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ORIGINAL: barelynangel

LL, then you don't understand the difference between muscle and fat.  If you don't you may want to look at a pound of muscle and a pound of fat and see the difference and why someone would rather be 150 lbs with a higher muscle mass than 150 lbs of a higher body fat.  This is why when people are working out especially with weight -- they are warned that their weight may go up, not only because they are gaining muscle but when the muscle heals it retains water to utilize it in the healing process -- so you may see the scale rise.

You can have twins where one is 15% body fat and another is 25% body fat and the one with 15% body fat more than likely will weigh more than the other twin because muscle weighs more than fat.  So if you have more muscle mass, it stands to reason that the weight on the scale may go up.

Please don't try and confuse people by insinuating a pound of muscle on the body is the same as a pound of fat on the body.  If you really think so -- do a comparison.  You utilizing semantics of a lb, however, if you have more body FAT, you may well weight less than if you have more muscle.  There are NOT the same outside the numbers on a scale -- however, the human body doesn't deal with ONE pound, it deals with many pounds and a combination of body fat and muscle.  If your body is gaining muscle and losing fat, you may find the scale rising.  If you are losing muscle and gaining fat, you may find it staying the same. 

If the body was either all fat or all muscle i would say okay, but the human body doesn't work like that.  There is no just pound of fat or pound of muscle, there is a whole kitandkaboodle of what the number on the scale stands for, one of them being you may be GAINING muscle or the muscle is healinig etc -- which could even happen if you stress a muscle without actually working out.

OP, if you seriously thinking you are GAINING actual fat, instead of your body tripping out because you have stopped a whole bunch of crap, go get your body fat tested as soon as possible, then you will have a gauge of if you are actually gaining fat or its your body readjusting.
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Here's the problem, I have increased exercise, I consume less calories yet my metabolism seems to have slowed down considerably, with what I am doing (and I track it) I should have lost 1 lbs but I gained 2 lbs.

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ORIGINAL: Ninebelowzero

in all seriousness starting smoking is my only regret in life.

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I changed my exercise routine dramatically, changed what I eat and it seems to have worked so far