In the morning when I weigh myself, I'm 202 lbs. At night, I'm 206. I am only eating 2 meals a day, and a protein drink, and 1 snack which is usually yogurt - all protein. I'm only averaging about 500-600 calories, so why the dramatic weight difference. Am I doing something wrong?

I always weigh about 2-4 lbs more in the evening.. It is normal

as long as it goes back down in the morning I would not worry

In the morning when I weigh myself, I'm 202 lbs. At night, I'm 206. I am only eating 2 meals a day, and a Protein drink, and 1 snack which is usually yogurt - all protein. I'm only averaging about 500-600 calories, so why the dramatic weight difference. Am I doing something wrong?

Don't ask - I have yet to find someone who can explain to me how I can weigh more in the morning than at the night before - I don't "sleep-eat". MORE. Or I weight a lot less at 6pm than I did at 8am and I have been eating and drinking (in moderation, but still).

But let me ask you this - isn't a human body pretty much the most incredible "machine" in the world?

I am not talking about some religious or spiritual thing here, but really from a technology point of view. Brains, motor skills, physical strength, love - is there anything in the world that can do all those things? OK, a computer may be smarter, a car may be faster, steel may be stronger -- but what can do all this in one machine? And what can do all those things and hasn't been invented by a human?

I am not trying to scare you, but it will most probably get worse and even less understandable.

You are only a few weeks out, and if you start over-analyzing your body's behavior, you'll kill yourself. Just go with the flow, take it day by day and if you are stalled or your weight fluctuates more than you understand -- just be sure that as long as you stay within the calories you are prescribed and do good on your Protein and Water, you'll lose weight. Don't try to find a reason because in most cases, there simply is none.

Your body is a mystery, but in the end and looking at it over a larger time span, it is calories in vs. calories out and you'll be fine!

that is exactly why I stopped weighing myself so much. I only weigh once a week because it feels so much better to see 2 -3 pounds come off then it does to see 1/2 pound each day. I think for me it is about water weight but not sure I could explain it.