So as I am now within 30lbs of my "goal", I'm beginning to think that it may not be enough. When you hit your original scale goal , were you happy? Did it just make you want to drop more weight? Or was it just great to have come so far and you went straight to maintenance mode?

Please share with me...I see a lot of people have moved way passed the "goal" they set for themselves.

I think it's a pretty normal phenomenon for your goals to change the closer you get to your goal weight. Once we get closer and realize it can be done, we like to push the envelope and see how far we can go with it sometimes.

I wanted to get as far below my goal as possible for the simple reason that there is a "bounce" gain of 5-10% that statistically happens a couple to a few years out. I got to goal, and didn't do anything different, and my body continued to lose until I'd lost about 7 more. Now I've settled at a solid 5 below goal. I would have loved to lose a bit more, because I'm 145 at 5'5, and let's face it, I could easily be 15 pounds lighter and still be well within normal and healthy range, but ultimately I'm happy. I just think if I'd gotten down to 130 or 135 pounds, if I did gain that 5-10%, it wouldn't be as a big deal as it would be now where it would put me back in the 'overweight' category again.

If that makes sense.