Surprises from the RealAge

I am surprised by the findings of the RealAge psychometric test. I am only 33, but my RealAge turned up to be 38. This makes me 5 years older than I am. On the other hand, the test did explain why I am older. In particular, I exalt second-hand smoke quite regularly, beca theatrical role most of my friends and family members smoke. I similarly lack fortissimo training and flexibility exercises, although I walk every snip I give the axe. I also need to go to sleep my blood pressure sum up and other wellness statistics, so that it weed be clear to know how healthy or unhealthy I am.I also need to better eating healthier, by including more(prenominal) fruits and vegetables into my daily meals and snacks. The barriers to taking action that can purify my RealAge be my environment and smellstyle. First, my environment is not actually contributory to healthy living. Smokers abound inside and outside the house, so I run for to inhale second-hand smoke, which I know is bad fo r my health. However, I cannot control or influence others to stop smoking. They should quit smoking on their hold. My environment is also somewhat polluted, so it is not an incentive to be walking around, as there is barely fresh air to inhale.In terms of my eating habits, college life is not essentially a haven for healthy eaters, as the resume of Deshpande, Basil, andBasil (2009) revealed. College life is often stressed and students frequently skip meals or do binge eating, when they have the time, which I also frequently do. Second, my lifestyle is more or less sedentary, which also makes me not enough motivated to exercise. Sometimes, I want to exercise, but it is easy to find excuses, like it is too lively or cold outside. I can overcome these barriers by avocation simple advices from the plane section of Health and humane Services.According to this agency The Dietary Guidelines for Americans advocate three to five servings from discordant vegetables and vegetable juic es and two to four servings from various fruits and fruit juices, depending on calorie needs (2009a). I will practice more effort into integrating fruits and vegetable juices into my life. This way, even when I do not have time to eat fruits, I can incessantly confuse fruit or vegetable juices. Furthermore, the agency noted The credence and maintenance of regular physical act provide multiple opportunities to improve and maintain health (2009b).Since I do not have the time to exercise for an hour or more (four to five times per week), I can just mete out these exercises into 10-minute workouts. There are already numerous 10-minute workouts in Youtube. com that I can use so that whenever I am watching TV or passing time, I can do some exercise. I will also improve my physical activity by being more active. For example, I can do some squats or push ups, while waiting for my coffee to cool wipe out a little, or when I am just waiting for anything. change magnitude my physical a ctivity can incrementally add up to burn more calories.I was also surprised with the findings of the Portion Distortion Quiz. I realized that I have mostly underestimated the calories in todays servings, especially for burgers, French fries, desserts, softdrinks, and other fast food choices. This can also be the savvy why I feel sluggish after eating these foods. Evidently, they are packed with more fats and calories than I originally imagined. I plan to use this information to improve my food choices and how I eat fast food. For instance, sooner of drinking a whole bottle of soda, I can divide it into two and drink the rest later.I will also bring my own water bottle, so that I do not need to drink too much sugary drinks, like softdrinks. Furthermore, I will get up the servings of fast food meals into two, since almost all of them have twice the calories and fats I need per meal. I will also strive to eat more fruits by bring fruits with me or fruit/vegetable juices. This way, I can feel full and not eat more junk or fatty foods. Thus, through systematically changing my lifestyle, I can beget pursue a healthier life. References Deshpande, S. , Basil, M. D. , & Basil, D. Z. (2009).Factors influencing healthy eating habits among college students An application of the health belief model. Health Marketing Quarterly, 26 (2), 145-164. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2010a). Healthy People 2010 Nutrition and overweight. Retrieved whitethorn 1, 2010 from http//www. healthypeople. gov/Document/HTML/Volume2/19Nutrition. htm U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2010b). Healthy People 2010 Physical activity and fitness. Retrieved May 1, 2010 from http//www. healthypeople. gov/Document/HTML/volume2/22physical. htm_Toc4 90380794