I applaud your commitment to get to a healthier you - and I don't want to rain too much on your parade - but that's a LOT of weight in a very short period of time.
First, I am not a doctor so I am only speaking from personal experience and what I have read, etc. However, generally a loss 1-2 pounds per month is good rate for long-term, stable, sustainable weight loss. 1-2 pounds per week is sometimes achieved through a careful and focused effort of increased activity and carefully measured, balanced nutritional intake with increased water consumption. Dropping nearly a pound a day after abdominal surgery could put a great deal of stress on your system. Please coordinate your changes in lifestyle with your surgeon and family physician to ensure that you are working at a healthy pace that your body can accept and sustain.
The prize for all of us is to achieve and maintain a level of fitness that keeps us active, feeling strong, and mentally sharp, and allows us to enjoy a vibrant and long life with our friends and family. I know that sudden, clear and visible progress on a long-sought goal can be exciting and even intoxicating, but lifestyle changes are more of a challenging hike to the distant vista than a sprint to the checkered flag at the end of the straight-away. Give your body the time it needs to rebuild itself into the machine it was meant to be – and take pride in the daily progress and improvements in strength, stamina, flexibility, appearance that you achieve – and you will reap the benefits for many years to come. Live long and be well, my friend.
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