3 week post op surgeon visit and some questions

Great job! I'd take that doctor's feedback with a grain of salt for sure.

I wouldn't worry about it either.  Keep doing what you are doing.  You need the protein so you don't loose muscle mass.  I was a really slow looser but steady and 17 pounds in 3 weeks is not slow!  

I just hate it when they do that.  My NUT said same thing at my two week post-op visit.  "Oh, that is a slow loss for two weeks"... it was 4 pounds, and I had gained 8 pounds in the hospital for a total loss of 12.  I had been excited just to go in the right direction, and was crushed until I posted something and was reminded about what a major surgery it was.  I am down 58 pounds since I began this journey.  Which is exactly the first time in my life that I have gone consistently in the down direction.  Hooray.  Do exactly what you are doing!  Maybe I would increase my calories a tiny bit at some point.  My team wants my calories about 600 a day... but others might have a different approach.

Congratulations!!!

You re doing amazing! Shame on your Doc, what the heck is he/she thinking? Keep up the good work - it will pay off :)

Ceci

she can go suck an egg.  17 lbs in three weeks is great!  I lost 16 lbs my entire first month, and in addition, I was told by a medical resident during my three-month post appt that I was a "slow loser".   Well this "slow loser" has lost over 200 lbs, and made it to a normal BMI.  People lose at all different rates and it depends on a variety of factors.  This stupid doctor should know that.  What a jerk..

You are doing fantastic, keep doing what you are doing! Congrats on your weight loss and on how great you doing with keeping your protein and fluid levels up.