I never really decided. My body just got to a loss of 92% of excess weight! and I stopped. No amount of calorie counting, calorie tweekin, increase exercise, made a change for 36 months. Now after a TT and getting rid of bad belly fat metabolism is changing. I have added calories and am now losing very slowly, about 1/4pound a week. Decided at 30 months to stop stressing and concentrate how I feel, by how active I am.

Face is my deciding point, when I start to look GAUNT ( tee hee). I have never been gaunt. I add calories. When skinniest jeans are too snug, cut back on carbs or salt. +\- 2 pounds is my swing. I am still tethering between obese and over weight, but dexa scan showed 20% body fat! and excess skin shows up as fat. I lift heavy 3-4 x week, so lot of muscle weight. When my rings start sliding off, then I am too thin, but still at normal weight by weight charts. BOGUS CHARTS?

I am starting to get close to my goal so I have been giving this a lot of thought. My family doctor has given me a target where he feels I will be most healthy. At that point we will pay close attention to waist measurement, body fat and blood work to determine where I should aim to settle in.

I still have MFP set for a 2 pound weekly loss and will adjust that to maintain once I hit the doctor's goal. After that it's more about health and fitness!

Wow, that IS a good question - I guess I am not sure it was a decision I made. When I reached 150lb loss, my surgeon told me to maintain 1200 calories a day, which I have with some days less than that. Most of the calories were protein calories. I noticed my weight loss began to slow down - despite exercising. At my next surgeon apt., he said not to expect to lose much more - just maintain 1200 calories. He added that most of the weight left was the hanging skin on my arms, legs and abdomen. When/If I had that skin removed, I would be at my target weight. So since late summer 2013, I've maintained 1200 daily calories - concentrating on a modified vegetarian diet - lots of grains (flax,chia,wheats,etc),vegs, fruits and yogurt. If I eat meat, it's a little chicken, and no sugar or caffeine. Very easy to fill up the calories on protein - so I guess between my surgeon's observation and my selected diet, I am maintaining my calorie input and exercise output but not concentrating on a focused weight loss anymore. If my body loses more weight, great! If I begin to add weight, I probably fell off the 1200 calorie wagon. Thanks for making me think that out, Hope it helps others!

Not quite there, but close. I am basing it on my weight in high school. It's funny, because back then, I thought my legs were fat, but I realize now that they weren't. I'm going to focus more on body composition (body fat %).