Kettlebells

It is imperative that everyone - not just those trying to lose weight - do some kind of weight training. Strong muscles will stick with you in later life and prevent widows hump, widows weeds (under arm flab) and general old age weakness.

In previous posts I recommended varilous weights of dumbbells (you can get 2 pounds, 3 pounds, 5, 7 and 10) as well as a light barbell set (most women only need a 50 pound barbell set) with leg attachment so you can do leg curls and leg extensions.

Now I'd like to suggest kettlebells.

Made by Danskins, they come in 5 pound and 10 pound weights. They're just like dumbbells, exept the weight is distributed in circular fashion and they have handles, which I like. It's a lot easier to do certain exercises by gripping these handles.

In addition, there are exercises you can do with kettle bells that you can't do with barbells - for example the woodchop. (Well, you can, but it's more difficult, logistically speaking.)

Your local Walmart will have these.