gaining weight

[bedHead]

this is, I think, my fourth week going to the boxing gym. I go 3 times a week about 2 hours each. This week I started to run 3 miles on those days in between. I dunno if that's going to help my problem, though. The thing is, before I started I already had some extra fat that just didn't go away. That's ok, I mean, my routine 2 months ago was just going to a regular gym and lifting every day and running 3 miles 2 times a week. My weight stayed constant, and I ate lots of carbs because I was running and trying to improve my endurance yet I wanted to gain muscle. I stopped caring about gaining muscle so much, and preferred to just be leaner but stronger so I figured i was probably going to lose all that fat when I started going to the boxing gym, and I'd lose a ton of weight.

Instead I've just gained weight. I went from between 180-185lbs that I oscillated at for almost a year to 185-190+lbs (right now I'm at around 192). It's just annoying. I seriously doubt it's just muscle, because I really haven't gotten any bigger, just a bit more defined on the shoulders, and arms, but pants are feeling tighter, though. I'm eating less carbs than I was back when I just lifted (I'd eat carbs with every meal back then, now I only eat carbs with like 2 out of the 5 or 6 meals I eat a day). I'm not even eating fried foods at all like I was back then. The only difference might be that those two meals I eat carbs with I usually eat fruit... more fruit than I ate back then. So did the lifting make such a big difference? Right now I'm not lifting, because the boxing days are pretty tough on me, and the off days I try to take light by just running the 3 miles and nothing else. So should I start lifting? I'd like to know when since I don't want it to get in the way during my training days. Or maybe I should just run the 3 miles once a week and the other off days I should do intervals like HIIT or something. I'm just sayin man, cause I used to weight 250lbs when I was 17 and now I'm 20 and I just don't wanna go back to that again. Not so soon anyway.

[rizkybizness]

Low-Carbs (not no carbs, that's just ridiculous)

Lift less weight, more reps

More cardio

Cut out soda's and juices completely (try sugar free stuff like crystal light)

190lbs can vary from person to person.

You can be a lean 190 or a fat, sloppy out of shape 190 so I wouldnt judge just by that number but by your fat to muscle ratio.

Btw, the thread title is a bit misleading, not sure if you needed to gain weight or if you were having trouble losing weight.

[bedHead]

yeh sorry about the thread title. I just meant that I thought I was going to be losing a **** ton of weight, instead I'm gaining. Less weight, more reps, though? More weight less reps is what I used to do and I thought it worked. I thought maybe I was gaining muscle back then (which would results in a faster metabolism) or at least burning all the extra calories towards muscle building. I do not take out carbs altogether. Never have. Just thinking maybe I should cut out even whole grains and reduce fruits and just keep the veggies the same or maybe increase a bit.