Or is it just me?

No, it's not just you.

Like 10 lbs... which totally confused me since I make all the cake for others and am never there to eat it....


Then one day I realized that I was eating every 'cake top' with fillling....... and frosting.

Hence, my chunky butt!

I have NO idea what you are talking about! I'm just as slim as I was when I started.

Oh, but wait - this "JLO Booty" I've got going on here - where on earth could that have come from? It couldn't possibly have come from sampling everything I make, could it? NO WAY!

lol....that's funny. i gained weight when i first became a stay at home mom with my second son. now with my third son (yes three boys) i've actually lost 30 lbs. i've discovered chewing gum while baking/decorating keeps me from snacking on my "trash".

I wish I had a J.Lo Booty.... instead I ended up with a. Jello Belly!

Gum is a great idea!! I have three boys and one girl, why havn't I lost any weight?? You would think I would lose something just from running after the little buggers!!

i have definetely gained weight... although i was 5 months pregnant to start with when i took Course 1... i gained 62 pounds throughout my pregnancy! i made 22 cakes in 4 months which is probably pretty many since i was pregnant and all... ugh... now i have to try to LOSE this weight!!!

nope!! I have diabetes so I can't eat them anyway..but to be honest the smell of a cake baking in my house or the smell of icing makes me wanna vomit..Not real sure why but I just can't stand the smell...

I dont know about misteriously!!! the fact is a pound here, and a pound there, and a pound everywhere

Too funny (well, not really). I'm just beginning at this, and I would *love* to make a cake every day to practice simple decorations, borders, flavors, etc. But of course then I'd eat everything too! My husband & kids will certainly help, but since I'm a stay-at-home mom, that means I stay at home with the cake all day

-Lisa

OMG YES!!!!!!!!!!! I went from being able to squeze into a size 7 to bulging out of a 16!

I'm working so hard in my shop though that I have dropped a size since I opened on Aug 1st. lol

But, not fast enough..my teeny jeans are calling meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

But my fat pants are answering! lol

No mystery here!!! I like cake and icing, but it doesn't like me!!!

Cindy

But, not fast enough..my teeny jeans are calling meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

But my fat pants are answering! lol


OMG- that's so funny!! I don't care who you are - that's funny right there!

I think we must have the same closet RB.

And I ain't got no JLO booty - it's more of a Jello Booty too - but I joke, so I don't cry! LOL

I'm (unfortunately), right there with ya! A couple of years ago I lost 40lbs with Weight Watchers and looked pretty good - since then I've gained 37lbs back . I started back on Weight Watchers again on Monday, but it's tough going with all the chocolate and other tasty ingredients laying around the house!

Edited to add - the gum trick does NOT work for me !

I'm trying to loose weight. Thanks for the gum tip. I had forgot about that.

Yes, yes, yes...all too familiar with this problem. I started making cakes 2 months after having my 3rd child and still have not lost all my baby weight. (which before I lost more than i needed too).

Gum...great idea!!!!

YES!!!! Lotta weight. My honey and I both took Wilton Classes so we were making two cakes a week. There are 3 children and 4 adults in our home, after the third week we all gained weight. By the time we finished the classes we were giving the cakes away to the homless in our area. Hopefully they gained weight!

Usually I go into summer looking OK only to gain it over the winter months... but Oh NO! Now I am starting out about 15 lbs. ahead which mean if I don't get off my butt and use my treadmill for something other than a quilt rack, I am going to be in trouble.

lets see
2 pounds of butter
1 pound of eggs
4 pounds of powdered sugar
and 1/4 pound of crisco
and wash that down with
1 pound of sour cream
1/2 pound of milk
1 1/4 pound of flour

hmmmmmmm lets see that equals

oh my
oh no
you got to be kidding right

10 pounds a cake by lets see 3 no 4 cakes a week

CRAP
thats almost 40 pounds no wonder my ticker says zero lost !!!!!
happy baking

lol tomay...that's funny!

all this baking made me fat...e i e i o.
with a little pound here
and a little pound there
here a pound, there a pound, everywhere a pound pound
all this baking made me fat...e i e i o.


oh yeah i just made that up...see what my poor kids have to live with?

you all are cracking me up....I need to lose weight...and so far i have lost probably 6 pounds and this during my baking....my secret, send the entire practice cakes to hubby's work...let all those beautiful skinny just outta college girls gain some weight!

Well that and get the flu (I dont recommend that method...nothing tasted good for about a week)....

Well, I am trying to be SUPER careful about "subconscious" eating......WAY, WAY too often I find myself licking the beaters, "taste testing" a recipe or "making sure" something tastes right. I think THAT is what puts the weight on. I am not crazy about cake in and of itself (I think it's kind of boring), but add in some luscious filling and delicious icing and YUM, YUM.

I lost 80 pounds two years ago (obesity runs in my family) and I've managed to stay within 10 pounds of where I want to be, so I don't wanna blow it now with all of this baking and decorating.

Suzanne

congrats auntsushi...I share the overweight family thing....bad genes I guess. We stuggle all the time.

My son is 16 months old and although I really watched it while I was preggo (since I already needed to lose weight before pregnancy) I just cant seem to use it as a jumping point...I only gained 14lbs and my son was 9lbs 2oz of that! You would think (or maybe I just assumed) that I would drop not only below the 14 lbs I gained but even lower.....grrr so far I am only down 4 lbs from my pre-preggo weight...and this after walking 2 miles every day for 5 months!

As for what to do during Wilton Classes....send all the cakes to hubby's work...since I too am a SAHM....I send them all with him (they didnt like course II as well since you dont make a cake every week...lol).

Oh girls! Yes, Yes, Yes! 4 months ago I started curves and loved it. Lost 6 inches my first month, but zero pounds. The very next month I started my Wilton 1 class, and haven't been back to curves at all. They keep calling and sending post cards, and I just keep on bakin', makin' icing, and stuffin' my face.

Put back on all 6 inches I had taken off, and probably added 6 more!

I'm going back tonight now that I am in Wilton Gumpaste class where we don't bake cakes and I have time to go workout. I'm excited about it cause at one time in my life I was proud that my gut didn't stick out more than the top, but now I just stick out on my butt, gut, and top! I'm lookin' like I'm in a constant state of pregnancy - about 8 months worth.

I wanna be a skinny baker & cake decorator!!!!!!