I decorated my first cake in January ... it sucked but I learned from it. Since then I seem to have been baking and decorating non-stop. It's my new passion. Every occasion seems to be a cake/cupcake occasion. My two boys are pretty happy about it too.
With all this baking and decorating has come some extra poundage. I can't bake without tasting. 
My love of sweets and lack of will power has not been good.
I'm a high school math teacher. In a couple of weeks I will be heading back to school. None of my school clothes are going to fit ... and I really don't want to go shopping for a bigger size. So this week I have been hitting the gym every morning and going for walks with my DH every evening. I've lost 4 lbs so far, but have about 10 to go.
Tomorrow I start baking for my son's birthday party on Sunday. I have a feeling all of my hard work in the gym this week is going to be shattered.
How do you all bake and stay thin?
I am right there with you. I have such a sweet tooth so everytime I level my cakes, I have to eat some the the shavings. I don't know why of all the hobbies in the world, I had to start baking & decorating cakes. It sure doesn't help me with my goal to lose weight. 
I am right there with you. I have such a sweet tooth so everytime I level my cakes, I have to eat some the the shavings. I don't know why of all the hobbies in the world, I had to start baking & decorating cakes. It sure doesn't help me with my goal to lose weight.
I am right there with you. I have such a sweet tooth so everytime I level my cakes, I have to eat some the the shavings. I don't know why of all the hobbies in the world, I had to start baking & decorating cakes. It sure doesn't help me with my goal to lose weight.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has gained weight with this hobby. I call it a work hazard 
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has gained weight with this hobby. I call it a work hazard
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has gained weight with this hobby. I call it a work hazard
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has gained weight with this hobby. I call it a work hazard
I throw the spatulas in a hot sink before I try to lick them..It is easy though...I don't like the icing I make or rather it doesn't agree with me.Too much shortening and my stomach can't seem to digest it since having my Gall Bladder out...and if I do happen to get a small mouthfull..I spit it out...
It helps to have a family of poachers. Cake shavings have to be saved for DH and the kids since they have to sit there and watch me create this pretty cake and it sometimes is for a party they aren't invited to.
Try to remember to keep it clean as well. I used to have a problem with licking my fingers, which required constant hand washing. This took up alot more time. Now, I keep a towel on my shoulder and wipe my hands and tools on it instead of always returning to the sink. It works faster and keeps the frosting off my thighs. lol
I want to start chewing a piece of gum when I bake so that I won't sample anything or lick the spoons.
I've heard some people chew gum while they make cakes to keep from snacking. I don't like gum, but I've found that if I brush my teeth before I start decorating a cake, I am far less likely to taste the cake. Of course, this is only for cakes I am familiar with. I can't stand to not test a new recipe! As for the finished product, I only bake when I know I can give at least most of it away. And if I don't give it away, it goes in the trash. Well, most of the time.
I throw the spatulas in a hot sink before I try to lick them..It is easy though...I don't like the icing I make or rather it doesn't agree with me.Too much shortening and my stomach can't seem to digest it since having my Gall Bladder out...and if I do happen to get a small mouthfull..I spit it out...
I can't eat the icing I make either because of the gall-bladder issue. And yet I have gained abt 15 lbs since starting baking 1 1/2 yrs ago. It is because I do not have any time to go to the gym, I am always baking or working at my other job
I stay Slim with photo shop haha XD
Alas , i jest , I keep a dish of hot soapy water near by (my bench is well out of reach of my sink ) and i chuck mostly everything in there, and if i have left overs, i either bin it or give it away so its out of my temptation
I'm not thin, but will have to say that I am not really tempted by cake, not my favorite dessert. So I guess i'm lucky in that respect. In fact when I am doing a cake, I get so stressed and busy that I forget to eat, too busy to stop. I have plenty of weaknesses, cookies, pie, cake just isn't one of them.
I want to start chewing a piece of gum when I bake so that I won't sample anything or lick the spoons.
Excellent idea!!!! I do the throw everything in water with soap real quick trick.
I throw the spatulas in a hot sink before I try to lick them..It is easy though...I don't like the icing I make or rather it doesn't agree with me.Too much shortening and my stomach can't seem to digest it since having my Gall Bladder out...and if I do happen to get a small mouthfull..I spit it out...
I do the same as Kiddiekakes - I have a sink of hot-soapy (because if it was just water I might still be tempted...I know gross) and I toss beater, bowls and spoons as soon as I am done.
I also drink tea with lemon or peppermint - not sure why but this takes away my sweet tooth.
p.s. I am not thin but "medium". I am working on thin 
I let my husband taste everything for me and tell me if he thinks it needs anything. And I do P90X. That seems to do the trick.
I want to start chewing a piece of gum when I bake so that I won't sample anything or lick the spoons.
That's exactly what I do.
I don't have a problem with cake and icing since I've never been a big fan, but when my kids were in school and I was hospitality chair, I'd have parents donate cookies for events. I'd take all the cookies home and assemble them on catering trays to bring to the event. Wellll... we can't put BROKEN cookies in a nice display now can we???? That's when I discovered I needed to chew gum whenever I did that project.
I work part time as a water aerobic instructor. I teach bootcamp!
Chew gum, wear gloves, dump everything into the sink as soon as you can, and spit out anything that goes into your mouth.
Last night at dinner, my two young (and apparently ill-mannered) boys suggested that I needed to start walking...after all, I only sit all day at work or bake cakes and it was starting to show. My husband nearly spilled his ice tea trying to start a new conversation quickly. I have put on at least fifteen pounds since Christmas. The only positive, I get more wear out of my pants: I can wear my pants backwards or forwards - they fit the fanny and belly exactly the same.
Gaining knowledge has been costly in many areas....
Was a matter of asking myself what was more important. I started baking/decoarating as an artistic outlet. At the same time I decided I wanted to get into better shape (was 30 ish overweight). Managed to lose 20 pounds and take up decorating (that last 10 is a pain). Was not that hard, I just asked myself what I wanted. I wanted to drop some pant sizes and decorate. I did not see them as mutually exclusive. So how to make them work?
Its more of a lifestyle thing than will power thing. I just don't sample (I may taste to make sure icings are right but its not like a lot of calories are in a dab of icing). Scraps go in the freezer for cake balls or in the trash. I look at the cake as an opportunity to do something fun and not as something I plan to consume (so I generally bake for others).
I do enjoy desserts--cake ranks right up there as one of my favorites. I do not see desserts as the enemy (I have small portions--no low fat, sugar subs in stuff I bake). I just figure out how to fit them into the lifestyle I want to lead and if it does not fit (eating scraps) I just avoid it.
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