Your encouragement to get me back to shape!

[A Theist]

I got a cold yesterday, but I did a bit of arms at the gym (went there for 15 minutes only). I just did dumbbells for arms.

Still sick today.

I just skimmed through this thread, but are you taking any supplements like creatine to help with your lifting? (creatine definitely helps). Besides losing weight and toning up, do you have a particular goal in mind besides?
Dumbells are excellent...have you tried super setting your reps, (i.e. for your chest...after completing a set of dumbell flys go directly into a dumbell press as many reps as you can). Super setting will really give you some results. Also, you want to mix up your routines so you're just not repeating the same exercise all the time. Your muscles will get used to a routine...if you're sick, you definitely want to take the time to rest...and to eat....good luck.

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Low carb, low fat, higher protein, no sugar, low sodium(this matters trust me), calorie count around 1500-2000 a day lots of water! Proper vitamin intake and you should be all good. If you want get it off faster try intermittent fasting. The hodgetwins have some quick info on that. They are on youtube. This is my diet and it is awesome. Lots of energy and healthier mentality if you exercise the diet need to be changed up a little good luck

Or you can just be active.

Definitely...forget a radical diet. Once a person gets real active with cardio and lifting the weight will drop off naturally....in lifting you gotta eat!