5 Years Younger!
February 8, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
You may be getting older everyday, but I’m getting younger.
About a year and a half ago, after I had my son, I went on RealAge.com . I was only 33 at the time, but after taking the questionnaire I discovered that my real age – the age of my body due to my unhealthy habits – was 38.5 years old!
Hello! Who wants to be five-and-a-half years older than they really are? Not me.
I joined the gym and started a cardio, weights and yoga. I took Chantix and quit smoking. I changed the entire way our whole family eats based on You, The Owner’s Manual. I overhauled my social support network and I grew closer to God, reawakened my spirituality and learned to meditate.
Yesterday I took the RealAge quiz again and found that while I am now 34.5 my real age has gone from 38.5 to 33.7.
This time my list of things to improve on only included vitamins and finding out what my cholesterol and blood pressure numbers are (I know they are normal, but I don’t know the exact numbers.)
What’s your Real Age?
It says I am 2 years older due to my lack of exercise and vitamins. I hate, hate, hate to exercise! Ugh! I know I need to though. I THINK about it everyday, but that’s not getting me anywhere. lol
I don’t necessarily buy into an age test, but what the hell. I am four years older than my real age, damn it. But it felt good to see so many things on the positive side also. I’ll keep working on it.
Karen, I had to change the way I think about exercise. It was tricky but instead of “I hate this” I would say “Exercise is good for me and I deserve to be good to myself” or just “I deserve this.” After a year and a half I kind of believe it and don’t hate doing it anymore.