SammiJo,
I'm betting that the weight gain is muscle. Muscle weighs 4 times as much as fat, so you may very well be losing fat, but gaining muscle, and still gain weight because of the density of the muscle. Don't stress out too much. I used to tell people who were first starting an exercise regime to not look at the scale, not even once, for the first couple months. I doubt anybody listened to me because I'm sure that's a hard thing to do, but honestly hun, when you're first starting to exercise, you're gaining muscle like crazy! After a while, you start to not gain as much muscle, but still continue to lose fat, and then the weight will start coming off.
There are way better ways of measuring progress than weight. Weight is such a funny thing. If you want to not "weigh" as much, go to the moon! You'll only weight 1/6 of what you weigh here! So weight isn't a great indicator. Try measuring yourself and see for yourself how the inches come off. Get a friend to help you measure yourself, not just your belly region, but take measurements of all over (arms, legs, chest, etc...) and track progress that way if you want to. Really, try not to stress over the weight gain too much. Chances are, you ARE losing fat, but are gaining muscle, and that is putting on the weight.
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Pam
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