Am I gaining weight or musscle

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I have been using Nautilus Machines and working out on the Elliptical Machine about 2 months now. I was at about 136lbs now I am at 140 and my pants are not fitting right. They seem to be tighter then they were. Am I gaining weight or muscle? I am 29 and lost 30lbs in the last two years on Weight Watchers and wanted to tone up. I started out alternating Nautilus and Elliptical. Should I be focusing on upper body when not on the Elliptical? Should I be using a higher resistance on the Elliptical or lower also is incline a big deal? Please help me I am so frusterated. I wanted to see my inches go down not up. Thank you.:confused:
 
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What does your diet look like?

The elliptical does not stimulate the leg muscles enough to encourage muscle growth, especially when there is lacking in ones diet.
 
Well my diet is more less like this. At bf I eat lowfat yougurt 80 cal. and a special K bar. Lunch is a fat free bologna sand. and baked chips. Dinner is pasta, ect alot of chicken in my diet not alot of red meat. But bread is my weakness. Sometimes well more in the last week a nice snack mid day. Christmas is hard but I haven't been all that bad. I can feel the tone in my legs, middle and arms. The trainer said I wouldn't see much on the scale for at least 8 weeks. But what is frustrating me is the way my pants are fitting. They fit better before. Does this mean I am gaining muscle? If so when will the fat on my legs burn off? I work out 5-6 days a week alternating cardio and weights. Should I consentrate on Cardio for a while to burn some fat? Any help is wonderful.
 
Maybe I should add that when I gain weight its below the waist. I have a tiny waist and broader hips and butt. My upper body is thinner which exercises help thin down my lower body?
 
you can't spot reduce body fat. it almost sounds like you're not training upper body at all, while the lower body has bulked up over the years.

this is why its important for men and women to train the entire body, to avoid imbalances.

regardless, you can't spot reduce fat with exercise, the body stores it and burns it from predetermined locations. for men its our stomachs, for women its your hips, thighs, buns. that's always the first to gain fat, and the last to lose it.

so if it is fat and not muscle, you'll need to reduce total body fat to get it to reduce from your problem areas.
if its muscle, you need to train the upper body and fix the imbalance...its not that your lower body is big....its that your upper body is small.
 
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