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Dinah93

zigmeister wrote: »

A stone in 5 weeks in near impossible isn't it?! I've been putting weight back on - it's rubbish. Is the diet challenge still going?!

I'm dieting with the MFW lot now, as our thread seemed to die a bit of a death.

Its possible, but not easy, I think I might be able to get about 10lbs done at most, but hey, it all helps. Going to start working out on a weekend too, up to now thats been my time off but the hen weekend is likely to set me back a bit!

poddle911

Dinah93 wrote: »

I'm dieting with the MFW lot now, as our thread seemed to die a bit of a death.

Its possible, but not easy, I think I might be able to get about 10lbs done at most, but hey, it all helps. Going to start working out on a weekend too, up to now thats been my time off but the hen weekend is likely to set me back a bit!

Lol, yep we did fizzle out a bit! You're doing really well, esp with knee injury!

When's your hen? What are you doing?

Dinah93

Hen is the weekend of the 14th August, no idea what we're doing, my maid of honor has organised it as a suprise - everyone keeps telling me she's done an amazing job though so I'm quite excited to see what we're doing.

Dinah93

Oh and the non rising cakes. Its usually one of three reasons - the first is overbeating the mix, or not using a metal spoon to fold in the flour. The next is that there is too much liquid in the batter, some people use milk if they think the batter is a bit thick which will make a really smooth batter but might stop it rising. The final cause is pretty common - the oven is not hot enough. You can get an oven themometer for a few quid at lakeland - it will help see if your oven is running at the temperature it says on the dial - a lot of them loose efficency over time.

tinkerbel

hi all, I'm back! I wrote a massive reply then planned to copy and paste it (before the browser crashed) but then I opened a pc survey which bars copying and pasting!
basically I'm back and had a brill time, read all ive missed and so excited for all of you! cinny - the hairs amazing! Tete - well done on getting the house, hope you got some deals at the argos place! Flower - I hope you're ok and smiling! and dinah - dont work your knee too hard but the house is sounding very coming together! ill probs share all my views on marraige and babies and whatnot (seems I missed quite a debate) but for now I am very jet lagged!!
Birdie - the wedding sounds good and I thought of you while I as away... dont hate me but I went to barbie world!! it was amazing and very very pink!
money wise I spent quite a bit, but came home to a £500 tax refund, got some money for my graduation, and should be getting a £230 house deopsit back any time soon! so I will get over my tiredness, sort my life out, and then set up some new goals I think!!

Tete_en_l'Air

Welcome home Tink! Come back soon and tell us all about your trip!

Cinny91 wrote: »

I have a phantom pony tail!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

And yikes I hadn't realised how drastically short that hairdo is! You're very brave but it looks fab!

Zig I'm going to throw a spanner in the works and say the blunt fringe It was you who persuaded me to go for mine!

zigmeister wrote: »

Poddle and Cinny, you must have the knack for cakes then! Show offs..

Yeah exactly! Thanks for the tips Dinah, I'm inclined to blame the oven so we'll see if a house move improves the situation!

wendz86

Welcome back tink, hope you had a good time.

Dinah - I am sure the hen weekend will be fab. They are so much fun.

dippykitty

tinkerbel wrote: »

hi all, I'm back! I wrote a massive reply then planned to copy and paste it (before the browser crashed) but then I opened a pc survey which bars copying and pasting!
basically I'm back and had a brill time, read all ive missed and so excited for all of you! cinny - the hairs amazing! Tete - well done on getting the house, hope you got some deals at the argos place! Flower - I hope you're ok and smiling! and dinah - dont work your knee too hard but the house is sounding very coming together! ill probs share all my views on marraige and babies and whatnot (seems I missed quite a debate) but for now I am very jet lagged!!
Birdie - the wedding sounds good and I thought of you while I as away... dont hate me but I went to barbie world!! it was amazing and very very pink!
money wise I spent quite a bit, but came home to a £500 tax refund, got some money for my graduation, and should be getting a £230 house deopsit back any time soon! so I will get over my tiredness, sort my life out, and then set up some new goals I think!!

Glad you had a great time! Looking forward to hearing more about it!

Cinny91

Nice to have you back Tink! You'll have to give us allll the details of your trip Nice news on the extra money though!

Dinah93 wrote: »

Oh and the non rising cakes. Its usually one of three reasons - the first is overbeating the mix, or not using a metal spoon to fold in the flour. The next is that there is too much liquid in the batter, some people use milk if they think the batter is a bit thick which will make a really smooth batter but might stop it rising. The final cause is pretty common - the oven is not hot enough. You can get an oven themometer for a few quid at lakeland - it will help see if your oven is running at the temperature it says on the dial - a lot of them loose efficency over time.

This makes me feel like a terrible baker! I just use a wooden spoon, mix like crazy and the oven is never at full temp when I put the cake in Saying that I'm terrible at following recipes, and tend to make little shortcuts!

Hope everyone's had a nice weekend! Can't believe it's gonna be Monday again in a couple hours, boo!

Dinah93

We all know you're the cake-queen Cinny so don't be modest, I just got interested in the science of baking a few years ago after I got really annoyed lemon tarts kept cracking on me, so I went and learnt as much as I could about different issues.

Weeks seem to be passing quicker and quicker. It's NIMs stag do this weekend coming - maybe it'll sink in that we're actually getting married when I see photos of him wearing a 'groom' sash tied to a lampost on Yarm highstreet?!