HELP!!!!!!

Hi, I'm 11 yrs out and I was doing really good until I stopped smoking July 2014 (6months) ago. I have gained about 25lbs. I am going to a dr. This Friday to begin ph entering and b-12 injections. I am doing everything I know to do, exercise, water, water, and more water. I average about 2-2.5 cups of solid food in a full day. Nothing but meat, cheese, eggs, peanut butter, salads and yogurt.. Nothing to drink but coffee in the morning and water throughout the day. I do have a limited amount of sugar (in my coffee) only.. Nothing else. Not even one bite of bread.. Can someone please give me some insight on whether this drug will help to kick start my weight loss again? Thanks so much for your help. Blessed above and beyond! Crystal

Congrats on ditching the cigarettes!!

B12 may give you some energy (its a required vit for RNYers so if you have not been taking it you may be deficient, have you had your labs checked (should be annually, at least) I'd be sure to get those done. Chat with your PCP or surgeon first... not a groupon type deal on weight loss & B12 shots.

I'd also suggest logging your food & exercise in one of those free trackers like fitday or sparkpeople or my fitness pal for a week or 2. I think sometimes it's easier to see any issue when the #'s are in B&W in front of you. Bring those with you to a Dr. appointment. 

Thank you on the congrats! I will definately do the tracker from here on out.. I am scared to tell you how long it's been since I had my levels checked...lol...I'm having it done Friday when I go to the dr. Thanks so much, I need all the help I can get..

What, exactly, are you eating each day?  

Cup of coffee in the morning, salad at lunch, salad for dinner, and if I snack it's either a few pork skins or yogurt. Absolutely no cheating over the last 3 wks and haven't lost a lb ye****er on top of water thru out the day

What do your salads consist of?  I'm not seeing any protein here and salads can be pretty caloric depending on how you're making them.  

Romaine lettuce, shredded carrots, chopped egg, light cheese, sweet peppers. I have tried ranch and Italian dressing.

Dressings can be very high in calories and, if you get low-cal versions, they can be really high in other crap.  And there's definitely not a lot of protein going on here.  

I recommend that you start logging everything you eat with something like MyFitnessPal and work on getting 60-80 grams of protein a day with solid foods.  Definitely try to see a nutritionist at your surgeon's office, or a dietician familiar with WLS post-ops.  

I try to get my protein in thru yogurt, eggs, tuna (when I can stomach it). I can't drink milk at all. I'm looking on the site to start a food chart

Let's see, yesterday for breakfast I had a sausage patty. Lunch and dinner I had some salad with cheese, bacon bits, sweet pepper and ranch dressing. Snack I had pork skins. That's it! Nothing added, nothing taken away. After I eat I take a tsp of coconut oil