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Today I started at 305, but it felt pretty light. So for the second and third sets I changed it to 315. Third set was tough, but not a problem. After finishing the third set, I was thinking about whether to do 320, 325, or 330 next week. Got down for the fourth set and couldn't budge the weight. Took a 45lb plate off each end and repped 225 8 times...easy, perfect form. Put the plates back on, waited two minutes....once again I couldn't budge 315.
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I'm sure you know this but.... 5x5 means 5 sets of 5 reps of the SAME WEIGHT (unless your doing a pyramid scheme (1x5)). In the above quote you said you thought the weight seemed pretty light so you bumped it after the first set. You really should not be bumping the weight until you can complete 5 complete sets at that weight.
5x5 sets can be deceiving, because the first couple sets seems like you can do a lot more, but you really need to stick with the same weight for all the sets. That is the only way to know that you are ready to add weight and can really complete a 5x5 at your current weight.
Now if you can really complete a 5x5 at a certain weight but can't make any progress after adding a little weight then you can look at your options such as incorporating a deload or moving to 3x3 for a couple of weeks and then returning to 5x5.
The only real thing that will set you back in 5x5 training is getting ahead of yourself and not completing all the sets completely.