The beginning

MY name is Colleen,This is my first blog. Will it be funny?? Maybe, will it be entertaining? Who knows, will people read it? I don't know! If anyone does read it, I hope I can be a little inspirational! So here it goes!
I have Multiple Sclerosis and I am FAT! Which one bothers me most?? Guess! A little background, I was diagnosed about 5 years ago, worked for 2 years and because of severe fatigue associated with MS I started having memory loss and loss of concentration. Because of this, I was forced to leave the work force altogether. Since I am doing nothing all day long, I gained a crap load of weight and I feel horrible! I often blame my fatigue on the MS, but who am I kidding? I know it has a crapload to do with my weight gain.
I am married to a wonderful man named Paul who is supportive in every factor of my life. Even tho he does not say it, I KNOW my weight gain bothers him, I mean hell it bothers me, why wouldn't it bother him??
So, why did I finally decide to get healthy (I hate the word diet) Well my nephew is getting married on March 27th in Florida AND my son is getting married on October 9th! Plus, I am tired of feeling like crap! So I decided, as I have sooo many times before, to start again and this time get it right. I started eating healthy on january 1st.

My weight that first day was 267lbs...UUUUGH I am only 5'5! Since it has been a while, I am happy to say I had lost 18 lbs..yes I said HAD...the last few days, not sure why, I just have not felt like exercising and I buried myself into a bag of chips...ok so that all said I know weight 253lbs...so I have lost 14 lbs...I only weighed in so I knew where I stood when I started writing this. So now I am back on track! My goal was to lose as much weight as possible by March 10th so I could buy a new dress for the wedding...secretly I wanted to lose 40lbs...but I knew that was too high of a goal. So now "secretly" I will be happy to lose 25lbs by March 10th. Not sure why I picked that day...lol just sounded good I guess!

ok so what am I doing to lose this weight? I am eating lots of fresh healthy foods..lots of veggies lots of fruits...I try to keep my calorie intake around 1100..I usually dont go over it, most times I am below it...but not too far below where I am starving. I have developed many different food concoctions that are low cal and healthy, and most importantly, taste damn good! I will be sharing them with you as we go along. My favorite so far is my "Peanut Butter Milkshake" Oh sounds like a lot of calories huh? Nope...I use skim milk, about a cup, a teaspoon or two of ALL NATURAL Peanut butter, a smidgen of vanilla, and 2 ice cubes, put it in a blender and blitz! When it is done it is thick and cold, like a milk shake! Sometimes I throw a banana in it! It is great to start my day. I cannot remember off hand how many calories, but I know it is not much..i will get back to you on that!

My exercise, I use my wii-fit...I also use Leslie Sansone's walking programs and at times I used free weights(5 and 10 lbs) I like to switch it up, but I usually do the free weights everyday.(gotta have nice arms in that dress)

Ok So I think that is it for now...