Losing weight too quickly?

I started a cut on January 1st. This isn't my first time doing this and I'd like to think I know what I'm doing. But the numbers have me a little confused. Let's start with my stats:  

  • 30 years old  

  • 6'5 

  • 255lbs starting 

  • Around 20% BF on 1/1/19 

I weigh every Sunday morning, before I've eaten anything. Week 1 I lost 7lbs. Okay I figure, that's way too much but I cut carbs a good amount (went from about 300g/day to 100g/day) so maybe I just lost a bunch of water weight. Week 2 I'm down 1.8lbs. This is what I was shooting for. Week 3: 1.6lbs, I'm good with this. So I step on the scale today for week 4 and I'm down 7.7lbs and now I'm confused. Here's an average day's macros: 

  • 1750 cals 

  • 170g protein 

  • 80g fat 

  • 100g carbs 

Cardio is limited at two 20 minute sessions of moderate intensity a week. Strength is down obviously and I know I need to eat more. I was thinking of bumping up to 2,100 cals for next week but the question is, why are my losses so erratic? I was shooting for 2lbs/week but I'm down 18lbs in the first month. Bumping my cals up by a few hundred wouldn't account for losing an almost 8lb loss this week.

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