Why is my skeletal muscle going up, but muscle mass going down?

Hi r/loseit!

I am hoping someone will read this and be able to help.

So for the stats: SW (90KG / 198lbs), CW (62.8KG / 138lbs), GW (60KG / 132lbs) F 5'7.

As I'm now approaching my GW (hoooray!), I want to start moving my focus from weight loss onto lowering my body fat % and toning up soon. At the moment I do 2 strength training classes a week, and one circuits session. I also sporadically do one extra strength training session at the gym on the machines (but this is definitely not every week).

I've been weighing in on a smart scale since January and noticed that whilst my skeletal muscle is gaining, my muscle mass is decreasing. This shows the pattern in the last month but it's been the same gradual incline/decline since January: http://imgur.com/gallery/qEaDAh6

I was just wondering how my muscle mass could decrease, whilst skeletal muscle increased? Should I be worried about this, given that I am now moving my goals to increasing definition as opposed to just weight loss - or is the skeletal muscle the more important to my goals anyway?!

Thanks in advance!!

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