For Sedentary Roosevelt Islanders - Lose 57 Pounds By Next Year with the Treadmill Desk

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If any Roosevelt Islander out there, like me, spends way too much time sitting at a desk on the phone or at your computer putting on the pounds and not doing enough exercise, this may be the answer - The Treadmill Desk:

Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic came up with the idea of a "Treadmill Desk". The idea is to slowly walk on a treadmill while working at a desk built around the treadmill...a Treadmill Desk.

Dr Levine's research revealed that on the average his subjects burned 100 extra calories every hour while walking slowly -- at 1 mile per hour -- than while sitting in a chair.

Dr. Levine believes that if individuals were to replace 8 hours a day of sitting at their "normal" desk with a Treadmill Desk, and if other components of energy balance were constant, a weight loss of 57 pounds a year could occur.

Hat tip to Instapundit

Here's a You Tube video of Treadmill Desk in operation on Good Morning America.



You could probably also have lunch while on your Treadmill Desk though I guess that defeats its purpose. Nonno's grandma pizza on a treadmill, yum.