maintaining/stuck at 135

Hi All!

I had two questions but thought that this was the best place to ask (one is a bit more related to dieting...)

BTW I'm 5'5'' and 135 pounds currently, and I started at 155 lbs in November and have been kind of maintaining at 135 for the last two months or so.  Dieting and maintaining I've tried to eat around 1500-1700 per day. I try to moderately exercise (run/walk) 2-4 miles 4-5 days a week.

1) I would really like to be able to not restrict my calories so much when I truly do start maintaining.  Will I gain weight?  How much should I increase my calories to per day to maintain between 130 and 135? (I'm mostly eating healthy carbs and veggies/fruits.  I'm also restricting meat and dairy (Eat to Live, The China Study)).

1) I want to maintain at 130, and am currently at 135, but I'm having a real bear of a time losing these last 5 pounds.  I think it's because I'm happy that I've lost what I have and I'm content at 135, but numbers-wize I want to be down to 130.  How did you lose those last 5 pounds, and then keep it off?  I'm eating a little bit more now than when I was dieting, could that be affecting it?

Thanks everyone!!