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hang in there! Your body could be making muscles!! I know a lot of people who have done the thread notice a lot of lost inches, are you taking your measurements?

This same thing happened to me when I started the Shred (I actually gained a little weight). I increased my calories by 140, lowered my carbs and increased my protein. After that, I began to see a drop on the scale again and my measurements decreasing. Don't let it get you down. Just keep up with the program and you are sure to see results that will bring a smile to your face.

Its normal not to see a loss upon starting a new workout don't panic...one week start is great! but. you have to give your body time to respond, it's not going to melt over night because you started one week of a new routine, keep at it eat properly and give your muscles time to recover and you will see a loss

and like eric said your muscles are likely retaining water as its all new to you -- i have gained weight this week since I really upped my workout from a lil cardio to becoming a fitness junkie lol
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You all are making me feel better.....I just started Zumba this week. When I weighed this morning I gained 1.5lbs. Very frustrating!!!! Reading all of this, I'm not as discouraged. Thanks! And thank you canada for starting it all off.

Your body is probably not holding water...your muscles that you haven't probably used in a while are secreting lactic acid. This will show weight gain (it's temporary). It takes a while for the body to 'gain' muscle, and even then you never actually truly gain muscle it's just that your muscle is increasing in size.

I disagree. She can definitely be retaining water. The reasoning is below (courtesy lt_mrcook in a separate post):

"Intense weight training you're not used to = microscopic muscle tears=body rushes fluid to the damage site (think bruise or twisted ankle)=body retains fluid to protect the damaged area=weight gain"

Once your body gets used to the workout and your muscles rebuild they'll stop retaining as much water and you'll not only see the drop in water from less water retention but also from whatever fat you mananged to burn while building muscles. You won't see it now, but give it a second, maybe third week (don't stop!!) and you'll definitely see it. In the interim, you'll see it by losing inches.

Case in point: I had a week where I plateaued because I changed my workout routine. I didn't lose any weight, but I lost an inch around my waist and hips. The very next week I lost another inch AND 3 lbs!

EDIT: Totally agree with casperO - I measure at least twice at both my hips (at my hip bones) and my waist (at my belly button). Should've also thought to do thighs, but I guess it's not to late to start!

Your body absolutely can retain water which it likely is from the change in workout. I'm giong to guess this is much more intense of a workout than you did before. As far as muscle, there's no way you gained pounds of muscle in a week unless you're on some really good HGH or steroid, which I'm guessing you're not. :laugh: It's cool. You will see your number go back down, just remember you're burning some fat and that's the important part in the end, not the number on the scale.

I haven't lost any weight since the last time I posted my weight, but I started eating the right amount of fat and I actually wore a t- shirt to work lol. These guys pretty much wrote what I would say, your body ebbs and flows like the tide, some weeks it's going to let you loose calories, some days it will keep it all depending on what you're doing, how your feeling etc. It's a change for your body, all the positive stuff that my body has been doing and going through it the past six months is still wrapped up obsticles, it's not happy that things are good and bad habits need to change. keep going. it's worth it.

I don't know if you are retaining water or whatever, but I finished the thread 2 weeks ago and lost 12 pounds total. The first 2 weeks I did not loose, but it started to show as I got into the third week. Also, more important that my weight loss was my "waist" loss. I can actually see definition in my abs now Hang in there and be strong. You will get good results eventually!