Ok, time for me to jump into this thread.
I've gained about 17kg in the past year, due to my diet being pretty, and my activity dropping down to zero (no more soccer or jogging, plus I quit my job and started working from home).
I finally decided to do something about it, so for the past two weeks I've been very strict about what and when I eat, cutting out sugary and high-carb foods and liquid calories.
I'm currently nursing a bad ankle so I can only run a little bit at a time (mostly going for 30-40 minute walks), and I just went out last night and bought a 20kg dumbbell set and 15kg barbell set.
I'll let y'all know how it goes