I was wanting to find something to help me lose weight to go along with diet and exercise of course..maybe something not outrageously expensive either? Is there really any hope?

Exercise is just as vital as food consumption when it comes to losing weight. There's a lot of good tips and tricks for exercise on the web portal in the box below. I lost 8 pounds by doing as they advised.

health is more important than fast results. it's better to just not risk using over-marketed weight-loss products. a healthy diet and exercise are all you need

I won't list the actual products because I don't want people to think i'm just trying to sell you certain companys junk. Here are some ingredients that actually help you lose weight and don't cost too much money. Type the names into a search engine and look for the cheapest products, that's my best advice. I have used all the ones i'm going to list, and still use most of them, and they really do work.
TTA - It's a fatty acid that tells your mitochondria to burn more fat.
Sesamin - Burns fat by activating PPAR in your cells
Green Tea Extract - Increases metabolism slightly, and increases Glut-4 in your muscles cells which causes them to absorb carbs eaten instead of fat cells.
Fish Oil - Omega 3 Fatty Acids help your body respond better to Leptin, a fat burning hormone.
Caffeine - Taken before exercise can increase the amount of fat the body burns for energy by 50%.
Ephedra - Reduces appetite and slightly increases metabolism
Those are some easy to find ones, all very cheap, don't take ephedra if you aren't 100% healthy.