Chinese tonight - ideas please

I'm going out for Chinese tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to it! I'm going to use tomorrow as my 'cheat day' and just enjoy it. However, I am going to make sure I don't over eat by stopping once I feel full and only having a handful of prawn crackers so the damage isn't astronomical.

In terms of your takeaway, is boiled rice the better option for you if your trying to lessen the calories and maybe a chicken dish with veggies?

Whenever I go out I always get the vegetable lo mein:)

When I was on weight watchers, the steamed vegetable dumplings were always a reasonable option. I would often order those with steamed chicken and mixed vegetables. I would have far less rice than what was in the container, and order a fat free white wine sauce on the side. You can also have steamed pork dumplings, just omit the rice to make up the difference in calories. I normally have 6 dumplings and the other half of my plate consists of maybe a 1/2 handful of rice and plentiful veggies and steamed chicken!

The other night my husband decided he wanted Chinese takeout. I have no real suggestions in terms of giving you the satisfaction of eating something you normally adore and avoiding all the pitfalls of the genre of cuisine ..like the fact that it's a sodium bomb etc.
I ended up eating my own steamed broccoli and rice with Sriracha lol I'm content to eat something like that however.

I eat chinese food once a week, while NOT going off my meal plan. Here's how:

1. Avoid anything deep fried (of course). Eggrolls, crispy noodles, shrimp toast, etc are not good ideas.
2. Noodles and wonton wrappers are calorie wasters (in my opinion). Why eat a portion of noodles when you can have all that lovely protein and veggies instead.
3. Steamed rice is okay but measure out how much you're eating. My hubby is now trained to just pull out the measuring cups when he's setting the table for me. I measure all 'hard carbs' (rice, pasta, potatoes, etc). 'Soft carbs' such as green veggies and carrots are just about limitless.
4. Get the sauce on the side!! You'll be surprised how many restaurants are willing to do this. Then YOU can control how much sauce you consume. Oftentimes, I don't actually pour the sauce over the food. I dip my fork (or chopsticks) and then pick up the food with the coated utensil. You still get great sauce taste without it being soaked through. And you end up eating around 1/8 to 1/4 of what they give you.
5. Chinese soups are GREAT!! However, no fried noodles.
6 Don't be surprised when you 'gain' weight the next day. You probably consumed a lot of sodium, so are having water retention. <lol> Trust me, it goes away over the next 24-48 hrs.

You may seem like a picky eater doing it this way, but you'll be a smart eater in the end.

I'm a fan of Ma Po Tufu
Shrimp/seafood dishes and things off the vegetarian side of the menu are a good place to start looking for 'lesser evils'

Whatever you order, here are two tips:
1. Use chopsticks. If you aren't food with them, this will slow down your eating so you can enjoy it more. Even if you are good with them, you'll get less of the salty/fatty/sugary sauce this way.
2. Go spicy! Turn up the flavor so you get more taste out of less food. Plus, if, like me, you aren' t so good with spice, you'll end up eating more slowly and drinking a gallon of water (to help offset the sodium).