Slowly steadily gaining, is this normal?

I believe you asked this question or similar another day, nothing wrong with that of course! I was told here, in the beginning, several times (and the people are right, and it makes sense) that your body is pretty much in a constant state of fluctuation. Any gain you see from either hour to hour or if you weighed (for example at night) after dinner, then before breakfast, your body could absolutely show a gain -- which would likely be water. It's not an actual gain of fat (it takes 3500 calories to gain 1 pound of fat)

As someone who was a constant weigher, multiple times a day, before eating, after eating, before bed, every single day I weighed in several times. I became frustrated with it. Not truly understanding at the time that the slight ups and downs were completely normal.

My suggestion, pick 1 day a week and only weigh in on that one day. I personally have chosen Saturday, first thing (after any necessary bathroom business lol) in the morning, in my birthday suit. When I was losing, for me this showed a more realistic measure of *progress*. If after 7 days I had lost something, it seemed legit. If after 7 days I had gained anything, it would have been legit.

Plus you are new to this. Your body is probably just going through a bit of confusion with the changes you are making. I'm no expert and I haven't always made the best choices on the up and up 24/7, but when you find the pattern and choices that work for you and your body, you'll begin to see what loses or even little gains are normal. Hope this helps.

You would have had to be eating 14,000 calories ABOVE your maintenance level to gain four pounds of fat in the past week (pretty much impossible --lol). It also takes a long time to gain muscle weight even if doing extensive weight training. The only possibility remaining is that your body is currently retaining extra water weight. Water weight can fluctuate quite a bit at times and this can happen for various reasons. For women it can often be affected by the time of the month and the water weight will disappear as mysteriously as it came on when it is ready. I suggest you just make sure you are accurately logging everything you are eating and, above all, relax. It has only been a few days. Try not to get too obsessive over the scales. Record your weight only once a week and weigh yourself at the same time of day and while wearing the same clothing (or naked). First thing in the morning after you have gone to the bathroom but before you have eaten or drank anything will give you the most accurate reading of your actual weight.