Many people desire a fit and healthy body. It is easy to read through fitness magazines and websites and dream of a beach-ready figure. The demands of work and family often crowd out the hard part, finding time to actually exercise.  It is even worse if you have a desk job where you tend to sit for hours on end and expend very…

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The tour bus had removed my office from its route by the end of the second week. Still occasional visitors, but I'm not the freak show that I was the first week. Ahhh... nice. Next week, I'll be wishing for visitors again. That's just the way I am.

Walking and typing no longer feels unnatural. I've increased speed from last week's 0.7mph to 1.3 mph, and that feels pretty good. My friend Ellen recommended keeping the incline to 2% or less, so I checked, and was surprised to see I'd…

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FYI - Anyone who plans on ordering a Tread by Treadesk in the furture, please be aware of SEVERE backorders and changes  to backorder status without notification. I ordered mine on Jan. 9 with a backorder ship date of mid February. Now they have pushed it to Late February, which means by the time  it's delivered it could be 8 weeks or longer.

If you are one of the lucky few that received your Treadesk within a couple of weeks, you obviously got one that was a canceled order or they…

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First five miles,Tuesday, was more tiring than I'd expected. Discovered some lower-inner-thigh muscles I'd never paid attention to... they were singing by the time I got home! Figure that's due to my increase in hip-shifting to minimize head bounce. Sure is different walking slowwwwwly versus just taking a hike! I can already see that it's going to benefit my core muscles.

Took it easier Wednesday and Thursday -- only a few miles each day -- and by Friday I was gung-ho again. So the…

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I just gone done making my cheap Treadmill Desk.  Now off to use it.

Have you made any resolutions for the new year?

I do not typically make resolutions and this year is no different (really).  I started office walking in mid-November, so no need for an exercise resolution right now.  I'm getting more exercise than I have in years. 

However, over Christmas break I had a wild hair and read "…

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The first couple of days my ankles were a bit sore, but I must say - so far in about 7 workdays I have walked at least 35 miles (tracked daily by spreadsheet) and it is 35 miles I would not have walked with my butt in a chair :-)

So far so good...

Here's to a productive new year ON MY FEET! :-)

As of yesterday I have lost 40 pounds (209 to 169). I can hardly believe it. From size 38 jeans to size 32. Blood pressure back to normal. From a BMI of 31 (obese) to 25. I have averaged 2.5 pounds per week loss since Mid September. I am 60. I'm not even sure how it all happened. Best I can figure is that I have a client to had lost 20 pounds using weight watchers and their IPhone app and my fatherinlaw was "encouraging me to get a treadmill. I knew that just using a treadmill would not work… Continue