and the scales says 162.6. So I have been experiencing some normal swings of a couple of pounds in each direction. I am going to lower my target for a little while and get the mid point of the swings down at or just below 160. I am only going to lower it to 1700 and let it take a while.

Something odd is going on with the scale. I step on, get a weight, step off, wait for it to go dark and step on again to confirm. I always do that and it is pretty rare for them not to match but if they don't I do it a 3rd time and it matches one of the 2 and I accept that. The last 3 or 4 weigh ins, the 2nd and 3rd weight have been exactly 1.4 pounds higher than the first one. It may be time for a fresh battery.

EDIT - I made a Goodwill run to drop a few things off. I am becoming confident that I will keep it off.