I have a question I was hoping to get answered. Over the past 3 years I have lost 150 lbs using some home workout tapes (combo of cardion and resistance training). Now that I am going into my 30s, I realize I am going to have to put on more muscle to keep this weight off. Therefore, I bought a MH workout book and have been following a very rigorous strength training routine at the gym + bumped my calories up from 2K to 3K with most of the excess being protein.I have an extremely clean diet. I also completely cut out cardio work outs. I have been following this routine for about 9 weeks.

I am excited because I am finally putting on muscle, but my waist size is also incrasing. It feels like muscles in my core are pushing the excess fat I have left on my body out. I guess I am now used to feeling lean so I am kind of alarmed about this increase in waist size -- is thsi a normal stage to go through on the way to getting more definition? Will the muscle eventually burn the rest of this fat? thanks

Of course.if you decrease the amount of your cardio exercise you will gain your weight back ...so do regular cardio........