trying to maintain!

psmd

I have been trying to maintain a 10% weight loss for the past few weeks, and would like to until after Christmas, then I will try to lose weight again. The issue (and don't hate me for this, I know it's a stupid thing to complain about) is that in the past week I have dropped about 3 lbs. Except instead of eating 1200 calories (plus exercise calories) I'm eating closer to 2000, and hadn't worked out for a week (restarted yesterday). I have a couple thoughts about the possibilities: 1. dehydration/water weight, 2. muscle loss from not working out for a week (actually 9 days to be exact), 3. higher metabolism from working out a ton over the past 3 months.

Any thoughts?? Has this happened to anyone else?? Should I be concerned, or just be happy about it. I am not complaining about losing weight, but the reason I wanted to maintain through the holidays is to "slow down" my weight loss and therefore be able to keep it off in the long run.

Thanks for any input!!

UponThisRock

4. you're still in a calorie deficit

psmd

I do have a smaller calorie deficit but have definitely gone over some days. I guess I hope it's more that it's water retention rather than muscle mass or something, otherwise I'm not concerned and definitely better to lose than to gain I suppose. Thanks for the input!