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I'm not very good with knowing how much is in ounces/cups, but it sounds like you are eating about how I have been eating. I've been 1000+ cals since a month or two post-op. I have never had any problems to drink liquids either. I'm a year post-op now and I usually eat between 1500-2000 kcals a day (mostly nearer 1500). I've lost slowly but pretty steadily. For me, it's good to eat enough to really have energy and feel good, so I'm not too hesitant to eat what I need to.
That said, when you say you can eat a whole pizza and the toppings off another -- do you mean a whole SLICE of pizza plus the toppings off another? That seems reasonable to me, but a whole pizza is absurd, so I doubt you can eat that.
I also doubt you're stretching anything -- some people just have more sleeve room than others (even with the same bougie size) and less swelling, so can eat more easily from the start. But you won't get far up from where you are, your stomach is WAY smaller than before, and you will always have restriction.
That all said, the chocolate chip muffin is a bad idea because simple carbs and sugar are sliders and you can eat a lot of them usually. So just be careful about that.
ETA: Oh yeah, and I eat super fast too LOL...bad me!! I think I eat faster now than I did pre-op, not sure why. I have a sleeve of steel and haven't needed to chew for 30 times for each bite either. I'm not saying everyone should be like us, just that there is variety in post-op experiences, and unless you're shoving down crap all day, it's not per se 'bad' if you are eating 'a lot' relative to others. It's still not a lot by any normal measure. 1200 cals is a very low-cal diet.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

Do not regret a single thing! I also don't regret the timing. I did it when I was ready. It's been awesome, 110%.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

For me personally, the awesome thing about quitting smoking to have this surgery (PS, totally NOT required by my program at all), was that I couldn't eat and gain weight while quitting (which is what I usually did). So doing them both at the same time turned out perfect. I am coming up on one year since I quit smoking, no looking back.
Good luck!!

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

Do not regret a single thing! I also don't regret the timing. I did it when I was ready. It's been awesome, 110%.

I'm not very good with knowing how much is in ounces/cups, but it sounds like you are eating about how I have been eating. I've been 1000+ cals since a month or two post-op. I have never had any problems to drink liquids either. I'm a year post-op now and I usually eat between 1500-2000 kcals a day (mostly nearer 1500). I've lost slowly but pretty steadily. For me, it's good to eat enough to really have energy and feel good, so I'm not too hesitant to eat what I need to.
That said, when you say you can eat a whole pizza and the toppings off another -- do you mean a whole SLICE of pizza plus the toppings off another? That seems reasonable to me, but a whole pizza is absurd, so I doubt you can eat that.
I also doubt you're stretching anything -- some people just have more sleeve room than others (even with the same bougie size) and less swelling, so can eat more easily from the start. But you won't get far up from where you are, your stomach is WAY smaller than before, and you will always have restriction.
That all said, the chocolate chip muffin is a bad idea because simple carbs and sugar are sliders and you can eat a lot of them usually. So just be careful about that.
ETA: Oh yeah, and I eat super fast too LOL...bad me!! I think I eat faster now than I did pre-op, not sure why. I have a sleeve of steel and haven't needed to chew for 30 times for each bite either. I'm not saying everyone should be like us, just that there is variety in post-op experiences, and unless you're shoving down crap all day, it's not per se 'bad' if you are eating 'a lot' relative to others. It's still not a lot by any normal measure. 1200 cals is a very low-cal diet.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.

When you can easily give yourself a full pedicure.