Help! Am I eating enough?

I'm 3 years post op from RNY. I'm 5'5, 190 lbs.

The problem is even if I manage to lose a few pounds it's like my body realizes it and my weight jumps right back up to 190. My goal weight is 150 but I feel like I'm never gonna get there. Right now I eat about 1200 but my dr wants me eating closer to 1600. I'm so afraid imma gain on that.

Anybody else 3 years out eating that much? I've been 190 for over a year and I'm so ready to move on but I don't know how.

Your numbers don't make sense.  It would be almost impossible to maintain190 pounds on 1200 calories a day.  You should be able to eat 1600 calories a day and easily stay at 150. Try tracking your food using a software program and try to figure out what number of calories you are really eating evey day.  

Sometimes we eat things that we just "forget" about as far as the calories.   Sometimes we estimate and don't really track. I maintain at 135 and eat about 1500 calories a day.  As long as I get in one or two hours of exercise I do not gain.  If I let myself get sedetary, I start to gain weight.

If I really want to blast off pounds, I will go down to about 800 or 900 calories for a few weeks.  That is not a healthy thing long term, but works for me for a short time.  I compare it to carrying around a sack of bricks on my back.  It feels good to put that sack down and walk away at a lighter weight.  Then I have to be careful to not put those bricks back on.

The numbers don't make sense to me either however that is exactly what they are. I use my fitness pal and log everything that goes into my mouth including small things like the cream in my coffee and I usually end with a little less than 1200 calories

• I ate 1200 calories a day until I got to my goal weight. Since you are 3 years out, and want to lose another 40 pounds, you may want to increase your calories to 1300-1400 to shake things up.
• I eat 1700 calories a day to maintain my weight loss of 200 pounds at a weight of 131 pounds. My height is 5'4".
• * I do not participate in a formal exercise program due to Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis. I do move around a lot more and do a lot more walking.

Thanx. I am just so frustrated. Imma try to up my calories for a few days to see what happens.

 I would give it a few weeks, concentrate on high protein, keep carbs under 50 a day and get exercise and a lot of water.  You do seem to have messed up your metabolism so that your body is not burning what you eat.  

How much protein should I consume daily? I usually get about 130 but that might be too high

 60 grams is plenty.   You may have just identified why you are holding the weight.  80-100 grams is OK for the first few months when you are healing.  But massive amounts of protein like 130 grams a day is what an Olympic bodybuilder working out with heavy weights for eight hours a day would need.  

Dump protein shakes if you are still using them.  Concentrate on getting your protein from food and see what happens.

I'm sorry but I don't see how it's even possible to keep carbs at 50 and protein at 60....and calories at 1400-1500. What would I eat?

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to respond. It seems like I have a lot of work to do....to figure out what's gonna get me to goal.