1 month but have not lost enough

Hi, I had my surgeon appointment yesterday and he mentioned I had not lost enough weight.
I had surgery on Dec 4 and have now lost 21 lbs.  May be I started on soft foods too fast?  What calorie intake is everyone one on after 1 month and I seem to get different answers for the dietitian.  I have started eating soft fish and mashed potatoes can anyone help me?

What was your starting weight?

I started at 235

I will be at one month tomorrow (RNY 12/9/08) and I have lost 22lbs.  My surgeon seemed fine with it.  I also tolerated soft foods right away. But he said it also has to do with how obese you were to begin with. I was not so bad - barely qualified for they surgery in fact.  So I will lose more slowly than someone who started out as morbidly obese.  That's what he said.
Just eat more of the fish and less potatoes :)

what weight did you start at?

I started at 217 and I weighed 195 this past Wednesday.

Wow - I don't know if I've ever heard of a surgeon saying that to a patient at this stage in the game...eek!

However, I honestly would not worry too much at this point! As long as you are following your NUT's guidelines (if they seem to be sound, that is...some are not very fine tuned) and following your pouch rules, you will be fine!

Hang in there!

Hi,
I had surgery the same day as you and Im down 24 lbs. and my surgeon thought that was great.
They told me any where between 20-30 was good.  So dont be hard on yourself, your right on track.
Joanne

My doc told me the same thing. Not losing enough weight. I had rny 12-12-08 and have lost 30 pounds and they told me im eating to much and should have lost at least 30 pounds the first 4 weeks so i found a BETTER support group and they said everyone loses weight differently and anything is better than it was the month before. Dont beat yourself up because we can only do what we can do and the heck with the docs that say it isnt good enough!!!