1 pound lost

Finished my first full week on the walkstation - lost one pound last week just walking and no dieting - mu gopal is five miles a day - when I first started I kept the spped at about .7 to 1.1 miles per hour - now unless I am doing computer work that requires the mouse to be used a great deal I am keeping it at max which is 2.0 MPH..Yesterday and today I did 5 miles on it. My pedometer says I walked 6.76 miles today which includes the walking I do around off the treadmill station. Have really had to cool down my office to 65 degrees or I get unbearably hot and smelling like a dead goat at work is not something I want to do.

Ran between offices today and had my normal boots on. It was just too much trouble to put on and take off tennis shoes. The bottoms of my feet hurt.

I put a US map up in my office and am tracking my distance across America.

Broke Again

Today treadmill is working fine but the table will not raise and lower. Another call to Steelcase and True Fitness - they are working on getting it fixed. So far their response has been pretty good. Today I have walked four miles and burned 482 calories. I had a comment asking if I was dieting also. No, this is my personal experiment to see what difference just trying to walk five miles a day will do to my weight. I have not lost a pound so far but I am yet to have a week where it is working every day. This will be my first full week of using it everyday. I weighed in this morning at 142.5 (5'6") so I am not obese or even fat. I just need to lose ten to fifteen pounds. I am finding when I walk this much I am not as hungary at lunch.

I went to China last year and had the China diet. I got pretty sick eating stupidly (uncooked food) and ended up losing twenty pounds but I looked "hot" as my grandaughter says. I have gained all the weight back but am going back to China again in July for two weeks - so if the treadmill doesn't work I'll just take a drink out of the tap.

Treadmill Fixed

Treadmill is fixed so I will be able to start in earnest on Monday. Steelcase sent out a technician and they replaced all the ciruit boards. It is working great now but as this week I have gained one and a half pounds. I guess you don't lose weight by looking at it.

Out of Commission

Was on my new treadmill yesterday and it just stopped. Called the service department and was very happy with the response. This morning on thephone with me diagnosing the proble. A call back an hour later and they are fed-exing a new part. Service man will be here to fix it tomorrow.

Still 142

I weighed my self this morning and did not lose an ounce yesterday even though I totaled 6.79 miles on the treamill.

My new walkstation

My new steelcase treadmill was delivered Friday. It was supposed to ba a two hour install which ended up taking pretty much all day. It is the first one delivered in Richmond and the guys had to sort of learn as they went. A few problems. I ordered a monitor holder for the back panel and it just did not work. The monitor was 6 inches from my face - so we sent that back amd I am using a printer cartridge box to raise up the monitor. Also there was not enough room on the back rail to hold the telephone caddy. My monitor is too wide - so sent that back.

Today is my first day using the treadmill full - time. I have already walked 4 miles today at a 1.1 MPH pace. I have had to turn down the heat in my office a number of degrees. Even though I am walking so slow I am heating up quite a bit. A small problem since the thermostat that controls my office also controls other offices. Folks complaining there are freezing to death.

I am weighing in at 142 today. I am hopeful I will lose a pound a week without dieting just by walking and working most of the day. I am also beginning to realize I must be CAREFUL. My printer is not on the station (no room) and as I have turned back to pick up paper off the printer I almost went flying off of it. This whole thing would work betterif I wore a bathing suit and bike helmut to work. Stay cool and protect myself from a concussion. Also, I am REALLY hungry for lunch now. A big MAC would really go good now. I don't think my cup of yogurt is going to do it.