How are people using their walking pads several times a day without feeling sweaty?

Hi! This could seem like a dumb question, but when I searched for this I couldn't really find the discussion I was looking for.

I'm not an excessive sweater, and typically just sweat during exercise/warm weather. I can tolerate a little pit sweat, but not full body sweat bead sweat unless I'm working out lol. I workout in the mornings, then shower and change. I've noticed others using their pads throughout the day in normal clothes whilst working/watching TV, they don't seem to sweat, but I break out into a sweat quickly on the pad, and it's not practical for me to shower and change every time. I'm more posting this just to see what other peoples experiences with sweating and walking pads are, but of course, advice regarding minimising sweating is also welcome (it's not really a smell issue as I drink a lot of water, but my skin feels so wet and sticky and icky after). I WFH 3/4 days a week and would really like to be able to hop on and walk a few times throughout the day.

I sweat less during more strenuous activities (e.g. I sometimes walk 10 minutes uphill to my coffee shop, I walk faster than I do on the walking pad, I wear more clothing, and it's currently hotter outside than it is inside. I barely sweat. I walk at the snail pace of 3.5km/hr (a speed almost unbearably slow), and within 10 minutes, i can feel myself transforming into a sweaty beast in desperate need of bathing. Why? How? I'm confused.

I'm currently 5'5 and 63KG, a fine weight, but my weight naturally sits around 54KG (a healthy weight for my body, this weight had not fluctuated for years and I never had to work to maintain it), within the past few months, I gained 9KG very quickly due to a depressive phase, in which I became very sedentary, and started binge eating. I'm now medicated and in therapy to work on the depression and binge eating, and I'm obviously desperate to feel healthier. I feel sluggish and horrible like this, my body right now is a physical reminder of a very bad period of my life, so I'm working on slowly improving this (I know my body will naturally get back to my healthy weight, so I don't have specific goals, just some weight loss!). I like the walking pad, but due to this sweating issue i'm not using it the way i wanted to, and I'm having to dedicate time to showering after and changing my clothes (the laundry has been piling up), this takes away from the casual use of the pad and it's quickly starting to feel like a chore which i'll struggle to upkeep.

Also, if you have a walking pad, how many times throughout the day do you use it and for how long? What speeds do you tend to use?

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