Am I DOING OK?

I'm about the same as you...sleeved on 1/8 and down 17 lbs..but I am thrilled!!! I am a slow loser...but , happy to say ...still a loser :)  Slow and steady can still win a race! Stick with your plan and all will be fine. 

best of luck!

Thanks for the encouragement. I will sure stick to the program

I think you're doing great, too. I had my surgery on 12/27/12 and, when I weighed myself on my one month post-op date last Sunday, I had lost 23 lbs. I have just about 100 pounds to lose, too, so I think your weight loss is just perfect :) Honestly, I had those same feelings especially when I would read posts where people were losing 30+ pounds in the first month. It's hard to push those feelings of failure away. For me, I have been trying to focus on my NSVs (also known as 'looking at the bright side'):

1. My face looks great! It was so puffy before surgery and now people are making comments like "What a cute new hair cut!" and "I love your new glasses!" FYI: My haircut and glasses are older than my surgery.
2. I can walk a 20 minute mile followed by a 10 mile bike ride without having onlookers ask me if they can call an ambulance. I can also leg press 100 lbs for 3 sets of 20 and bench press 20 lbs. for 3 sets of 15 along with assorted other weight training moves that I would not have even thought of doing before surgery.
3. Although I have not officially dropped a clothing size, I am no longer stealing my daughter's hair elastics to extend the buttonhole on all of my jeans and dress pants. Now, I just put them on and button them up. I can even sit down AND breathe. My tops are also not tight around my hips anymore (I'm a typical pear). I feel like I have a whole new wardrobe.

Keep on keeping on!

OK Thank you. Don't want to fail this time

Price is right on the money.

Okay, here is my copy/paste again from a very good friend:

It's not POUNDS, it's PERCENTAGES!
by Carolyn M.

Two people, both 6 months post-op. One has lost only 63 pounds and feels bad about her "slow" weight loss. The other has lost 96 pounds and thinks she's doing great.

They are both wrong.

Person A had only 105 excess pounds, so she has already lost 60% of her excess weight. She is actually ahead of the game at 6 months out and is on track to lose it ALL.

Person B had 265 excess pounds. At 6 months out she has only lost 36% of her excess weight. At this rate, she will end up retaining 28% of her excess weight, enough to keep her in the obese category.

See what I mean? Don't compare pounds to pounds, that's like apples and oranges.

Percent of excess weight lost: pounds lost divided by total excess pounds
Use a BMI of 25 as a goal weight

On track to lose it all is 25% lost after 2 months, 50% after 6 months, and 80% at one year.

Please note: These are averages. Your mileage may vary.

Thanks SouthernLady. I love the analysis I just read. I will hang in there PROTEIN FATS AND WATER

This is such a great example!  It really demonstrates what it means to be a lightweight around these boards.  

That's almost exactly the same amount I lost the first month. -21 pounds.  

Really? So nothing wrong with my weight loss

Nothing wrong at all. We're lightweights and have less to lose. 

--g