Ask a fat girl 2.0

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Many moons ago I used to be a PTI (Physical training instructor) in her majesty's forces.  If all you're looking to do is lose weight, it really is a lot easier than you might think.

The perfect fat burning zone is between 40% and 70% of your maximum heart rate, any more and you're into the anaerobic zone and starting to build muscle.  It's a common complaint of new gym goers, go to the gym to lose weight and you actually put some on in the first instance because, simply put, you're working too hard.

Best fat burning exercise I know of is the easiest, walking.  A good hour walk, fast enough only to get your breathing slightly faster than normal is perfect fat burning exercise.

You don't often see fat dog owners for that reason.  Go for an hour walk 5 times a week and, unless you're scoffing Big macs all day, you'll start to see the weight drop off.

I'd love to try this, but what do you do when you've been diagnosed with activity induced asthma? Walking up the steps with a full laundry basket gets me out of breath easily. I need something that's not going to cause me to hyperventilate because of my breathing.

Well, that makes it trickier, but not impossible.

How are you with a decent walk?  By that I mean, not trying to push yourself, is there a pace you can walk at that won't bring on the asthma?