51 years old; 11 months; 100 pounds!!

Hello all! Here is a little back ground on me. Ever since I had my youngest son 18 years ago, I have struggled with my weight. I started out around 210 pounds wayyyy back in 1995, and every year the pounds would keep piling on. I love food, I will never be one of those people who simply eat to live.
Over the years, I tried just about every diet I knew of. I did the phen-phen diet pills in the nineties, I tried Adkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers points, low fat and low sugar diets. I never lasted more than a month.
Last January, I made probably what is the most popular New Years resolution. I announced to my husband I was going to try and lose weight. He said he would join me. Honestly, I had no high expectations, no mental click went off in my head. What I did do, was try a new approach. I decided I would make it as simple as possible. I could eat whatever I wanted as long as I stayed in my calorie range. Once a month, I would allow myself to eat whatever I wanted for one day, as I thought this would help with cravings. I picked 1200 calories because I had vaguely heard this was the low for women. I told myself I would never ever quit, but that I would stop beating myself up if I fell off the wagon. Instead, I would pick myself up and carry on.
We still struggle a bit with exercising, although we joined a gym, began walking, and bought fitbits. I have learned so much over the last year from this site, reading about bmi's, tdee's etc.
As of today, I have lost 100 pounds and my husband 111 !!
You can do this!!