Excercising at home

I have a treadmill and I use on-demand workout videos and I have a couple of DVD's I use. I switch it up so I dont get bored.

The 30 Day Shred is great!! I've never felt so good after such a quick workout! She is TOUGH! It's a circuit training workout. Strength, Cardio, Abs Repeat x3. Each circuit is different, it's really great! Try it!

My home is my gym. It helps that we have a spare room that I've deemed my workout room, with a small TV and DVD player.

I have a varied collection of workout DVDs (Jillian Michaels, Powerstrike, Biggest Loser, Bob Harper, etc.) and plan to add more -- and they are also a mix of cardio and strength training. I try to rotate the DVDs as much as possible to keep it interesting.
If you don't want to buy them, you can either borrow DVDs from the local library, get them on-demand through cable or Netflix. Or even do that just to check them out.
Collagevideo.com is a great site for exercise DVDs. You can watch clips of the DVDs to see if it's something you'd like, and there are tons of user reviews to give you a better idea about them, too. I highly recommend it for researching before you buy, whether you buy from there or not.

The 30-Day Shred DVD is great. It's a tough workout, especially if you're just beginning. As Jillian says often, she's going to work you hard if she's only got you for 20 mins/half hour! But it's effective, especially if you stick with it. Before I came to MFP, I lost about 15 pounds using exercise DVDs like 30DS. Problem is, I didn't stick with the plan very well. That's why I'm here.

Good luck!

I did all my weight loss fitness at home this year. I have a wii with Wii Fit Plus, haven't done that in a while because I bumped it up a notch. Now I'm doing Wii Zumba and it's a GOOD burner and way cheaper than classes. I do that one when I need to earn a lot of calories and want to have a 400-700 calorie workout. My husband is into the EA Sports Personal Trainer wii game, and I tried it and agreed it's also worthwhile. Eventually I'll get to that, too.

Around Christmas I got a few DVD's at a used book store fairly cheap: Biggest Loser Cardio Max, Bigest Loser Last Chance have both been very good. I did the first at least 3 X a week, now up to the Last Chance 3 or more X a week (in general). It's been really good toning with some small weights I got at Target. I'm taking twice as long as the video says doing them over until I feel like I did it all.

I have a Nordic Trak Ski machine that is easy on my joints that I do when all else fails or I want a low intensity but long duration thing, but now wish I had a treadmill. It works, though. I lost 25lbs with that and it was my main workout in the beginning. I've lost weight on it in the past, too.

I bought running shoes and walk sometimes. I burn more than MFP says. The heart rate monitor I got at christmas was the best thing I bought, and I feel confident to do things around the house like climbing stairs for a while, or walking and eat back those calories.

I have considered walk/running. I actually did it once! That one I'm going to go slow on! I've got fairly fit and near my goal all at home.

I alternate doing the 30 Day Shred (20 minutes) and Leslie Sandsone's (20-30 minutes) walk at home. I love Leslie's workouts because they are simple, and she's so encouraging and fun without being overbearing, in your face, or annoying. Jillian Michaels is very encouraging too and wants you to push through the pain and do your best.

The 30 Day Shred requires you to have light hand weights between 3-5 lbs, and will kick your butt. You do 3 circuits, 3 minutes of strength training exercises, 2 minutes of cardio, 1 minute of abs. There are three levels, 10 days on each. I alternate this video with straight cardio because I've had physical trainers and my doctor tell me I should not do circuit training daily, but every other day at the most. Others do 30 day shred every day with anything between 0 and 2 rest days. It's really up to you, as you know your body better than anybody.

The other option is to do the P90 or P90x workouts. They will burn more calories than the 30 day shred or the walk at home workouts. If you are new to exercise, I'd recommend starting with P90 as the exercises are less intense (but still will kick your butt).