New scale shows a higher number - why I'm taking the hit

So I knew that my scale was not really accurate. I would step on, get one number, then step off and right back on and get a totally different number. I would do this several times in a row and the numbers varied wildly - up to a 4 pound swing, every day. I always took the middle number, figuring that as long as I was being consistent, I would be tracking my progress.

But after a couple of months of the fluctuating numbers, it started to get to me. I'm very rigorous about the math of this process - calories in/calories out, percentages of nutrients, average weight loss needed per week to achieve certain goals along the way... So the fact that I knew that I had a number in my equations that wasn't reliably accurate... No good.

And so I ordered a new scale, researched and chosen for its consistency and accuracy. And, as I expected, my true weight is higher than the "averages" from my old scale. To the tune of 4.2 pounds.

Now, originally I decided that I wouldn't mark it as a gain, and I'd just take a couple of weeks to lose it and then I'd be "caught up" with my MFP weight. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized the problem with that. First, that it's not being accountable for the reality of the situation. I don't want to lie to myself about my weight anymore, even if in a small way. And second, that I would be cheating myself out of the accomplishment of losing those 4.2 pounds. I work very hard for every loss, and I want to see that ticker move and show the results of that hard work.

So I went into all of my previous weights in MFP, from my start date through my most recent weigh in, and edited them to be 4.2 pounds higher, so now my current weight in MFP is accurate, and my ticker shows my true progress.

And speaking of that ticker, I added another 3 pound loss to it this morning, and I know it's accurate.