Frustrated and feel like I am doing something wrong.

Had my surgery on April 27th and have only lost 5 pounds. I am following the diet plan they gave me but feel like I should be losing more weight then I am. How much weight do people normal lose in the first few weeks?  I am frustrated but determine to lose the weight and make life changes.

Check my stats below... I lost 52 before surgery though. The Dr told my husband to hide my scale for the first several weeks.

also what are you eating and how much and how many calories?

As long as you stick to your plan, you will lose the weight. Losing rates are a highly individual thing, and some of us lose a lot right off the bat, and some lose in a stair-step fashion. ( lose, stop, lose, stop )

Surgery weights can also have an effect. Losing a lot pre-surgery can translate to a slower loss, and if you have less to lose, you may lose it slower than someone who had a higher starting weight than you.

Just keep plugging away; you'll get there if you stay the course.

Expect a few stagnate weeks in the beginning...  I dropped 15 after surgery then stayed steady for a week or so before I started losing again...  Your body and brain just need to sink up, so you brain is not telling your body to go into starvation mode. 

I lost the first week after surgery, then lost zero pounds for 3 1/2 weeks. Stick with it, it will happen.

I cried at the one week follow up appt., I had lost nothing and I was scared to death.  But now I'm down 51 in a farely Short time I Feel.  It still hurts a little when I see others with such super quick results and wish that was me.  I only loose a pound at a time, and that's not everyday at all.  For me I learned it's a slow steady process and it is working. (No one ever told me that),  I also don't have complications which is a blessing. I love my weight loss ticker on here it's a motivator and I have an Excel chart with weigh in dates and a graph, that really shows my progress when I look back from where I started.  Best of Luck with Everything!