number on scale increases but clothes are looser?

The bottom line is that the number on the scale is not important when it comes to fat loss. The scale with fluctuate; that is normal & happens for various reasons.

It sounds like you are losing inches which means you're losing fat. If you have not taken measurements I suggest you do so - and measure everything! The more places you measure the happier you'll be.

I don't have any answers for you, but while you wait for someone more knowledgeable than me to come along, you might want to post some information that I'm pretty sure they'll want:

1.) How much weight have you gained?
2.) How long has this trend been going on?
3.) How accurately are you logging your calories?
4.) How's your water consumption?
5.) Open your diary so others can see it.

Yeah, scale fluctuations can happen for a myriad of reasons but mostly water weight due to high sodium, exercise increase or women's monthly cycle. And most of the time those slight increases go away in a week or so. Obviously you're doing something right if you're losing inches so be proud, keep up the good work and don't put too much behind what the scale says.

FYI, make sure you're weighing yourself on the same scale, wearing the same thing (or nothing) at around the same time every day. Say one day you weigh and it's first thing in the morning, nude, after you go to the bathroom, then the next time you weigh afer eating breakfast and you have a heavy robe on - obviously you'll be up a bit due to the food in your belly and the robe.

I have been eating healthy for about 10 days. I know that's not long, but in the past I would have dropped at least 3-5 numbers on the scale by now. I actually haven't been logging, but I have been trying to log in my head. I usually go over on calories but I am eating healthy and drinking 3-5 bottles of water per day and no sweets:-)

Well, if you're going over on cals it doesn't matter if it's healthy, sweets, or whatever..... calories in vs calories out for weight loss.

Other people say, could the actual food you are eating. Our bodies may be allergic to the food (not all most likely) or processes it differently. Go see a dietitian. There are programs that eliminate certain foods from your diet. That will be a process...

And even though you are doing it in your head (guess depending how long you have been doing this site), often times it isn't as correct as it should be. I know I have done that. Or at least write it down. Visuals help me.

You won't see results if you are consistantly going over your daily budget, even if eating nothing but healthy food. There IS such thing as too much of a good thing. If you're serious about this, you should be logging everything that goes into your mouth so you can notice your trends and bad habits.

Think of it this way.

Things that make your scale weight go up- gas, water retention, TOM, fibre intake, time of day, temperature, time since last bowel movement etc etc

Things that make your clothes looser- you getting smaller, pants goblins.