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Side Effets of Binge Watching

Desert Lily — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 20:44:39 GMT

Over the past couple weeks, I've binge-watched the 4 different Great British Baking Show series on Netflix: Holiday, Master Class, New episodes, The Beginning episodes.

The effects of my watching have been that during this same time I've baked a cinnamon coffee cake, biscuits, blueberry muffins, chocolate chip cookies (sans chips), and ordered a NY cheesecake that I'm drowning in Hershey's chocolate syrup.

I'm hunkered down alone during this pandemic with a pile of bakery. Yikes! LOL

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Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 21:03:14 GMT

@Desert Lily I enjoyed your post. I think we've all been there. However, speaking for myself, I'm not that good of a baker.

I do make a few things that are pretty good. So you should celebrate the fact that you can do more than one thing at a time.

As for me, ummm....I'm a slug when I binge. I make a trench from the TV to the fridge. At no time do I stop to cook anything.

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Daisy Sunflower — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 03:38:29 GMT

I've been eating Christmas candy (Need to get more Reese's Christmas Trees) and Boom Chicka Pop Kettle Corn.

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rms1954 — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 04:22:20 GMT

@Daisy Sunflower wrote:

I've been eating Christmas candy (Need to get more Reese's Christmas Trees) and Boom Chicka Pop Kettle Corn.

My favorite Boom Chicka is Strawberry Greek Yogurt Drizzle

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beach-mom — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 05:03:13 GMT

@Desert Lily - I'll be right over. We can social distance!

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AngelPuppy1 — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:13:09 GMT

The British Baking Shows are amazing! I adore them! I can't believe the things they come up with. I drool just watching. However, I am not a baker. My things are strictly from a box! I just watch for entertainment, not to actually duplicate their recipes!

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Lindsays Grandma — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:00:33 GMT

@Desert Lily wrote:
Over the past couple weeks, I've binge-watched the 4 different Great British Baking Show series on Netflix: Holiday, Master Class, New episodes, The Beginning episodes.

The effects of my watching have been that during this same time I've baked a cinnamon coffee cake, biscuits, blueberry muffins, chocolate chip cookies (sans chips), and ordered a NY cheesecake that I'm drowning in Hershey's chocolate syrup.

I'm hunkered down alone during this pandemic with a pile of bakery. Yikes! LOL

@Desert Lily ...My first thought was maybe you were gaining weight having to eat of all those goodies by yourself. You made me laugh when you said that you were "hunkered down alone," for sure that's a lot of bakery goods to find yourself with.

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Desert Lily — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 17:28:49 GMT

@Lindsays GrandmaLOL. Thank goodness, I haven't gained any weight. I substituted my morning waffles for a slice of the coffee cake, froze half of the cookies to keep them out of reach (Lol), and I haven't started in on the frozen cheesecake yet. The blueberry muffins have been my dessert. I lost over 20 pounds when I was sick in early spring with the virus, and after some months of staying thinner I donated my larger size clothes and bought smaller ones. So, I can't gain pounds back.

But, I think I could gain weight just looking at the wonderful baked treats on The Great British Baking Show!

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qvcaddition — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:07:33 GMT

My problem is eating watching reg. TV 2after hours after dinnerv and eating something. Then everyday I do a lot of exercise. Walking, bike Zumba and walk dog. So I walk 4 to 5 miles a day and bike 5 and 1he zumba. Going in to do free weights. So doing all this, I have to watch what I eat, because of age.

Metabolism almost stopped. I would really be in trouble if I didn,t exercise, or would have to cut way down in my eating.

For a week I didn,t eat after dinner and lost a few lbs.

I binge watch on my iPad when I go to bed at night. No food then.

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 02:11:01 GMT

@Desert Lily wrote:
Over the past couple weeks, I've binge-watched the 4 different Great British Baking Show series on Netflix: Holiday, Master Class, New episodes, The Beginning episodes.

The effects of my watching have been that during this same time I've baked a cinnamon coffee cake, biscuits, blueberry muffins, chocolate chip cookies (sans chips), and ordered a NY cheesecake that I'm drowning in Hershey's chocolate syrup.

I'm hunkered down alone during this pandemic with a pile of bakery. Yikes! LOL

@Desert Lily

Well, you could put everything in the freezer .... or someone else's freezer.

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Lindsays Grandma — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 02:44:39 GMT

@Desert Lily wrote:
@Lindsays GrandmaLOL. Thank goodness, I haven't gained any weight. I substituted my morning waffles for a slice of the coffee cake, froze half of the cookies to keep them out of reach (Lol), and I haven't started in on the frozen cheesecake yet. The blueberry muffins have been my dessert. I lost over 20 pounds when I was sick in early spring with the virus, and after some months of staying thinner I donated my larger size clothes and bought smaller ones. So, I can't gain pounds back.
But, I think I could gain weight just looking at the wonderful baked treats on The Great British Baking Show!

@Desert Lily ..Now that you mentioned it, I'd be happy to take that cheesecake off your hands.

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mousiegirl — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 05:54:09 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 wrote:
@Desert Lily I enjoyed your post. I think we've all been there. However, speaking for myself, I'm not that good of a baker.

I do make a few things that are pretty good. So you should celebrate the fact that you can do more than one thing at a time.

As for me, ummm....I'm a slug when I binge. I make a trench from the TV to the fridge. At no time do I stop to cook anything.

@Annabellethecat66 "a trench," LOL!!!

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mousiegirl — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 05:56:55 GMT

@Desert Lily Freezing cookies does nothing to keep me away, I just eat them frozen, lol. I am about to begin Christmas cookie baking, so I will have a stash in the freezer, but not for long.

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Indra — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 14:58:39 GMT

I absolutely adore the "Great British" baking shows. They are the only reality shows I really watch. I love that even though the participants are competitors that they exhibit a great camaraderie. Also, their creations are unbelievable, especially considering that they are amateur bakers.