Tried the 1,200 a day for calories lol

I'm assuming this doctor is your PCP or general physician, not your surgeon or someone at your surgeon's office, right? I would take his input with a grain of salt because I'd bet his knowledge and advice is based on his education and experience with normal, non-surgically-alterred folks.

no this is my surgeon telling me this. But he is new to the vsg I was number 3 for him he thinks or talks like I had an rny I guess he needs to lune better how the vsg people work lol.