There is no such thing as toning, to be honest. You either gain weight, or lose weight, gain strength (hence muscle), or lose muscle. There is no such thing as toning. Anyway, 5lbs is not going to make you any stronger and it might just be enough to cause you to injure a joint.
Small weights are only recommended by people who get paid to make recommendations.
Perhaps drinking the diet soda changed your makeup and ability to eat sugars? So you may have done it forever, but you've complained for years of substandard results in your program for the effort you put in it.
Check out the community gymrats (in my profile) and read the community info - it's got great information there about exercise, "toning," fat loss, and strength training. The short version is strength gain / lifting weights (big weights) is very important to losing unnecessary fat. Plus, the stronger you are the more groceries you can carry! Uh...
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Small weights are only recommended by people who get paid to make recommendations.
Perhaps drinking the diet soda changed your makeup and ability to eat sugars? So you may have done it forever, but you've complained for years of substandard results in your program for the effort you put in it.
Check out the community gymrats (in my profile) and read the community info - it's got great information there about exercise, "toning," fat loss, and strength training. The short version is strength gain / lifting weights (big weights) is very important to losing unnecessary fat. Plus, the stronger you are the more groceries you can carry! Uh...