I found a great website a few years ago, www.RealAge.com. The site asks you to fill out information about your health and lifestyle and within an hour or two they will send you an email telling you your "real age" as opposed to your "calendar age." If you smoke or drink a lot, don't work out or have health problems your real age may be older than your calendar age. At this point they will recommend changes you can make to improve your health.
The first time I did this it actually said my "real age" was a year or so older than my calendar age. I wasn't thrilled but was already on a good path to improve my health so I took their suggestions and kept moving forward. Yesterday I filled out the online form again and with a calendar age of 40.2, (my birthday was in November) they said my "real age" is 35.8.
I have to acknowledge that my hard work to create a healthy lifestyle has paid off. Granted, it's a computer program but the changes are also reflected in blood work and test results when I go to the doctor. The true test though is how I feel on a day to day basis. The more effort I put into a healthy lifestyle has increased my confidence, my self-esteem, my energy, my sense of self-respect...
We tend to be drawn to the quick fix headlines, "Get your Summer Body, just 12 Minutes a Day," "Lose 30 Pounds in 30 Days," but real change isn't a quick fix. Lasting change requires commitment to permanent lifestyle change and you begin with just one change. One small difference you can make and build upon. Maybe it's taking vitamins or drinking water or taking a walk every morning. Whatever that one change is you are willing to make...why not start begin decreasing your real age today?
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