Should I continue to ignore the scale or no?

SW: 80 kgs, lowest weight 73 kgs.

Hello everyone, so my lowest weight was 73kgs which I reached after 2 years of consistent weighing myself, calorie counting, and exercise. About 1.5 months ago my weight settled at 74.5 kgs.

Since then, we moved homes and the scale kind of got lost with the furniture during moving. I was happy with our new home which came with a pool we never had before.

So for the next 1.5 months, I decided to continue my journey without weighing myself. I felt amazing and less pressure. I swam at on average 3-4x per week for around 40 minutes to an hour and I am talking doing laps not just floating, and would easily use the treadmill for 30 minutes on average 2-3 x per week and would also lift weights 1-2x a week. My average daily steps were around 7,000-10,000.

My average caloric though intake was around 1,800 which is higher than I aimed to have.

My clothes fit better. People would tell me “I lost a lot of weight.” I felt I looked better, in pictures I seemed thinner, I was more motivated to continue working out and weighing my food/calories.

We found our weighing scale and I decided to weigh myself, expecting the numbers to fit the picture. I was shocked to see it reading 77.8kgs. I had gained nearly 7 pounds during this time.

Now I feel confused and scared. I don’t feel like the scale matches the picture but I worry if I continue this the next time I weigh myself I will be back 80kg +. But on the other hand, what if I am delusional and the scale really is accurate and I am gaining weight but can’t see it?

What should I do?