4th Week and at a Plateau. Anyone lose less than 10 lbs and then have a Plateau?

9 days before surgery I was 320 lbs. My surgeon put me on a 1000 calorie low fat and sugar diet to get rid of my fatty liver in order to make my BPD surgery go easier. In that 9 days I lost 18 lbs and weighed in at 302 the day of my surgery. 4 days after surgery I weighed in at 319 and it was explained that it was water weight and that it would fall off in no time...as part of the healing process. I ate my pureed diet for the first 2 weeks post op and then ate "normally"...until full, protein first as instructed by the surgeon and nutritionist. I hit 300 lbs at the end of 2 weeks post op and then lost 10 more weighing in at 290 week three. Since then I haven't lost an ounce. It has been 1.5 weeks and no loss. The problem is that the way I see it, I lost 19 lbs of water weight (that I didn't have before the surgery) and 10 actual lbs of weight...and now nothing for a week. I feel like I shouldn't be hitting a plateau after only 10 lbs of actual loss (even though I see that a plateau at 3-4 weeks seems to happen to a lot of people) because those that do hit them at 3-4 weeks have already lost about 20-30 lbs. I called the doctor and he said that the BPD weight loss works on Fat malabsorption and that since I cut out most of the fat I was intaking that the weight loss stopped and that I need the fat intake to promote losing. He told me to eat like I did before the surgery and the weight will start to come off again. I am so frustrated and confused. I am eating close to nothing..getting in all my vitamines and as much protein I can via protein drinks and meat only meals. Is anyone else in my boat? I would love to hear some words of advice or encouragement.

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