New Custom Tread Desk

Have you ever heard of a "Tread Desk"? There really is such a thing . . . google it if you don't believe me. I ran across this invention a few months ago online, and really thought it was an wonderful idea. I thankfully have the flexibility to work from home some when I need to on my days off and in the evenings. Most of my work in accounting is on my laptop. The tread desk allows you to walk while you work on your computer! Apparently some companies are allowing this in their offices to encourage exercise and it also has been proven to increase productivity. Of course you can't walk fast on it, but enough to burn calories! Anything is better than sitting still for hours on end and burning nothing, right? So, I really thought this would be beneficial to me. Some days I really want to exercise, even just walk, but I have to get work done in the few "free" hours I have after the boys are in bed, so I don't get to. Well, not anymore! Thanks to my skilled and amazing husband, he built me my very own custom tread desk to fit my existing treadmill. I got to try it out tonight for the first time. It was awesome!!! I worked for an hour, walked 1.66 miles, and burned 182 calories while walking at a speed of 1.5. A normal slow walk for me is 3.0 on the treadmill, so this was about half that, but hey, it was 182 more calories than I would've burned otherwise! Talk about multi-tasking! I'm so proud of Scott for making it for me. I think he should market it, what do you think? It is a little different than the "tread desk" in that you don't have to buy the desk and the separate treadmill. Scott made this one to fit on my existing treadmill. Pretty cool, I think! :-)