@JK, don’t worry; if you can’t ask personal questions of a blogger, of whom can you ask them? I’ve lost about half a pound a week, and that’s with no diet restrictions. I think that to achieve what some websites tout (i.e. lose 50 pounds a year with no changes in your diet), you have to either be totally inactive/very overweight to start out with, or use the ‘mill for very long hours every day. However I find that it’s helped my fitness level more than I would have thought. Give it a try!

@Milos, if I need to sit down, I have a couple of options. I either use my laptop and work at the kitchen table or I sit at the treadmill desk on a bar stool (I try to remember to turn the treadmill off first…). Either one works fine. The bar stool technique is probably not a good idea if you have an expensive treadmill, but mine was $125, so I’m not overly concerned with harming it. Thanks for your comment!

@KH, I don’t notice a productivity decline unless I’m really tired, then I take the hint and sit down (see response to comment above). I’ve also had a couple of people come try out the treadmill desk and they’ve all commented that typing at it (as I’m doing right now) is easier than they thought. Thanks for your comment!

@Gardenqueen, excellent point. Even if you can’t/don’t want to work at a treadmill desk, I think that most people can come up with a use for a treadmill other than just forcing yourself to walk on it for exercise. I’ve talked to people who walk while watching movies, talking on the phone, listening to books on tape, etc. I think the key is to associate walking with another activity so that you have multiple reasons to do it.

I burn over 3,000 calories a week (yes, I’m not exaggerating), I’m around people, I get to listen to good music and I exercise.

I don’t mean to be rude, but can I ask if you’ve actually lost weight? Or is it more to just keep yourself fit?
And what do you do if you need to file something? (of course, you can simply step off…) In other words – are you thinking about setting up a row of files on one side?

Fascinating. What if you need to sit down for some specific job? Do you move all that equipment (monitor, keyboard, mouse) to another desk where you can sit? Or do you put a chair on the treadmill?