This^^

SmallSteps: :hug: :)

Motivators: Well, I've been lurking around this forum in one form or another since 2005, and there's nothing more inspirational or motivating than seeing real people that have actually been there, no matter what point of the journey they're at. Those that share the same pains, same experiences, same joys. Because quite often, those that we have in our every day lives, no matter how loving or sympathetic, don't know what it's like to face the constant stress and struggles of being overweight, obese, or like I was, obese class V (according to some charts anyway, since they typically stop bothering to categorize higher than 35 and mine was at 54.85). Reading other people's stories here over the years gave me hope that I'd someday have a story to share too. I love how we're all works in progress, even once our goals have been achieved. :)

Saboteurs: I can't honestly think of many that currently plague me (thankfully!), but in the past I've dealt with jealous, snarky co-workers, and used to live with someone that feared I would leave him if I dared to lose the weight (obviously there was more to the story there). I let them all get to me way too much.