Clean & Lean 30 day Challenge - Day 13

I had my weekly weigh in this morning and was surprised to see that I've put on a pound or so since last week. Not what I was expecting! I weighed in at 60.7kg, higher than this time last week, and even higher than a sneaky weigh in I did at the weekend. Hmmm... maybe I should go back to monthly weigh ins!

I've gone over my exercise and eating and even though I was a bit of a lazy greedyguts over the weekend (mmm... Patisserie Valerie chocolate mousse... you are not really clean or lean but worth cheating for), this doesn't come close to explaining the outcome on the scales.

So, I've had to take a bit of a deep breath, reassure myself that I'm not going backwards. There's some possible reasons for the difference:

• I really stepped it up in my Monday body conditioning class, and followed up by a new LB&T class yesterday (which is usually my rest day); in the past increasing the amount or intensity of the exercise I do has always resulted in a temporary weight gain
• My weight the previous week had dropped more than I expected, perhaps I was a little dehydrated and got an artificially low reading.

Great post on how new exercise regime can lead to temporary weight gain on SparkPeople.

Progress summary:

• Weight: 60.7kg (vs 60.5kg last week, and 61.5kg the week before)
• Body fat: 21% (ish - accumeasure calipers)