<human>: So, the title is weird, but there's no real way to put it - I feel like I've lost weight, I seem to have lost more, but my scale is staying stagnant. 

As per post history, I've been on a 1500 cal/day diet, lost around 81 pounds without any exercise beyond walking. I have around 88-ish plus pounds to go, and intentionally gave myself a break (i.e., I ate at or within 100 calories of maintenance) over the course of the Christmas Holiday, from December 24th to January 1st. January 2nd, I begin the diet again, and start to incorporate working out into my routine (15 level incline at 2.7-3.5 miles per hour for an hour, in intervals on a treadmill mixed with occasional strength training), allowing for the calories burned to affect my eating habits (i.e., Food-Exercise = Net Calories, which I stay within 1,000-1500/day for), while generally not going past 2000 calories consumed, and keeping it towards protein and veggies, rather than anything else. 

Now, here's were things get screwy - I check my weight today, approximately 3 weeks since my last weigh in (which was 288), and now my scale reads 295! I look thinner, I feel lighter, I've even got new clothes. I have no idea if my scale is busted, if I'm busted, or if there's something I'm not seeing. Any advice, friends?

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<bot>: Went on break eating maintenance for a week. Resumed diet and exercise for 2 weeks, check weight and I've somehow gained seven pounds. Not sure if scale or me.