Behaved myself, but no inches lost, GAINED weight :(

I'd ignore the BF% and water reading on the scales. You're probably retaining a little bit of water due to starting your exercise regime.

remember you will be starting to gain muscle. and muscle weighs more than fat. I was the same i did 6 weeks last couple of weeks i added in going to the gym, and sen a gain, i was heartbroken until i looked at all the other factors. bmi fat mass and body fat% had all reduced,
i find if i don't have a great weight loss there is normally inch loss
or bmi and fat mass,
don't let it get to u even doing the 1 thing different in exercise can have an effect, :flowerforyou:

"Is it close to that time of the month?" is a very important question to remember! And during and after for a few days. There was one time where I "gained" 7lbs during that week and the extra weight left me a few days after I was done.

Oh, honey, you've done nothing wrong. Here's a big hug for you: ->*HUG*<-

I understand your frustration. I've just had a week of grief myself. (Me, I've been dieting and exercising for over a month and thinking I'm doing all the right things, but haven't lost an ounce. Had a meltdown on Wednesday over it.)

Despite what many people tout, the formula of simple "diet + exercise = weightloss" doesn't always compute out. The formula is far, far more complicated than that. Our body's metabolic pathways (and there's dozens of them!) are extremely complicated. If something changes, or goes off-plan, then things can happen in our body that may display as a general weight gain.

Extra sodium intake can affect a change of a few pounds (or more), as can extra fiber intake, or normal hormone changes in the body (like That Time of the Month), or a food intolerance, or an illness, or the Magic Weight-Loss Fairy's taking a nap.

As you've just started the 30DS (keep it up; I wish you success), that might account for this *temporary* gain in weight.

Here's one hypothesis: when a person starts a new fitness regime and suddenly puts in a whole lot work into a muscle that might not be used to the workload, you will get some microdamage in the muscle fibers. As the body moves in to repair this damage, it will increase blood flow to the area, lots of various biochemical things will happen and there will be an increase in fluid (aka "water"). This is called inflammation and it's a normal response.

Now, don't take the numbers of your scales as gospel. Your scale may be able to detect interstitial fluid (ie fluid existing between cells), higher blood volume and a few other things, but it might not be able to detect the water of the inflammation of your muscles. Likewise, if you're measuring your hips and your waist (places that don't have giant muscles, like say your arms or legs), this inflammation may not reflect in your measurements.

This is just a guess. But if it's correct, this extra, unexplained weight will disappear within a week or two as your body repairs itself, as you continue the 30DS and as your muscles adapt to the new work load.

Meanwhile, feel free to cry and wail and sulk a bit until you feel better. I know how hard it feels to put in effort and not get the results you want.

Because you have had prior success, the chances are great that this setback is only temporary. Keep your chins up and feel free to come cry on our shoulders in a few weeks if you don't see any improvement.

remember you will be starting to gain muscle. and muscle weighs more than fat. I was the same i did 6 weeks last couple of weeks i added in going to the gym, and sen a gain, i was heartbroken until i looked at all the other factors. bmi fat mass and body fat% had all reduced,
i find if i don't have a great weight loss there is normally inch loss
or bmi and fat mass,
don't let it get to u even doing the 1 thing different in exercise can have an effect, :flowerforyou:

Sorry, but on a deficit and doing 30DS, she will not be gaining muscle - it will be water weight repairing the muscles used due to the exercise.

OP: Ignore the scale for BF% and water weight - they are really quite innacurate. Carry on doing what you are doing, and don't let (or try not to let) weekly fluctuations bother you too much - look at the longer term picture.

remember you will be starting to gain muscle. and muscle weighs more than fat. I was the same i did 6 weeks last couple of weeks i added in going to the gym, and sen a gain, i was heartbroken until i looked at all the other factors. bmi fat mass and body fat% had all reduced,
i find if i don't have a great weight loss there is normally inch loss
or bmi and fat mass,
don't let it get to u even doing the 1 thing different in exercise can have an effect, :flowerforyou:

How on earth would she be starting to gain muscle? She's on a calorie deficit and hasen't been doing any heavy lifting in the gym. I really wish it was that easy to gain muscle.....

I'm kinda new to the lingo, what's 30DS? Work out program? Maybe you gained some muscle?

When I began heavy lifting, my weight shot up 4 lbs and stayed up there for weeks, even though I continued eating at a caloric deficit. You're doing a new routine, and your muscles are bound to be retaining water as they repair themselves. Just keep eating right, drink plenty of water, and wait it out.