Seemingly losing muscle?

[MB35]

I don't know if its just in my head cause i'm super self concious about this stuff and worry a lot, i'm currently trying to cut, eating at a 2000-2100 calorie a day diet. Which is about a 500 deficit from my maintance(maintance according to calculations is 2567.) My goal is to cut down from 18% bodyfat to anywhere between 12%-16% by the end of the month...I know that is a weird sounding goal but basically its 16% is my main goal...but anywhere lower than that would be welcome as well haha.

So far i've been noticing that i'm getting a bit leaner, i've lost a few pant sizes(went down from a 33 to a 31 in my jeans within the last 2 months). My arms look a little bigger/leaner most of the time(i'll explain this in a second), my back looks leaner, but my chest worries me. When I workout it looks big after, biggest it ever has. My lifts also keep going up(I have gone from a 1401rm to 2001rm in the last 3 months). However I really feel like my chest(and sometimes even my arms depending on the day and legs even), look smaller and less muscular. Yet when I work them out they always look significantly bigger than the last time. Its just during other times that I sometimes feel they look smaller/less muscular.

Is this due to the diet? Or am I just worrying too much or being too hard on myself?

I kinda figured worrying/too hard on myself, but I also figured i'd ask some more experienced people just to make sure.

My macros are also about 50% protein, 30% fat and 20% carbs right now.

[msm00b]

If your lifts are going up, your muscle is just fine. You likely look skinnier due to fat loss. Most beginners who are cutting have a lot less muscle than they think they do to begin with.

[MB35]

Would you say it would be beneficial to clean bulk then? Or continue to my goal for the body fat?

My plan is basically to get as lean as I can by the end of the month before I go for a wrestling tryout(its January 29th). Then upon returning from that clean bulk and see where I can get with that.

Thanks by the way.