But if you want to save yourself lots of pain and loads of money, steer clear of these 3 common mistakes that most treadmill buyers make when purchasing:

#1) Getting Taken in by Icing

The 'icing' is all of non-essential treadmill goodies that some lesser-quality treadmills offer you. These are meant to hide fact that essential factors of a quality machine aren’t there.

So what if it’s only a 1.5 HP motor – it comes with a free heart rate monitor! That 90 day warranty doesn't matter – it gives you 30 workout programs!

This is like buying a cake after only seeing icing and then finding out that icing is ALL there is. Focus on core essentials of a quality treadmill first - then enjoy goodies.

#2) The Old Motor Horsepower Trick

Some not-so-savory treadmill manufacturers or stores will try to impress you with peak duty motor power. Wow - you think - a 3.0 HP motor.

However, what they're not telling you is that there are 2 measures of motor power: Peak Duty Horsepower AND Continuous Duty Horsepower.

Peak Duty Horsepower is power potential of motor – highest power it can run at. However treadmill cannot sustain this power and it will soon start to overheat. So this measurement is essentially useless to you.

Continuous Duty Horsepower is a more accurate measure of motor power. This is power at which treadmill can continually, steadily operate for 24 hours without slowing down. Thus, this is more accurate number to gage motor power.

I know of one extremely popular treadmill right now that is doing this and unfortunately people are buying it in droves because it seems like such a good buy.

Don’t be fooled by a 3 HP peak duty horsepower rating when Continuous Duty HP is only 1.5 HP! Just remember that motor is most expensive part of treadmill to fix.

Obesity among American population is a serious epidemic. The results of a 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey indicate that an estimated 64% of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese.

Millions of people approach weight control, focusing on symptom. The symptom being weight itself. These people put all their energy into baking it off, working it off, starving it off, or all kinds of fad diets.

They all experience ups and downs on weight charts and scale. This makes for a lot of upset and depressed people who think that they will never solve problem of eliminating, permanently, those excess pounds and inches.

The only time that anyone has to be concerned with weight control is when they are eating. The fact of matter is that people are concerned with weight before they eat and they beat themselves up after they eat. While people are eating there is no concern.

We spend a small amount of time each day eating and that is only time that people have to increase their conscious awareness and focus on developing proper eating habits.

If you are overweight, you may be so because you formed a habit of eating improperly.

By re-educating your eating habits, you will find that you still enjoy eating and for much more positive reasons. You'll eliminate weight -- and you won't regain it.

The plan is very basic, simple, and easy. Every week, for a period of six weeks, you are going to practice a new and different mental exercise to help you change your eating habits.

WEEK ONE: Sit down to eat and drink. Even if it's only a piece of gum or a sip of water, sit down! This will help eliminate unconscious snacking that is so much a part of being overweight. This also eliminates tasting foods for those who cook.

WEEK TWO: Relax! Take a minute to breathe comfortably and be thankful for food in front of you. This will help you become aware of foods that you eat and way in which you eat them.