So now, almost 8 months on the treadmill at work. I gained 4 lb! I know it is because I get hungry from all walking. I now started to keep track of my food and snack intake by using "myfitnesspal". After only 2 weeks I have lost almost 3 lb.

I am not over-weight, but I don't mind loosing the belly fat. I don't need that fat for anything.

I always thought it would be so hard to keep track of calories, but with smartphone apps it really isn't. I track both exercise and…

"The study also underscores how very short-term changes in diet such as high-fat eating for only a few days, perhaps even less, can induce a state of insulin resistance," says senior study author Peter C. Lucas, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/uomh-srh052112.php

Please share your tips for office walking here,

Here are two:

Alternate shoes (feet get very warm by walking all day)

Vacuum around the tread weekly and under engine cover monthly

I am thinking that this is really a great thing to get some exercise while working. But.. this isn't cardio exercise per. se. I don't sweat and my heart isn't going very hard.

Do you more experienced office walkers have any tips on how to get some cardio exercise in your week? I understand that one can be quite tired after a whole day of working on the tread mill and perhaps then skip the more "sweaty" exercise.

What does the research say about different kinds of…