Any tips?

Sorry for the wall of text-

I've been tracking my food for a while. I never did any crazy fad diets but I've used CICO and understanding that made it really easy to see why I would lose or gain weight. After I lost about 30 pounds a few years ago I went through periods of tracking what I'm eating and losing or maintaining my weight then I would get lazy and stop and gain a few pounds back but I always stayed around 130-135lbs. I didnt exercise much but I just ate around 1300 calories per day to lose or ~1700 to maintain.

I got really busy back in february and totally stopped tracking and ate a ton of take out but I managed to only gain a few pounds. I got up to 141 pounds and have been trying to get in shape for 5 weeks. I don't expect any crazy changes in that time frame but I have somehow gained more weight.

I have been working out for at least an hour, 5 days/week and eating an average of 1500 calories/day and I have gained 2 more pounds. I have a fitbit versa 2 which tells me I'm burning an average of 2475 calories/day (I know they overestimate but I figure I'm around 2000 at least). So with a 500 cal/day deficit for 5 weeks I should've lost about 5 pounds. I have hit plateaus before but not when just starting to track and not lasting this long. I have been lifting weights and I know muscle weighs more than fat but can I really gain mass while in a deficit? (also I'm hesitant to believe its fat turning to muscle because I have not lost any inches and my body doesn't look different) I am very careful with my tracking so I'm just confused and looking for any advice?

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