>>144689
If you're doing a calories restriction thing, my advice would be to try intermittent fasting. So get your calories in a 6 to 8 hour window - for example, if you feel hungry and grab something to eat at 10 AM, your last meal should be at 16 or 18 hours. Try the 8 hour window in the beginning, until you get comfortable with it, then try going for the 6 hour window if you're really going for weight loss.
While you're doing this, drink lots of water. If you drink coffee, you might find that it helps keep the hunger pangs at bay - but drinking too much will fuck you up. Green tea and the like are better options, IMO, but that's really up to you.
Another option here is to eat smaller meals, but more often. Instead of having 2 large meals, split your calories. Grab a light but filling breakfast (stuff like oats) and a banana, then a couple hours after eat an apple, then again a couple hours after drink a Greek yogurt, you get the idea. If you do this alongside the time window thing above, you're golden.
If you cook, even better. You can bring along your lunch or snacks you prepare everywhere with you. If you don't cook, you can still grab healthier food than the shit you usually eat. The fact that you're restricting your calorie intake shouldn't stop you from eating healthier - that's half the battle actually. So plan for that shit, and learn to cook.
My advice would be to walk everywhere if you can. I did 10 km walks daily: to work, from work, to the store, from the store, wherever you have to be go there on foot. Once you get a bit of condition going, start running. The treadmill thing is fine, but nothing really beats the outdoors.
As for the dumbbell thing, I grabbed a kettlebell for exercising at home. Can't recommend that thing enough if you're going for some weight loss, since the funnest exercises with it are good for both full-body and cardio.