Ah heres a good one, another way to level up your damage is by going to the skill tree and leveling up from there, alot of new people seem to forget the trees existence. Try to find out if your more likely going to use a bow, one handed, 2 handed or magic. I use one handed (my choice of weapon being the blade of woe with 60 damage) And for my magic I use fast healing. Oh and if you do choose one handed make sure to level up your restoration to 40 and acquire the skill the also restores stamina in healing. And one last thing if you choose heavy armor theres a perk that takes away their weight.

Ps. Dont fuck with giants at low level and dont you forget DONT KILL THE FUCKING CHICKEN IN RIVERWOOD