stressed out!!!!

The less you weigh the slower you'll likely lose. 240 is a pretty low surgical weight. Among the lowest you'll see in here. Just stay the course and follow the rules. Slow and steady wins the race in this game.

perfectly normal. Follow the procedures as outlined by your doctor/dietician and everything will happen perfectly.

Your process is your process. Your quickness to lose weight is yours too. Don't try to figure out how to cheat, just follow the foods, consistencies and amounts as directed!

You've lost 18 pounds in just over one month if you calculate it from the weight you were going into surgery, plus you lost 6 additional pounds of water retention from the operation. That seems fantastic to me! You didn't start at a super high weight, all things being relative, either. You lost 25 pounds prior to surgery, too - was this in 2-3 weeks just before it, or over an extended period? If it was the former, that too must be considered.

You're doing great, and are right on track. Weighing 240 pounds going into surgery I am not sure that counting on a 30 pound loss in the first month out was particularly realistic. If it had happened, lucky you! But 18 pounds is fabulous, too.

I started at 353, lost 18 pounds during my 2-week pre-op diet, and then lost 19 pounds in the first month post-op. I started off weighing 100 or so pounds more than you - and I was thrilled with my loss.

Try not to have unrealistic goals for your rate of loss, which will only make you frustrated. Take it one day at a time. Your body is a complex, organic system which sometimes has it's own mysterious timetable. There are times when you will not lose pounds, but you may lose inches. It seems to me that everyone who has had WLS goes through periods during which their loss seems to pause as their body internally adjusts to the big changes it's going through. Then the scale moves again. Your scale hasn't stopped moving.

Keep following the plan, it will all come off, and very shortly will be very visible. Stay peaceful and patient. Regardless of our desire for an overnight transformation, this process takes as long as it takes. But as long as we follow our plan, it does happen! Best of luck to you.

I wasn't getting in enough water until I started drinking tea with a little cashew milk in it. Sometimes I put a little sweetener in it, too. The tea is much easier for me to drink in quantity than plain water, though I don't really know why. I think the warmth helps. Now I can easily have over 100 ounces a day.

Totally normal.

The only given with weight loss is it will never be as fast as you wi**** were.

I was high BMI and yet I only lost 11lbs my first month. I was freaking out too. Obviously I did fine in the end. Your body is adjusting to a new you. I wasn't doing anything wrong, everyone is just different.

You don't lose in a straight line. I could lose 8 pounds one month, and 16lbs the next. I usually found once a plateau broke, I lost alot the next 2 weeks.

Hang in there