I am again bummed, not loosing the weight!!!

It is me again, I had my surgery 3 weeks today - open rny - i am doing EVERYTHING my surgeon has told me to do - I am walking between 1.5 - 2 miles a day. Drinking about 88 oz of liquid a day (12 oz milk, and the rest water with either special k protein powder (30 cal) or crystal lite in it). I am eating my protein ( up near 90 grams a day - is this too much?) I eat my 3 meals, but often don't get my snacks in because it takes me so long to eat my food. My surgeon said I could eat real food - just chew, chew, chew - I was too scared to do that so I use my magic bullet to puree it. I am taking all my vitamins, my calcium citrate, my biotin, my iron and my B vitamins. The first week I lost 12.5 lbs - I was THRILLED - the next week - NOTHING and this week I lost 1 lb - so that puts me at 13.5 lb for three weeks. If I was doing weight watchers, or another program I would be thrilled, but having just had major surgery, and am doing everything my surgeon told me to do, it is really frustrating - I know I need not look at the scale as my only reward - but I read other posts and I don't know if I have heard of someone with this low a weight loss in this time. I know in one of my last posts someone said I was starting as a "light weight" (BMI 40) but this is really bumming me out. Today I am going to decrease my protein to 40-60 grams (talked to my surgeon and he believes this is plenty), try to get my snacks in - but what else can I do? HELP!! Joanna

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