Next month is my 1 year surgiversary

You're doing great. Look really happy too. The honeymoon time is really the time to reset the habits you need for the rest of your life. At about 18 months, give or take, your body will figure out how to start absorbing calories again and then the real fun starts. I learned so much from the people here that it was actually easy to transition to my post honeymoon time. I get a minimum of 10,000 - 15,000 steps a day and stick to about 1400 calories and it is going smoothly. I'm glad for you and hope things keep going great.