Sport weight gain questions ;\

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I weighed 150 at the beginning of september when I just finished loosing 50 lbs on a 1500 calorie 6 days a week cardio routine. I then took 2 weeks off, just eating normally around 1800-2000 calories, still good food, and ran once in a while (2 days a week) and gained no weight. Then I decided I wanted to gain more muscle and loose the rest of the fat. So, I've just recently, in the past 2 1/2 - 3 weeks, started taking creatine, glutamine, and eating 2000 - 2500 calories a day. All good food; turkey, chicken, whey, beans, broccoli, whole wheat, peanuts and sunflower seeds. And, of course, I'm lifting on a 3 day split. I'm working my legs, chest, shoulders, back, bis + tris, and abs.
When I 1st started to do this, I gained 5 lbs litterally over night. I assumed it was water weight so I thought nothing of it. I then dropped back down to 151 - 2 when I did a day of HIIT. But quickly gained in back over night. Now I'm 157 on an empty stomach. 162 after I eat.
My waist line hasn't changed, this I know. But I can't help but fell like I'm doing something wrong. After seeing 150 shoot up to 157 I got kind of freaked out.
Questions:
Is this a normal % of weight gain for a starting bulker?
When bulking, at what time should I consume good fat?
Will doing hiit burn fat, even if I don't have a calorie deficit for that day? How does this work?
Also, I try to do 500 / 400 / 400 / 400 / 400 / 300 for my calories through ou the day. Sometimes I can't eat 6 meals a day, so it comes out 1000 / 500 / 500 / 400. Is this ok? If not, what would be the max and min # of calories to eat at a time?

Thanks to anyone who can actually read that whole thing.

 

[surreal]

If you're taking creatine its water weight. The creatine helps you absorb and retain water. I wouldn't worry about 5 lbs unless you keep climbing. It should and will take a while. Gaining muscle weight is a lot harder than gaining weight.

When you eat your big meals depends on when your most active. If you work out in the morning and lead a busy day- eat up in the morning. If you work out a lot at night, you can eat a big lunch or dinner.

Any form of exercise will burn fat. How much depends on your reserves, and the exercise. If you didn't have a calorie defecit you burned fat- but probably not all the fat you consumed (depending on your diet). Regardless- whatever is left over is on its way to being converted to fat.

Keep it up, you look like your on track.