My surgery was 4-15-10, my weight was 247. By 4-26, my weight was 225. This morning (5-3), STILL 225. Ugh. The weight's not falling off the way I had hoped.
 

Hi!  I had my surgery on 4/13/10.  On surgery day I was 367 (I had already lost 30 pounds pre-op due to diagnosis of diabetes).  Today I am 337.  Exactly 30 more pounds gone.  Honestly, at first I was losing about 3 pounds a day and now it seems I'm averaging about 5 pounds a week.  The weight loss is slowing.  I am like you and wondering how much is normal.  Shouldn't I be losing more considering what I'm eating?  PUREED DIETS SUCK!  Every commerical on tv is tempting me so badly.  My doc says week 5 I can have soft noodles and soft chopped chicken.  I am alllllll over it!  Can't wait!  But, don't get discouraged, remember we are all different, we all started at different weights/heights and I looked at a website today that said with a roux-en-y (which is what I had) that 60% of excess weight will come off in the first 14 months so that made me feel better because that's only about 9 pounds a month for me.  Don't worry, it will come off! 

I'm Mexican as well and I can definetely understand how you feel. Sometimes people don't understand the closeness of our culture. Everyone is there for everyone and we don't look at it as something abnormal but some people can't handle it.

I would be very proud that she attributed to being "brown"...that's a compliment!

Liz

Just needed to vent   First let me start by saying the I have wonderful in-laws that I love very much.  We are the best of friends.   We went over tonight for my husbands Grandmother's birthday celebration and my mother-in-law was telling the grandparents about how she was surprised my husband spent the first night at the hospital with me....like it wasn't a normal thing to do.  Then she told them about how my  parents came to stay with us for 3 days after I got home from the hospital to help out and keep me company.  She couldn't believe that they stayed and she couldn't believe they would sleep in our living room (very small condo)  on a air mattress so they could be in the same room as me....I was sleeping on the recliner in the living room.  This is just what my family does, I don't see it be strange.  My parents are older and I so much appreciated the help and support they wanted to give me.  It just hurt that she would make fun of how my family handling things.  I guess the worse part was that just because this isn't something their family does, they attributed it to us being "brown" ....I'm Mexican.   

Anyway...just had to let some of my saddness out.  Thanks for listening

I had my RNY on 4/8, and I've been really lucky with meat.  I have had chicken, hamburger, tuna, and tonight I had steak.  The steak is sitting like a rock right now, but it doesn't hurt really...I'm just feeling way too full.  I put chicken through the food processor and put a little cheese on top.  That way seems to go down the best.  I haven't been able to do more than 2 ounces of meat in one meal either.

Maybe you just aren't ready, but you might be able to try again later.  Good Luck!