and I'll have a lot of surfing years ahead of me."

But then I saw a video called "Surfing for Life" about some surfing legends who are still surfing in the 80s, etc. An 85 year old catches a really small, easy wave on a really big board, shakily stands up and rides it in. Does this for a few times, and then he's done for the day.

So, yeah, technically he was surfing at age 85. But it wasn't what I pictured.

 

[bruce1]

I saw a true iron oldster over the weekend. Chris Karamesines is still competetive driving top fuel dragsters at 75.  He ran the quarter in 4.954 secs and  288.77 MPH. These guys pull 3-4 g on launch and more when the chutes open.  My incentive to get in better shape.

 

[Nords]

Chris Karamesines is still competetive driving top fuel dragsters at 75. He ran the quarter in 4.954 secs and 288.77 MPH.

Wow, and I bet he could do it even faster in his drag racer!

I also bet that he has to go through heck to take the driving test to renew his driver's license... I wonder what he puts down for "occupation" when the driver's tester sits down in the passenger seat and starts reading his form on their clipboard.

But then I saw a video called "Surfing for Life" about some surfing legends who are still surfing in the 80s, etc.   An 85 year old catches a really small, easy wave on a really big board, shakily stands up and rides it in.  Does this for a few times, and then he's done for the day.

So, yeah, technically he was surfing at age 85.  But it wasn't what I pictured.

You're killin' me, Al. You've just described 95% of the lineup at White Plains Beach, and most of them are between 20-50 years old. Me included. We can't all go to Pipeline & Waimea.

I sure hope that wasn't Rabbit Kekai you saw onscreen. Sometimes I think that most of the legends have turned into something more like Buffalo Keaulana...