But then we asked ’why should we have all the fun’. So we issued a Healthbolt Vitality Compass Challenge.

Here’s the brave souls who took up the challenge and not only completed the Vitality Compass quiz but also shared their results with us…

Lisa from Best Health Magazine found that she is 6 years younger that her real age.

A’Lyn is 4.4 years younger.

Alicia from Mental Health Notes is 4 years older…but she explains, with good reason.

ME, with a life expectancy of 97, will outlive all of us.

Steph declared she was in the blue but thinks she could definitely do better. (BTW: love the blog title – waiting for my real life to begin)

Gabrielle from Fertility Notes, like many of us, took the quiz not once but twice and discovered large variations in the results.

Gabrielle also threw in a link to an online longevity game posted by an insurance company.

And last, but not least, Leisureguy weighs in but then decides that maybe it’s not that accurate and wonders if he might do better next year.

I don’t know about anyone else but I found the Vitality Compass quiz ‘food for thought’. It might not be all that accurate but it does make you consider your life choices in regards to health, fitness, diet, and exercise.

Now I’m throwing out the Healthbolt Challenge gauntlet to…

Crabby and Merry over at Cranky Fitness
Mark and Worker Bee at Mark’s Daily Apple
Trisha from Ideas for Women
The gang over at That’s Fit

and anyone else who wants to give it a go…

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I wanted to know…was I in the Blue Zone? What was my life expectancy? And were my current life habits going to lead the way to a grand old age of 100 plus?

So I headed on over and took the Vitality Compass quiz.

Thirty five questions later, I got my answer.

I exist in the Blue Zone.

I’m 6.5 years younger biologically than my real age. Of course I’d rather it was 10 or 15 years younger but still any number less that the real one works for me.

My life expectancy is 95.8.

But my healthy life expectancy is only 84.

Looks like I’m not on track to reach 100 but maybe that’s just as well given the last decade or two might not be that healthy.

So what’s it all mean? Can something like the Vitality Compass really predict your life expectancy and how long you’ll remain healthy?

Probably not. After all, nothing can predict the unknown. The Vitality Compass, based on a complex 106 page algorithm developed by Dr. Robert Kane, a physician and a professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, simply calculates the current possibilities based on how you are living now.

But it offers more than just numbers. After tabulating the results, your final report will offer hints and suggestions on how to improve and change, if needed, your life habits.

So are you ready to take the Healthbolt Challenge ???

Take the Vitality Compass quiz, post it on your blog and leave a link in the comments. We want to know how long we can expect all our readers to be around to read the Healthbolt. After all, it looks like I’m going to be around for some time yet. Sure hope you all will be too…

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