Going to the gym with goal being weight loss, but gaining weight?

Hey, I'm 15 years old and I just started going to the gym about 2 weeks ago with my goal being weight loss. I've been watching what I eat, my calorie intake. I've been doing cardio/muscle building in the gym, but In the past 2 weeks I noticed that I put up a few pounds.. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?Usually have 3 meals a day, nothing greasy, I cut back on everything sugaryI mostly just have some fruits and veggies, I've been drinking yogurt and eating feta cheese, also been eating brown bread.I go to the gym about 4 - 5 days a week, do 15 minutes of cardio and about 30 - 40 minutes of muscle training

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It is perfectly normal to increase weight with recent start of exercise regimes - particularly if you are:Still in puberty and growing.Are more consistently hydrated (you may have been dehydrated when less active, and this can be a 5-6 lb difference in weight even in a single day if the weather is hot and or you didn't drink enough consistently.With exercise your body will store more water and glucose within your muscles as energy supply for them, this can be a similar amount of difference too.You will also enlarge the muscle fibres and reduce the size of fat cells by using up energy and training your muscles. As muscle is denser than fat you may see a steady or slight increase in weight even as your size reduces and body tone improves.I'd recommend relying less on weight and BMI, both to monitor progress and as goals, and instead think in terms of tone, shape and fitness.For a rough guideline you can use waist:height and waist:hip ratios. Your waist size should ideally be below half your height, and your waist below your hip size (for men approximately 0.9:1 and for women 0.8:1 are close to the normal ranges for healthy normal weight adults). Many very fit and healthy athletes would be considered overweight or obese using weight and BMI estimates suitable for the sedentary 'general' population, and indeed once they retire they often do become noticeably 'comfy' even if they don't actually increase in weight at all.

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• When is the last time in the evening you eat? Do you eat breakfast - if so, what do you eat? How many meals a day do you eat? How many times a week are you going to the gym and what do you do when you're there? It is normal dont worry