12 pounds is great!! You still have swelling. It is way to early to tell if you are going to be a slow loser. Slow losers are people like me who have around 100 pounds that is expected to be lost. We are called light weights. Please don't even begin to stress on that. Don't let the scale be a daily thing. Sorry as far as I am concerned still even almost a year out and 103 pounds less the scale can still ruin your day. Water weight, constipation and monthly issues still contribute. Weigh weekly. Once your body recoups some from your surgery you will fall into a pattern. It will be based on how often you walk and your eating patterns and monthly issues. You only need to be concerned on exercising, fluids and proteins. The rest will take care of its self. You will stand a good chance of hitting the well know 3 week stall and 7 week stall. Almost everyone does and most don't lose a thing for at least a week, than start losing fast again till the 7th week. Why...it is becasue your body is playing catch up. Clothing will be the best judge. Very soon you will be changing sizes about every 2 to 3 weeks promise!!

I had my surgery on May 7th. At my two week check up on the 21st I was down 12 lbs since my pre op weight right before surgery. Is this pretty good, or am I going to be a slow loser?

Surgery performed 5/12/08. Down 21 pounds so far from date of surgery. Not hungry really, but my mind tells me I want something to eat if I am watching TV and a commercial comes on for something that looks really good and fattening. Still on liquid stuff until I see surgeon on Tuesday, hopefully I will be cleared to go back to work, but hard to tell since I am a lobster fisherman and I have heavy lifting to do. My mind says it is ready to go back to work, but I don't want to over exert myself either. Good luck to the rest of the May-daters and everyone else that is trying to make a smaller you. Take care and keep smiling.....Larry

You are right, you were asaulted, by hospital staff, that should not have happened, I think you need to contact Lawyers for rights of gastric bypass pts and see if there is anything that they can do!

I had my surgery on 5/14/08 and am doing well, except for a wound problem. I too can not get my liquids in, but am doing good with protein. I got a great receipe for adding Isopure to Jello. I also made the custard, which goes down smoothly and isn't a waste of space in my tummy like plain pudding. I went for my one week check up and have lost 10lbs. I don't know about you, but I am not hungry, at all. Take Care Kathy