Do not go to a Chinese Restaurant

mtnhiker1
mtnhiker1 Posts: 114 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Do not go to a Chinese Restaurant if you like to eat. Went today and ended up over by 568 calories OUCH. Guess once a month for a treat day is not too bad. And now all of those left overs........
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  • ashleyisgreat
    ashleyisgreat Posts: 586 Member
    I'll eat your leftovers. No problem.
  • kittenkris
    kittenkris Posts: 112
    Dump it down the disposal......
  • coffee_fiend
    coffee_fiend Posts: 49 Member
    So much oil! But lots of Chinese places have special diet menus that are yummy! Lots of steamed veggies. :)
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    orange chicken.... mmmmmmmmmmm....
  • Zenjaeie
    Zenjaeie Posts: 95
    My advice? Always go for the steamed veggies, egg drop soup or other brothy soups, and STEAMED brown rice (and don't forget the soy sauce!) All of these are low cal eating out options, and super yummy! This way I never have to give up my chinese food ;)
    As for the leftovers, dump 'em! Sounds wasteful, I know, but you had your indulgence- no reason to keep indulging on the food after that, it'll just lead to guilt. Or if you don't wanna dump them, share them!
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    We don't eat Chinese food often...but I have NO intention of stopping it...I love it! And what are these "leftovers" you refer to?
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    I think there are worse places you could go if you like to eat... if you enjoy it, enjoy it once in a while.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    dont go to Americanized chinese places.
  • Chuki5
    Chuki5 Posts: 73 Member
    your kidding me right............LOL...........I could kill 5K calories at one buffet..........you got off easy! :bigsmile:
  • NanaWubbie
    NanaWubbie Posts: 248 Member
    Only 568 calories? (This is why I don't do buffets)
  • OhioSioux
    OhioSioux Posts: 5
    I used to feel this way too until I discovered most Chinese restaurants offer steamed chicken and broccoli. It's really filling and low in calories. Try it out!
  • red_road
    red_road Posts: 761 Member
    i havent gone in a while because i cant find accurate nutritional info for majority of chinese food, the estimations are just all over the place. If ive had an active day and have not had much to eat yet i might consider it occasionally.
  • GTAFrank
    GTAFrank Posts: 730 Member
    Japanese = not much better. Had a greasy dinner saved only by a late night stint on the elliptical. Not making that mistake again.
  • Dwamma
    Dwamma Posts: 289 Member
    Not to mention totally blowing your sodium count for an entire week in only one meal! :explode:
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    568 calories!?!? OMFG the horror!
  • ArieYayo
    ArieYayo Posts: 2 Member
    Unfortunately I am a huge lover of Chinese food, but I stopped ordering take-out once I started having an active lifestyle. I, now, make my own sweet 'n sour, fried rice and whatever else I would like at home. That way you can really control what goes into your food and how much. There are a ton of recipes online. Just search for it.

    It's really not as hard as it seems, once you get the hang of things!
  • froeschli
    froeschli Posts: 1,292 Member
    I quit Chinese food after looking up the recipe for sesame chicken. Seriously, there are cakes with less sugar in them..
  • AJinBirmingham
    AJinBirmingham Posts: 497
    I can go to Chinese restaurants, just not buffets, where "all you can eat" becomes a sort of "get your money's worth" challenge in my head, and I wind up sick.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,224 Member
    Hakka is even worse.....I could eat that food all day, and sometimes I do.
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    makes me want hot and sour soup. I love that stuff. Full of mushrooms and tofu. Then I head to the fried deliciousness.
  • maybeazure
    maybeazure Posts: 301 Member
    I love Chinese food, but really only the bad for you kind...deep fat fried chicken with lots of sugar. Steamed broccoli = yuck. So I have been avoiding it.
  • RunFarLiveHappy
    RunFarLiveHappy Posts: 805 Member
    I made homemade Asian food tonight. Kind of a mishmash of several different styles; Chinese, Japanese, Thai, etc. A huge plate: 615 calories, 76 grams carbs (almost entirely complex; veggies & whole grains), 11 grams fat, 56 grams protein.
  • JusticeGirl25
    JusticeGirl25 Posts: 703 Member
    I have a craving for some sweet and sour chicken right now!

    And an egg roll!
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  • KellyyT
    KellyyT Posts: 41 Member
    a little over 500 isn't bad at all! but if you really feel bad about it, cut down by like 75 cals per day the rest of your week or take a walk around the block a few times. i LOVEEE chinese food! i love buffets! it's nice because you can have a bite of anything you might want, and only eat the things you REALLY like and not waste calories trying to "finish" your plate.

    last time i went to a buffet, probably a month or two ago, i left feeling satisfied and craving was gone! i usually save restaurants or chinese food especially for gym days! so that way, they fit into my calories! and i don't feel so guilty. haha. i plan on going to one next week, actually! :)
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    Must be the genes. I eat Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese each once a week. I just don't eat a wok full.

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  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    I had Chinese food for lunch today! It wasn't a buffet, though. Buffets are tough in any type of restaurant.
  • koshkasmum
    koshkasmum Posts: 276 Member
    Chinese food isn't necessarily fattening - no more than North American food is automatically fattening.

    If your idea of Chinese food is six kinds of battered deep fried meat and seafood with some kind of sweet sauce - topped off by some greasy noodles and a fried egg roll I can guarantee you are gonna blow the diet. And if your Chinese restaurant is a buffet where you make nice fatty choices like the above noted candied meat, and you heap your plate then sure you will have issues. Stick with the steamed options, have a nice broth based soup and indulge in a wealth of veggies (steamed gai lan with oyster sauce - yummmm) Go for plain rice rather than fried. Noodles in broth rather than fried. And watch your portions and you will be fine. (And the leftovers won't do you harm either.
  • EvelynR1967
    EvelynR1967 Posts: 78 Member
    we have a Chinese restaurant that will steam cook anything. So I order chicken breast steamed with broccoli or other veggies. If you have to go, this is a healthy way to make it work!!
  • SoViLicious
    SoViLicious Posts: 2,633 Member
    Did you have the wontonwhore? I hear that's yummy.

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