Slow weight loss

I appear to be losing weight much slower compared to others.  I'm 5 weeks out today & have only lost 20 lbs since my surgery.  I read about others losing 30 lbs in 3 weeks & think why am I so slow!  Any comments welcome....thanks!

First of, don't compare yourself to others. Everyone has a different speed and different amounts of weight to lose. 

You are just starting so my advice would be to put the scale away and don't step on it unless you are at the doctors.

you will hear this a lot, YMMV (your miles may vary).

Thank you...good advise.  I've heard that from others too, so time to stop stressing and keep moving forward.

4 # a week is really not that slow,just sayin

You're doing great.  Bookmark your post.  You will laugh at it someday....I promise.   So many people who said this come back a year later wondering if they are going to get too thin.  The only people who lose 30lbs in 3 weeks are very obese MEN! :)

My surgery was on 10/10/14 so I am at the same point as you.  As of today I have lost 25 pounds.  I had a 9 day plateau that drove me crazy. 

I found some help in reading about weight stalls and the science behind it (link below).

http://www.dsfacts.com/weight-loss-stall-or-plateau.php

As someone else suggested, you just can't compare yourself to others.  The higher your beginning BMI the faster you will lose. 

At one point I was even convinced that they did the sleeve on me but not the switch!   Something I found on-line that helped me (mentally) is that the restrictive portion of the surgery helps with weight loss and the mal-absorptive helps with keeping it off. 

Think back to before your switch - wouldn't you have loved to lose an average of 4 pounds week over week!

Good luck!

Thank you so much!  

This is a huge help.