After a long christmas and a large gut it was time to cut back on all the chips and kebabs. Naturally as a young lad i was thin until i started going the gym in my teens, i then put a bit of weight on and started to fill out. A few years ago i stopped goin the gym and just messed about at home with the occasional dumb bell etc. This is when it all went wrong. I can now put weight on really easy when as a kid it was hard to put any weight on at all. I did the atkins diet early last year and lost nearly 2 stone without any exercise, which i have now put back on. Now i want to lose at least 2 stone again but im thinking of getting back into weights. Should i just start the gym as i am now and work the weight off and try and turn it to muscle or should i do the atkins for a couple of weeks as a starter? The atkins is a piece of piss to me and i can lose over a stone in 10 days but when i go the gym will this go straight back on? any ideas?