The frustrations of not knowing.

I want to exercise and I know that running and walking are pretty good for you. I know that exercise in general is good for you.

Now all you need to do is act on this knowledge. It wouldn't hurt to have red or blue lazers either.

Hello Ladies,
For a starting weight routine take a look at Starting strength 5x5..in fact I think there is a woman's group here for this. Was a great place for me to start. Also C25k...its not about time, its about getting to that 3.1 mile mark. Both of these provide a good structure to at least provide you that motivation.

Lasers!!!!

I second your post. For the most part my fitness involves a video or jogging, fast walk. Even though I have a bowflex 2 treadmills a bench, and weights. I have not been able to figure out a plan and stick with it. I would like some help putting together a plan including what and how many reps on what days and so on. Right now the time is what kills my motivation its dark here at 5:30pm and I wont go at it alone. Come on Spring!

Try 20 minutes at an incline of 10 or above...then keep incrementing until you get to 45 min 15 incline 3x a week. You will lose weight and you can read/watch tv the same time

I'm a wimp when it comes to cold temps too. Remember, there's way more to exercise than just walk or run - unless you meant those are your favorite things to do. How about a workout video? There are tons you can view/use online, just check out Youtube. Or check your local library for their selection. Or if you're willing to invest $10, WalMart and Target both have a pretty good selection. Since you like walking, check out Leslie Sansome's videos. You can even get some with resistance bands.

Or just look up workouts you can do at home. There are all kinds of bodyweight exercises you can do if you don't have equipment - sit-ups, push-ups, squats, lunges, planks, jumping jacks, burpees, tricep dips... If you're not sure what any of these are, just google for pics or videos. If you have gallon jugs around, re-use those for hand weights. Filled with water, they weigh about 8 pounds each but of course you could just fill them 1/4 or 1/2 way at first and work your way up.

Best of luck!

Bundle up and go, you'll be fine.

I'm trying to acclimate to cold temperatures so I don't wuss out/ know what to expect next winter, which I'll be spending in Minnesota.

Also, if you're not worried about looking silly, I just found a 15 minute long song and just ran in place and did jumping jacks until the song was over, then found a 5 minute song and did some sit-ups.

And, as someone else said, you could always resign to restricted eating until you figure out what you want to do about exercise.