Weight training through magazines..

I always thought the fitness magazines were mostly advertisements for supplements. There's no need to pay money for a complicated workout plan...here are two that will cost you nothing but the time you put in doing them:

If you have a gym: stronglifts.com
It's a simple program that's very effective. There's a group on MFP for women doing the program and somebody shared a great summary of the program: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/560459-stronglifts-5x5-summary

If you don't hvae a gym: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/07/17/no-gym-no-problem-bodyweight-exercises-and-the-nerd-fitness-challenge/


Goodluck!
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Awesome! Thank you! I will look into both of these... I do have a gym at my work but I am scared of the machines lol

So bypass the machines and go straight for the free weights. You'll get more benefit from those anyway.