So my weight is almost up to 120 but my BF% has also increased... it works out to about 2 lbs of muscle gain, 3 pounds of fat gain. Not great. Time to change a few things, namely:
1. Stop eating like a heifer on weekends... just because I'm trying to create a calorie surplus doesn't mean I should be consuming massive meals, cake and wine every weekend.
2. Try some new workouts; I'm trying a new class today taught by the instructor who teaches my weekend classes; she does lots of strength training (higher weight, lower rep) in her classes mixed in with bursts of intense cardio.
3. Do some more reading/research about muscle building. If anyone has any good books on this subject to recommend, that'd be much appreciated.
Okay, so now that I've gotten that reality check out of the way.
Monday:
Breakfast - almond butter on toast (2)
Snack - chocolate milk
Lunch - avocado, spinach, egg and cheese in a whole wheat tortilla
Snacks - Vita muffin, apple
Dinner - soba noodles with vegetables
Snacks - carrots and edamame hummus, greek yogurt and blueberries
Workout - Body Pump
Tuesday:
Breakfast - almond butter on toast (2), apple
Snack - Greek yogurt and blueberries
Lunch - leftover soba noodles
Snack - carrots and edamame hummus
Dinner - bean pasta with parmesan cheese
Snack - banana and skim milk
Workout - RPM
Have I recommended "Starting Strength" or "New Rules of Lifting" to you yet?
SS has some of the best instruction on the big basic compound exercises - much better than most internet resources and even most fitness instructors can or will provide. The program itself is primarily focused on maximal strength, but will produce muscle gains with appropriate nutrition. That said, I wouldn't recommend following the very brief nutritional recommendations in the book, which add up to about 5,000kcal/day :| Even if you never do the program, the technique instruction is priceless.
NROL (and NROL4W [NROL for Women]) is a good resource with a variety of exercise programs. It doesn't matter if you go for NROL, NROL4W, or both - the first thing you'll read in NROL4W is that women should be training the same way men train, so the programs should all amount to the same overall results.
You're already doing bodypump regularly. The best thing you can do to build muscle is to progressively increase your load. I think the normal recommendations in bodypump are to increase the weight every 6 weeks. Instead, until you get the courage to go out onto the gym floor (and then discover that it's really not so bad after all), focus on increasing weight as often as possible (without sacrificing form). I'd aim for an increase in weight every week if possible, even if it's only the smallest increase available.
Just to make a point on progression, if you have a look in my own journal on here, about a year ago I squatted 35kg. Once I was squatting 60kg+, it was getting hard. Initially I was aiming to increase weight - just by the smallest amount possible - every session. Above 60kg, I've stalled many times, had to reset the weight and work back up. I've had health issues and time out of the gym completely, setting me back further. As the weight's gotten heavier and heavier, I've had to slow down progress from day to day to aiming for only once a week, and not always getting there each week. Now, where you're currently at, you have so much more potential for improvement than I've got. Last I heard, you were squatting 12kg. I honestly think that if I were training you and we took you out of pump classes and got you on the gym floor, I could have you squatting 40-50kg by the end of this month just started, possibly more, just by adding the tiniest bit of weight onto the bar with every session.
It's the most basic of muscle building techniques. Lift a weight. Eat. Recover. Lift slightly more weight. Repeat. It's not super fun or interesting, it's not glossy or cutting edge. It's boring and simple. But it works.