Please don't beat yourself up over it. Sounds like we are kinda in the same boat. I lost 17 pounds my first week and that was the end of it and now I am 2 yrs post op. I did do everything that I was suppose to. I even got so aggravated that I got so tight, on purpose, that I could only drink good liquids thinking it would help me lose, nope, didn't work. I did get pregnant in Oct. 2010 so now there's not much I can do but wait till after the baby is born and get retightened but honestly, I'm miserable, emotionally and physically. I just can't get over how some people are dropping the weight when I do eat my Protein, I do drink my Protein drinks that are allowed, I do stay away from all t he 'bad' things. I mean I don't get it either. Hang in there though. There has to be a light at the end of the tunnel, for us both, I hope!