Skipping For Weight Loss..need Suggestions

I'm thinking of buying a skipping rope for exercise as I'm not in a position to go outside for walk or gym regularly..
Is skipping a good idea for cardio workout and weight loss?
I remember doing skipping during my teenage years to stay fit and then stopped later on..
The prob is that when I used to do skipping regularly, I would get the periods also very early..as it affected my cycles and made me to bleed earlier and caused a little irregularity in my cycles.. Due to weakness I stopped it..now thinking if I can resume after so many years?
Can anyone advice how many minutes per day I can do skipping using rope, how many repetititions and how often? How to make sure that this work out doesn't affect the cycles.
Is any warm up routine required before using skipping rope?
Short term target is to lose atleast 1-2 kg per month and improve energy levels.
Anyone use skipping rope regularly for cardio. workout?pls give me feedback.

 

Yes..will try those..I just remembered that during my teenage days, I used to skip regularly using the rope and it did help in reducing a few kilos..but that was long ago and my metabolism was definitely faster then compared to now..
I like Zumba. But I'm unable to step out and attend classes.
I checked out the videos on YouTube..actually to be frank I'm really bad at dancing and following dance moves..
The Zumba videos which I checked out all had very fast moves, even the ones meant for beginners..I was unable to follow the moves beyond couple of minutes..hence I kinda got demotivated.