Walking on the treadmill is so boring. Any suggestions?

If your fitness allows it I suggest doing intervals of different types of exercises.

I agree with this. You definitely need music too...fill an iPod with music that keeps you moving...

If I am going to run for an hour, I try to time myself so I can watch a 1 hour show during my run. If I am just going to run for a 1/2 hour or close to that, I set up a play list for that amount of time. Sometimes, I am bored out of my mind, but I have to get it done.

I am looking forward to taking my runs back outside. Where I can run myself 3 miles away from my house, so I can run myself back.

I have Netflix on my phone and I watch a 45-minute show every time I walk. I also read my Kindle if I am into a really good book.

If you have an iPhone, iPad or e-reader, use them to get the time to pass by. I prefer to be outside as well. I usually listen to music and sometimes try to Facebook while I am on the treadmill/arc/elliptical. Trying to do Facebook while you are moving is difficult so I usually just read. In grad school I would do all my reading on the treadmill. I think I would have had better grades undergrad had I done the same LOL

weight loss podcasts and audiobooks help keep me motivated and distract me so the time flies.

I put a towel over the time and miles so I don't have to watch the time click by and I rent books on cd from the library and listen to them while walking.

I watch tv or listen to music while sudokuing on my phone. :-)

My solution was to not do it.

I call it the "dreadmill"...:drinker:

I do a lot of weird things for cardio like military march, boxing type training,
dancing, floor rolls, squat thrust intervals and the good ole jumping jack.
And I jog, swim, play tennis, fast walk and bike.

Just can't do the "dreadmill"; just beat me instead....

Music!!! makes a world of difference... and i agree with covering up the timer... its less of a drag when you're actually not watching the numbers tick by... usually find i have worked out much longer than i realise when i do this as apposed to staring at it every 10 seconds lol

I definitely vote for listening to something; I need something more than music, though, so I do audiobooks or podcasts (Radio Lab, This American Life). I am also into streaming Netflix, but my favorite is definitely stand up comedy. It makes the time go by insanely fast (and you burn more calories when you laugh! :laugh: )

1) Music--it's basically the only time I can just sit and listen to whatever I want, so it's a treat.
2) Find something you actually like doing, rather than making yourself do something you dislike.

If you are paying more attention to the time than the workout I think you need to bump up your game (unless for some reason you can't, medically or other). Find ways to challenge yourself. Intervals like a lot of people suggested is good. Music or tv is good too, but you gotta make sure it doesn't slow you down either if you want results. I sort of do both music and tv. I primary listen to up beat music but the tv is on in front of my with closed caption if I need visual stimulation or sometimes I use comericals as my interval peroid. But if you still hate it, you may want to experiment with other forms of cardio.

I definitely vote for listening to something; I need something more than music, though, so I do audiobooks or podcasts (Radio Lab, This American Life). I am also into streaming Netflix, but my favorite is definitely stand up comedy. It makes the time go by insanely fast (and you burn more calories when you laugh! :laugh: )

That is a good point about comedy. I have some "Weird Al" songs in my playlist, and I find they are some of the ones which make it easiest to be on the treadmill.

I have a little tv with dvd player in the room. On the treadmill and working out I watch music video stations or dvds. Helps a lot. Outdoor walks include my music player and one headphone (so I can hear the traffic)