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I'm in my 40's. However, I look somewhere between 10 to 15 years younger. This guesstimate is based upon anonymous age guessing websites and also based on guesses in person. I don't ever ask anyone to guess my age, but of course the topic does come up in the course of conversation; it's just a tidbit of information that some people are curious about. Surprisingly, when I ask people to guess, quite a few simply say: "I have no idea," or they refuse, meaning they're not confident they'd guess correctly (not even ballpark).
Some people guess 5-10 years lower, but most people guess 10-15 years younger than my actual age. I would look out of place at a college party for sure, but fit right in at social events with younger adults ages 25 to 40 or so.
Conversely, I have a very tough time guessing the ages of young adults. I'm often way off; sometimes, 25 year olds look like they're in their early to mid 30's. Cues and clues like hairlines, waistlines and overall appearance based upon skin tone, tooth color, can be surprisingly deceiving. Date of graduation isn't especially informative either. Some college grads are graduating in their late 20's! so someone a couple of years out of college might be 30. For whatever reason, many young adults gain a significant amount of weight in the first few years after college, which ages them noticeably IMO.
I will sometimes tell people my real age once I get to know them, and their reactions can be quite amusing.
The thing is, I am now actively taking steps to look even younger: I'm starting to eat clean again, I work out more consistently and generally take better care of myself.
The age issue doesn't come up super often but I wonder how I should handle it. Actually very few people ask. Most just assume I'm in a certain age range. But the question could come up.
Also, I posted my most recent photo on an age guessing website. The other photos are indoors, night time, soft lighting. This recent photo is outdoors, daytime and more revealing. People are guessing early 20's now lol.
I'm amazed so few people wear sunscreen. During the summer, I apply twice a day, esp. if I sweat significantly. The time and cost required to use and apply is so minimal you can't possibly have an excuse.
The second step is regular weight resistance training. This means at least walking and standing on a regular basis, daily actually. Most people don't however. They give in to the temptations of tv, the internet and smartphone addiction. Perhaps video games or other screen addictions. Porn?
It also means pushups, pull-ups, crunches, squats, etc. These exercises require some effort, but a gym isn't really necessary. You can exercise at home. Also, these exercises don't require much of a time commitment either.
The fourth is eating properly. Again, the cost penalty is modest. You can actually save money by eating clean and organic. Most people eat out on a regular basis. Most of that "food" is carb heavy, heavily processed, and very, very low quality given the profit through addiction strategy of most restaurants.
Farmer's markets with organic and pesticide free produce, free range eggs and other goodies are ubiquitous and generally very, very cost effective. The most expensive goods at Whole Foods are far less costly than any other drive through or take out restaurant.
Overall, it's far less expensive to make the RIGHT decisions, which in turn will allow you to live longer, healthier and look much better than most anyone and everyone in your age peer group. In reality, you can look much better than the majority of young adults with the correct exercise, food and skin care routines.
But most people give in to their addictions to fast food, tv, porn, video game, smartphone, internet, social media addictions, and can't be arsed to spend $10/mo. on sunscreen.
Add on top of that, the hundreds of millions of people addicted to nicotine and alcohol. It's so sad.
I'm amazed so few people wear sunscreen. During the summer, I apply twice a day, esp. if I sweat significantly. The time and cost required to use and apply is so minimal you can't possibly have an excuse.
The second step is regular weight resistance training. This means at least walking and standing on a regular basis, daily actually. Most people don't however. They give in to the temptations of tv, the internet and smartphone addiction. Perhaps video games or other screen addictions. Porn?
It also means pushups, pull-ups, crunches, squats, etc. These exercises require some effort, but a gym isn't really necessary. You can exercise at home. Also, these exercises don't require much of a time commitment either.
The fourth is eating properly. Again, the cost penalty is modest. You can actually save money by eating clean and organic. Most people eat out on a regular basis. Most of that "food" is carb heavy, heavily processed, and very, very low quality given the profit through addiction strategy of most restaurants.
Farmer's markets with organic and pesticide free produce, free range eggs and other goodies are ubiquitous and generally very, very cost effective. The most expensive goods at Whole Foods are far less costly than any other drive through or take out restaurant.
Overall, it's far less expensive to make the RIGHT decisions, which in turn will allow you to live longer, healthier and look much better than most anyone and everyone in your age peer group. In reality, you can look much better than the majority of young adults with the correct exercise, food and skin care routines.
But most people give in to their addictions to fast food, tv, porn, video game, smartphone, internet, social media addictions, and can't be arsed to spend $10/mo. on sunscreen.
Add on top of that, the hundreds of millions of people addicted to nicotine and alcohol. It's so sad.
We can be better than that.
I'm guilty of many, but not all things on this list. But I won't give myself an out by saying "it's mostly genetic". That's what we say when we don't want to change our habits and behavior. It turns out it's more like 1/3 genetics and 2/3 lifestyle. But people don't wanna hear that.
^^Well said. There IS a genetic component in the sense that some individuals and groups are less prone to sunburn and skin damage in general.
Having said that, proper skin care benefits EVERYONE, and the maintenance penalty for even the lightest skinned peoples is modest IMO. There is no time penalty for example in purchasing 50 SPF instead of 15. And it might take an extra minute a day to apply sunscreen a second time rather than once a day.
Apparently a 30 to 60 second investment a day in applying sunscreen is a major barrier for many people, but spending EIGHT HOURS A DAY indulging screen addictions is somehow perfectly normal? WTF?!?
^^Well said. There IS a genetic component in the sense that some individuals and groups are less prone to sunburn and skin damage in general.
Having said that, proper skin care benefits EVERYONE, and the maintenance penalty for even the lightest skinned peoples is modest IMO. There is no time penalty for example in purchasing 50 SPF instead of 15. And it might take an extra minute a day to apply sunscreen a second time rather than once a day.
Apparently a 30 to 60 second investment a day in applying sunscreen is a major barrier for many people, but spending EIGHT HOURS A DAY indulging screen addictions is somehow perfectly normal? WTF?!?
Other than putting on sunscreen, most of proper skin care is the same as the other healthy lifestyle habits that we don't want to do:
--Avoid processed sugar, and processed foods more generally.
--Eat whole foods.
--Keep red meat to a minimum
--Eat lots of fruits, vegetables, beans, & whole grains.
--Use lots of different spices in lieu of salt.
Most of us know the above at this point. We just don't like change.
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