Big weight loss from night to morning ...

I didn't believe it myself so I got on the scale 3-4 times to make sure.  Is this more than likely due to the lymphedema (LE) that I have.  I can get ready to go to bed and weigh literally 10 pounds more than I do in the morning.  By morning time I have lost the 10-11 pounds.  This has just been in the last week.  But also I have had a bad bad cold that I have been fighting and have been taking Mucinex (thank goodness for Mucinex).  Or is my body going through more changes?  I have been at a stall for approximately a month now.  I know I shouldn't be weighing myself at night... but you know how it is.   By the way my surgery was 10-30-07. Thanks again, Heidi

I really don't see how that big of a change (loss) is possible between bed and a.m., unless you are getting up during the night to do #1 and/or #2, although I would guess that the vast majroity of this lost weight is fluid, esp. if it comes right back by the end of the day.   I know my nurse WLS buds claim that my LE probably accounts for 10 lbs. or more of fluid in my body (i.e. excess lymphatic fluid), but I find it hard to imagine I'm sloshing THAT much around in my feet and ankles/lower legs.  But then they point out that just a gallon of liquid weighs that much, or some such, which them seems to make it appear more plausible to me for some reason (although I still find it hard to believe I have that much fluid down there!)

My entire weight loss journey has been in chunks just like that.  Therefore it must be associated with LE.  This is the only board that I have seen the same thing happen to someone else as me.  I have had as much as a 30# loss overnight.  The weight loss would happen 1 day every 4-6 weeks.

I can easily loose 10lb overnight, and it is definately fluid, i have to go to the bathroom at least 3 times during the night and if i have had a busy day and my leg is more swollen i know it will be more

Thank you for your response to this. 

If you have edema you can fluctuate weight all the time.  I always have about a 5lb different between waking in the AM and going to bed in the PM......and it sucks!  I always weigh in the AM and at the same time.  However, you may also be losing some fat along with water, so good for you!!!  A loss is a loss...as I see it!  Good luck and keep up the good work!