Any Hope if There's No Gym/Trainer?
 

Unfortunately the closest gym to where I live is hours away (lol, as if motivation to cross-town wasn't hard enough) and I can't afford a personal trainer. Worse yet, my husband won't spring for fitness videos or anything like that because to him weight loss is a lost cause to begin with. :(

Aside from running blocks around my house, are there any good sites with fitness instruction or "youtube" type videos that could at least get me started in a direction?

Where is a good place to find exercise equipment for someone on a budget or just starting out, hopefully some equipment that can be used for more than just one exercise.

It's so hard as a beginner for me to figure out exactly what I need to be doing or what the terminology means. I always keep a dictionary.com tab open when I'm browsing sites to understand what kind of exercise is being suggested! For instance, before I decided to lose weight, I thought pilates was a kind of rice dish! :dizzy:

Oh, yes! There is plenty you can do with no equipment, and if you add a cheapo resistance band and maybe an even more cheapo jump rope for some really good cardio intervals, you get even more options!

No Equipment:
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/t...ictraining.htm

http://www.fitwatch.com/exercise/10-...ipment-10.html

http://exercise.about.com/library/bltravelworkout.htm

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitne...quired-workout

Resistance Bands are really inexpensive and very versatile.
http://www.amazon.com/SPRI-ES501R-Re...3622266&sr=8-1

They usually come with a chart of exercises, but you can see these sites as well:

http://exercise.about.com/cs/exercis...istanceban.htm

http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com...exercises.html

More ideas:

Lots of libraries have exercise videos, and you can check them out with a free library card. See if your local library does! They also often have books about exercise, fitness, etc.

Some cable companies offer an "On Demand" service - does yours? If so, almost every on demand service I've seen has included a channel of exercise videos.

Exercise TV has some free videos:
http://www.exercisetv.tv/workout-videos/

Thank you very much! Your posts were extremely helpful and I'll definitely be taking a trip to the library.

if you have netflix, you can get exercise DVDs mailed to you.

buy a jump rope. it's cheap and you'll be sweating in 2 minutes.

try craigslist for cheap stuff or sometimes free stuff.