There are some things I don't understand about my body

This is the first post I've made on reddit so I apologize if I don't use proper etiquette when it comes to certain things so please let me know. So for some background on me, I'm 17 years old, around 5'7, and I weigh 187 lbs and I'm just curious about some things that I noticed about my body.

Over the past 3-4 years, my weight has fluctuated a lot. I went from starting highschool at 13 turning 14 being 170 and 5'1, and I took wrestling for 2 years. My first year of wrestling I lost around 40 lbs and went from 170 to 130 within around 4 months. Based off of a lot of the posts I've seen, that's is pretty unhealthy and most people don't maintain that amount of weight loss, especially since I didn't do anything involving counting calories or eating right. My day's consisted of either eating a sandwich and maybe a small meal for dinner because I was on weight for my weight class, or eating nothing to not risk it and drinking lots of water either way. I ended up sort of maintaining this weight while still not doing any calorie counting or and I slowly was eating more and more unhealthily, lots of snacking. I gained around 10 pounds by the end of my sophomore year. I stopped doing wrestling and the end of my junior year, I was around 5'5 and I weighed about 155-160.

Now that I've graduated, around 4-5 weeks ago, my weight skyrocketed to 209 pounds due to very poor eating habits and eating very late. I stayed up late, snacked on foods, drank sodas, and rarely exercised. So I wanted to make a change, however, even after reading and reading, and understand how weight loss works and knowing the steps that I have to take. I ended up not following any of it except for three things.I only eat when I'm hungry, and not just appetite stimulants, like eating while watching a movie or playing a game.I only eat if I feel that it is a healthy food, and I guesstimate all my calories. If I don't know exactly, I just assume things, like pasta = more calories, veggies = less calories, meat = not too many not too fewThe last thing I follow is a quote I heard off of a post on this subreddit, "If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple, you're not really hungry."

Following those rules, I've gone from 209 to 186.4 at my lowest. I'm pretty sure this is probably unhealthy as I usually only have around 1 meal a day, and maybe a small snack as I'm rarely ever hungry when I really think about it, and I also don't exercise too frequently still. I'll have moments of hunger where I feel like I need something to eat, but then after about 10 mins, it's gone. I believe this is because hunger which derives from stimulants or activities in which you frequently eat during, causes this fleeting hunger which is not real hunger. If I'm correct real hunger does not just go away by forgetting about it.

So my questions would be:

1. One thing I randomly thought of when wondering how I'm losing weight without really trying that much, is the majority of this weight just water weight?
2. Do I have a fast metabolism but I just ended up getting out of control with eating? (I'm assuming no as the common symptoms of a fast metabolism do not relate to me)
3. Long term, will losing weight by only eating when I feel hungry and being aware of what I'm eating be alright?
4. I usually lose around 3-4 pounds overnight when I weigh myself at night vs in the morning, is this normal for a regular metabolism?

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