I Keep Getting Younger Every Year
January 9, 2009 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
At RealAge.com you log on and take a test about your exercise, eating habits, vitamins and supplements, social habits, diseases or illnesses and vices like smoking and drinking.
I updated my Real Age this week and I’ve gotten SEVEN YEARS YOUNGER as a result of my lifestyle changes in the last two years. Since last year I’ve reduced my Real Age by nearly THREE years.
Chronologically I am 35.4 years old, yet my Real Age is only 32.5.
When I began my dramatic lifestyle change two years ago, I took the Real Age test. I was 33 at the time, but because of my lazy-ass lifestyle, my pack a day smoking habit for 20 years, and the demon of anxiety and depression that controlled my life, not to mention living in a horrendous environment that made me sick with allergies all the time – I was 38.5 years.
Screw That.
In 2009 I’m upping the ante again. I never want to make any changes I can’t consistently do for the rest of my life. Last year I maintained my weight at 166. Being able to maintain for one year has given me more confidence because I know I made a true lifestyle change that will last. Now, I’m ready to step it up and make more – as I wrote last week in The Secret to Weighty Resolutions.
I started on Christmas Day so it’s been 14 days. I’ve been dedicated to running before the family starts their day. And I’m doing it. Few logistical issues I’m working out, but overall I’m loving it.
It’s dark when I head out to the 1 mile track at the park, so I get to see the sunrise during my run. Awesome. That scary looking guy – the only other person out there at that hour – was sent by God to protect me. He’s getting in his morning run in, the same as I am.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays I follow my run with an hour of yoga. It’s still the kindest thing I do for myself.
I’ve lost 2 pounds. I’m logging my calories and educating myself about what I’m eating. In turn, I’m making better choices based on actual facts and not just my own theories about how many calories might be or probably are in foods I eat. It’s impossible to eat consciously if you don’t even know what’s in your food.
Go take the Real Age test and come back and tell me how old you really are. Are you happy with the results? What are you going to do about it?
Oh, and check out Weighting Line if you started the year with a weight loss goal in mind.
Congratulations! I remember you taking the test and posting your results. It’s awesome that you’ve made some changes and kept at them.
I’m really 27 years old! Woo hoo!
Thanks Karen. I knew you’d be a spring chicken Rebecca. You’re so stinking fit!
Okay ladies, hold your horses. Apparently I am not 28 yrs old as the calendar says..but am, in fact, 34.6 years old. How’s that for some good news?
I guess I should try RealAge but I’m afraid! Congrats on your new goals! I wish you the best!
Oh anna, It’s probably not that bad – but if it is they will tell you how to get younger.
That Girl – OH MY GOSH – Do something different starting tomorrow! You could get 8 years younger in 2 years like me. All you have to do is change your thinking about your lifestyle choices. I know YOU can do it.
This post is inspirational for us all. All you really need to do is take action and stop complaining about your habits, and you will see results. This post proves it!