Goal Weight? Bounce Back?

So I have .9 to go to hit my goal of 155. Did most of you stay at your goal weight? Should I lose a bit more so if I have a bounce back, I will be close to 155? Thoughts?

My suggestion would be to go to the lower end of your BMI if possible.  Most people do have some bounce back over then next few years.  It is really easy to gain and not nearly as easy to lose later.  I went down to 101 lbs with my doctor's approval and now I am closer to 105-110 range.  My doctor told me that regain is common and to lose while the losing is relatively easy.  I did not specifically like the way I looked at the low end of 101 lbs. but I trusted that this was part of the process and I like the weight that I am now much better.  I am almost five years out and you should also know that I am very petite, 5'1" to 5' 2" depending on who is measuring.  :)

It feels weird to not look forward to losing anymore weight. I can't see myself any lower than the high 140s. I am currently at the top of my BMI. I'm 5, 7. large frame. Size 10 feet. SIze 10 now. YEEHAW!

I thought of just going with the flow now for a few extra pounds and seeing what happens. I'm only 13 months out, so I know what you mean about it being a bit easier now. Lucky for me, my surgeon team NEVER gave me a goal, so I guess it's up to me!

Just coast for a bit.  If you go lighter than you would like...don't stress about it.  Around the end of the third year and into my fourth I gained a bit.  I comfortably maintained around 103 lbs and then a few extra pounds found me.  I could get rid of them..but I choose not to do it.  You really do have a great deal more control than you might think about where you want your weight to be. Just remember it is always easier to gain than to lose.  

Thx Elina! I appreciate the advice!

I like the strategy of going low to start as a longer term strategy to deal with metabolic changes that may lead to some 'bounce back' over the years.  Where I get nervous about 'bounce back' is when people assume it's an occurrence that will happen pretty much right away when they start maintenance.  In other words, from over eating.  

I moved to maintenance as soon as I reached my desired goal.  I did not add all my anticipated calories back at once, so actually lost beyond my desired goal in the process of slowly increasing and observing the results before increasing again.  Even at my full calorie count, my weight has stayed low.  It took me about 5 months to increase my daily calories from 600 to 1500.  

Maybe it's just me, but I think it's counterproductive to 'plan' for bounce back (to me, that's kinda like planning to gain weight), so I chose a slow integration of addional calories to ensure there was no bounce back. 

Edit - forgot to say congratulations!!!!

I did the same thing that you did.  I did not increase my calories dramatically at first and I simply continued to lose weight.  I wasn't consciously preparing for bounce back, just trying to find my maintenance calories.  I started getting a bit worried when I reached 101 lbs and talked to my doctor.  He told me to relax and that my body would find the right place to stop.  He wanted me to continue to eat about 1500 calories and see what would happen.  What happened is that I went back to 103 lbs. and maintained there for a number of years.  Then, at about the end of year three to year four, I gained a few pounds eating about the same as I was before and not really seeing any change in either exercise or calories.  I went up to about 105 and stayed there for a bit ( many months), then 108 became more of the norm.  Now, I hover closer to 108 most of the time.  It didn't start to happen until year three, so keep your eyes wide open.  (I know you will).   I am happy here and don't really want to go any lower, but I am also happy that I had the room to "bounce".  :)  

I get that.  Thank you.

Everybody's experience isn't like mine, but it took me a while to stop losing weight once I started "maintenance". My first goal was to reach a normal BMI, (which was 154). Then I decided I could go a little lower fairly easily so I targeted 140 as my next goal, more in the middle of the normal BMI for me (5'6"). Now I'm hanging around at closer to the lower end of normal (125-130 pounds), and I'm not sure if I like how bony I am now. I'm not consciously trying to gain weight at this point, I'm just hanging out here to see where things settle. Don't get me wrong, I love wearing a size 6 or a small in most clothes. That's pretty amazing, but my ribs and hip bones stick out and I think my face is too thin. I had my surgery 18 months ago so I'm not super far into maintenance. I do feel a bit better about having gone a little lower than my goal so I do have a little wiggle room.