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UPDATED 12/05/2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/05/2016 - OK. So if you're like the average person over 40 (especially females) and have not been blessed with awesome metabolism, you will not lose significant weight using the deskcycle unless you combine it with a diet modification and increased aerobic exercise. Since I use this at an office setting and need to look professional (and not be sweating like I just left the gym), I cannot pedal faster than 15 MPH. Since I hate exercising to begin with, I just modified my diet by eating very light for dinner and was able to lose some excess weight. On a lighter note: My legs feel better and have changed its sculpture for the better. Before I began my diet, I did notice that I lost some of the fatty, lumpy areas just above my knees. It helps also if you reverse-pedal to work additional muscles. Bottom line: Great for keeping your legs moving, but losing weight from it will take a very, very long time. And the machine is still quiet as ever after about 5 months! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After using this consistently for over a week now, here are my thoughts on the DeskCycle Desk Exercise Bike Pedal Exerciser, White. Pros: Extremely Quiet Easy to set up On-desk display option No distraction (when set up properly) Time flies and you will burn a LOT of calories without sweating so much Cons: Hard on the knees (even if you're pedaling properly) The calories setting will reset to 0 once you hit 1000 (However, this does not affect your distance. It will continue to count it!) I will provide an update after a few months of my weight-loss results, but for now, my main focus was to keep moving my legs while I was working at my desk. Because I have a desk job, I did not get up and moved around a lot and I started getting really worried about my health after reading that even 1 hour of daily exercise will not undo the damage you do sitting all day at work. The calories count up quickly. The pictured is after only 5 hours sitting at my desk (900 calories on 12mph). Because of the quiet, smooth motion, you may not feel it right away but your legs will be sore at the end of the day from the constant cycling. After the 3rd day and a moderate diet change, I lost about 4lbs (keep in mind this is prob mostly water weight). Also, if your legs are prone to swelling after a long day of sitting, this will get rid of that. My feet no longer feel like they're about to burst out of my shoes as I'm leaving for work! I didn’t notice this until about the 4th or 5th day, but my knees started to feel very sore on resistance setting of 4. So I am now on resistance 3, which feels a lot better. Your legs will still feel it. Be sure to set the Deskcycle up properly or you will feel very uncomfortable (correct your chair height, readjust your sliding keyboard tray, etc) to get the optimal advantage. The band which came with it doesn’t really hold the deskcycle up too well so I will have to find a thicker band to do the work. I’ve switched to a non-sliding executive office chair, but it’s still sliding backwards as I cycle. Very pleased so far, however.