The girl who couldn't lose weight

I've been around 315 lbs for years and years. Student life, takeaways etc put the weight onto an already chubby body, then healthy eating for years and years, not counting calories but certainly not massively overeating, meant I thought I couldn't lose. But I'm only eating 1500 a day I'd say. I'm not eating bags of crisps and loads of chocolate. But I wasn't eating 1500 I was eating around 2000 and that's around maintenance for me, although I didn't know it at the time. It was enough to keep me at 315+ while I thought I was eating well.
Then I found mfp and a food scale. I started on mfp on the recommended calories and was disappointed not to lose 2lbs a week. So I started a spreadsheet and over time worked out my tdee, and accepted that my bmr is so low that I'd only lose 1 lb a week and to ignore the lovely mfp 'if every day was like today you'd weigh xxx in 5 weeks' message.
So I'm six months in. I eat a bacon sandwich every day for breakfast, never feel deprived, do some exercise but not loads. I plateau. I whoosh. I have an occasional cheat day and even a beer or two on occasion. I've lost a significant number of inches, over 3 stones (42.4 lbs) and feel better than I have done in years. It works, you just need to weigh your food, track honestly and keep going.
Love
The girl who could lose weight after all