Losing weight, but adding inches?

Hola!

Around xmas, I was 226 or so...then I dropped to roughly 204 by the middle/end of February, right now being about the same. Most of this was from lack of eating (bedtime was at 5 am, up at 230, bowl of cereal, go to work at 4pm, have 2 tunafish sandwiches at 8 pm for lunch, 3-4 cans of pop throughout the night, get home and make a frozen pizza). Also at work, I unload trucks, so that's a good 8 hours of walking, most of it briskly. I was at I think 36-38 for waist, and after the weight loss people commented on how skinnier I looked, both in the face and the waist. Problem is, when I checked my waist, I'm at 40-41 now.
I've never been this high, ever. I don't get how people can notice I look skinnier, I notice I look skinnier, yet somehow I added an inch or two? I wasn't measuring the hips, I was measuring the "height" of the beer belly, so I doubt it's a measurement error. Also, it was through walking, and I'm always told that walking burns fat off your belly more than running (to some extent).
I've been a weight lifter, on and off, for the past 9, almost 10 yrs. I ran x-country, rowed, etc.......and I therefore basically diversed myself in topics such as nutrition, health and fitness, and anything else I could get my hands on, so I know a great deal about those issues, and yet I'm still confused.
The only choices I have are- could be all the pop I drank, and continue to drink, but I've always drank like this and I've actually been cutting back the past 2-3 months. Maybe a measurement error? Possibly, yet highly doubtful. Anything else anyone can think of would be GREATLY appreciated...thanks all :D
 
I think more so than being concerned with your measurement issues you should really just re-design your whole plan period. There is no structure there, lack of good diet choices and walking while not bad for you by any means but, will only do so much.

I would do a sound routine/plan re-design.
 
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