<human>: Hey all... Very quick question :D.

So, I've been hovering around 138 or so for the past few weeks. Give or take. I've been wanting to get to 130, but I've not been so strict with my diet lately, and I've sorta been maintaining. Which isn't so bad.

However, this past week I've decided to up my base caloric intake to 1700 from 1500, which if I'm being honest, I've pretty much been eating around 1700-1900 depending on my activity level for awhile now anyways, so it's not like a huge spike, and I haven't been putting on any weight that way either. I've just made it "official" to not push so hard, and enjoy my accomplishment thus far, while still losing weight. Just not at a 750+ deficit. More like 500 now. 

I've also been trying to not worry so much about the scale. I weigh daily, though. 

Now, I had a pretty big eating day (meal) which I normally do every weekend or so. Only about 2500-2800 cals total for the day, but here's what has me puzzled. This was on Sunday. Monday I actually lost a lb, which I figured could be the calm before the storm of Sunday kicks it back around 138 or so. Except yesterday I went from 137 to 140. Ok, so that's the day its kicked in. Even though I ate at my usual rate on Monday. Today, though, I jumped up another lb.

Is this normal? Granted I ate above my base last night, but my sodium levels and all were normal. I've started running around my neighborhood rather than the treadmill for 2-2.5 miles with a ton of hills. Maybe my legs are retaining whatever in my muscles? I'm trying not to "care" so much, as I'm actually looking leaner. I just don't like seeing that number go up without at least knowing how/why. I've definitely not eaten 3500++ over my maintenance, especially in about 3 days time lol.

Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: weight has fluctuated about 4 lbs the past few days, while definitely not eating that amount in cals, and working out harder than usual. When can I expect it to settle back down?