1st of all i want to wish each and every last one of my BariatricPal bro's & sis's a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! I had my surgery in Tijuana Mexico 12/15/16, ive had absolutely no complications! I threw up last night Christmas Eve because the broth That my mother-in-law gave me off her chicken for todays dinner was too greesy bot ooooohhhh soooo delicious , it came up out my mouth &nose! HONESTLY my weight loss has been slower than ive been reading on other patients post but oh well any loss is better than any gain! I picked up 7lbs in the hospital from swelling & IV Fluids, lost that plus bout 5 or 6 more, so its slow motion but im dealing with it, im also learning better techniques & patterns to dealing with my extame hunger & head hungry

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everyone's body is different and everyone loses at different rates - some fast, some slow. It's pretty useless to compare yourself to others. You may have a whole different set of factors that affect your loss - age, gender, metabolism, whether or not you lost a bunch of weight before surgery (those who lost weight pre-surgery tend to lose slower), amount of muscle mass, etc.

I know you'll see these people who drop 30 lbs the first month, but that's not very common. Most people seem to lose in the 15-25 lb range the first month (of course, there are a few who lose more - and a few who lose less). After that initial drop, it slows quite a bit for all of us.

I was a slow loser. I lost 16 lbs the first month, and then about 8-12 lbs a month until I was about six months out (then it dropped even further). Even the medical resident who met with me on my three-month follow-up said I was a slow loser - not something I wanted to hear. But I stuck diligently to my plan and lost 220 lbs I am at a normal BMI now. So it really doesn't make any difference in the long run how fast or slow you lose as long as you stick to your plan. Your body will lose as fast or slow as it wants to lose, and it will stop where it wants to stop.