I'm happy, however nowhere near satisfied.
I used to be skinny/musculy before, but for the past five years I've done nothing but sitting on my ass(hardly exaggerating). I gained a lot of weight due to it. Not insane amounts, thanks to what I assume is amazing genes, but enough to make me want to do something about it.
About six months ago I slightly begun working out, though I couldn't get motivated to keep it going. Three months ago I took it a few steps higher, make a work out schedule and begun eating healthier. Just this morning I went below 100 kg(99.4!). Around those three months ago I was at 108 kg. Considering that I've also gained a lot of muscle I've lost quite a bit of fat.
Worth adding that I'm almost two meters tall and am built like a Viking, so while 100 kg might sound like a lot to some it's quite average for my build. Christmas kind of broke my schedule however. Trying to pick it up again.
As for tips that has worked for me:
Eat proteins within 20 minutes after working out. I tend to go for a can of tuna, or a few eggs, with a glass of milk. Your muscles need it and it has made a huge difference in my muscle building.
Make a work out schedule you're able to follow and a diary where you can write commitments for the next week, what you've achieved the past week and measurements if you like.
Do research about exercise. I learn new things all the time, like how you can do push ups differently to train different muscles or that planking is amazing for working the abs.
Don't push yourself too much. The change doesn't happen over night and if you feel ANY pain during a session stop what you're doing immedietly. I had some pain in my chest muscles once and didn't care about it. Ended up having that pain for weeks.
Increase the weights when you can handle an average session with the old ones without much trouble, but don't stay on the same weights for too long. If you do your muscles won't have reason to grow, so they won't bother, and if you push it too much you'll damage the muscles instead.
Dumbells is extremely vesitile(sp?) and can train all of your muscles.
I'm still somewhat of a beginner though. If something I've said is wrong, feel free to comment on it.
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