Women who got into strength training/lifting/fitness, where did you start?

F/29/5'5 SW: 260 CW: 205 GW: 150

I'm at the halfway point in my weight loss and I feel like this is a turning point. Up until now I've been able to lose 2 lbs per week fairly consistently just by eating an average 1200 calories per day. But I've started to notice the weight loss slowing. I expected this because my TDEE is dropping as I lose weight. From now on, if I want to keep my rate loss at 1.5-2 lbs per week I need to start incorporating exercise (or eat less than 1200 per day but I don't really want to do that).

I'm very interested in getting into lifting or strength training. I admire women who lift. Women with defined arms and muscles are HOT. I know I can't actually gain muscel while losing weight but I can lose inches/gain definition for now. I also just generally want to be stronger and not get sore or winded while doing simple things like squatting or going up a few flights of stairs...

The only type of strength exercise I've ever done was using machines at the gym. I must have cancelled and renewed my planet fitness memebership 30 times in the past 5 years, I never stuck with it. There was one time I bought a set of dumbells and an excersie ball to do at home workouts. However, I never really saw results from this and I ended up hurting myself once because at the end of the day, even while watching videos on proper form and etc, I have no idea what the hell I'm doing. I feel like I can't tell when I am doing an exercise wrong vs right.

I've been looking into options as to where to start but I'm feeling very overwhemled. I've been browsing r/xxfitness and r/bodyweightfitness and there are so many different routines that require different equipment. I've considered hiring a personal trainer who can show me exercises I can do, teach me proper form and correct me when I'm doing something wrong but they are really expensive! I could only afford a few sessions at most! I've considered joing a gym with classes for now, like organge theory, but again expensive. The other aspect to this is that I am very out of shape. Like, can't walk 2 miles without getting a little tired and sweaty out of shape. I think classes might be too much and I'd like to be able to work at my own time and pace. So maybe I should just join planet fitness again? Or maybe I should buy some dumbbells and try working out at home again?

How did you get started?

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