What happens on that day?

If you are asking what YOU should do on that day you hit goal weight, and the days that follow, then other than celebrate with a new par of jeans and take some goal pics, there shouldn't be any major changes in your daily life.

It sounds like you are losing very slowly at this point already, so by the time you hit your goal weight, you will be very near your maintenance level on calories. So no major upping of your daily calorie level, or big slacking off of your exercise level. You don't suddenly stop logging, and go back to eating the way you did before, for that is a sure-fire way of gaining your weight back very quickly.

Mentally I have accepted the fact that I will be 'on a diet' the rest of my life. A 'diet' doesn't necessarily mean you are losing weight, it just means the way you eat daily. Eating within maintenance will be your way of life, and to do that, you will need to continue logging, at least for a while, until you find the calorie level where you maintain long term. For some, that might mean staying at the level they have been losing on, but having a treat meal or day every so often. You just figure out what works for you.

I think I get what you are asking. Altho the goal number can be a great motivation, I think it can also be a bit of a let-down when you reach that number and ask, "now what?" Your world didn't drastically change when you finally saw that magical number on the scale. So I think you must continue to have other goals to hit so you don't become complacent and end up gaining the weight back.

I think that is what I don't know. I still swim that day and the next because I feel better when I swim. It clears my head. I won't be eating breads etc because of the CD and the people who said mean nasty things when I gained are just going to continue to say mean nasty things about some other part of me because that's who they are so I don't know and I can't see what makes that day any different. Maybe I don't obsess on the weight so much ?

To answer part of this yes...people who said means things will continue to say mean things why cause they are mean...

As for the rest...hitting goal weight is not the end...it's the start of something new...maitenance.

As mentioned earlier set new goals, maybe fitness goals, career goals, family goals etc...all the while living life at this new weight.

Eating the foods you can...want/crave all while staying on goal...but goal now is maitenance not a deficit...

And to be frank...very frank...this is from what I can see ...the hard part...there are too many people "starting over", or starting threads "it's me again" or posts about oh I slipped and gained 1/2 or all the weight back...

People lose sight of what they are doing and fall back into the habits they had before for whatever reason..not sure if they forgot what they were doing or did it in such a way they weren't prepared for maitenance etc..

So maybe your new goal should be not one of those people....that's one of mine.

Treat yourself to clothes shopping, buy a sharp new suit or someghing to show off your rocking new bod. And for Gods sakes, have some cake! You've earned it!

I hadn't thought about "that day" really. I've been thinking about "after that day". I'm already very slowly increasing calories, so that part will be underway. I plan to join my local Y, get some personal training sessions and set some fitness goals, though. I thought long and hard about the fitness goals but they're still vague, so something around increasing strength to protect my joints and increasing muscle mass. After a bit of figuring out that, I may do a cut to get rid of body fat, just depends.

I guess on "that day" I'll buy the winter coat I've been promising myself, after ending up with the coldest butt and thighs this side of the Arctic last winter.

i hit a long-term weight goal a couple days ago - one that had great significance to me. i thought about it for a while - what it meant to me, how i got down to it, how i felt about it, how i can keep it going. i emailed my husband and received a wonderful, supportive reply. i shared about it here on MFP and got some very kind and supportive responses that felt great. then i went and worked out, as always, because i like to and because i want to keep my momentum going for a healthier life.

because while hitting the number felt amazing and i got sort of choked up for a while, my real goal isn't a number - it's the lifestyle changes i've been making, and that's something i work at every day

Get off the scale, put my shoes back on and get back to work, then go to the gym afterwards. Nothing changes.

Tears of joy. Then I celebrate. I have a bunch of mini goals with rewards set up for myself along the way, but my reward for my ultimate goal is a shopping trip for new clothing. I am sure I will need it then.

Then it's time to re-evaluate and determine next steps to maintain the healthy habits and see what I can work towards next. Is it toning up? Getting stronger? Running a race? I'm very goal-oriented, so I'm always looking for things to work towards to keep me motivated and on track.

I can't really go celebrate with sushi.

You can't have sushi one freakin' day? Seriously? What is the point of working out and watching what you eat if occasionally you can't have foods that aren't "good for you." (Yes I know, there are no bad foods. You know what I mean.)

It's crazy. I loved sushi. NOW, I can't even see the word without visualizing the little, tiny albeit long white worm wriggling through the tuna sashimi on a video someone showed me.

Nope, never again.

Don't ever find out what's in peanut butter.