Panda Express...I love it.

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  • ibnfaqir
    ibnfaqir Posts: 139 Member
    Most disgusting food I ever had. No flavor, not spicy and bland ingredients.
  • momoharuno
    momoharuno Posts: 141 Member
    ibnfaqir wrote: »
    Most disgusting food I ever had. No flavor, not spicy and bland ingredients.
    The amazing thing about free will is you don't have to eat it! Wow choices! ;)

    I've been craving honey walnut shrimp lol but I can't justify going there when I have a bunch of good things at home, I might go ahead and go this weekend, this thread is just making me want it more though haha :D
  • steponebyone
    steponebyone Posts: 123 Member
    This is where the majority of my weight gain originated. Too many late nights and thousands of unnecessary calories. It's been one I've had to give up. Maybe one day I'll try going back, but it's just too soon.
  • Char231023
    Char231023 Posts: 700 Member
    momoharuno wrote: »
    ibnfaqir wrote: »
    Most disgusting food I ever had. No flavor, not spicy and bland ingredients.
    The amazing thing about free will is you don't have to eat it! Wow choices! ;)

    I've been craving honey walnut shrimp lol but I can't justify going there when I have a bunch of good things at home, I might go ahead and go this weekend, this thread is just making me want it more though haha :D

    That is the amazing thing about an open forum. He can express his opinions!
  • soltris
    soltris Posts: 13 Member
    Enjoy, OP :)

    I love Panda Express for the broccoli beef and the teriyaki chicken. Steamed rice and 2x broccoli beef makes for a very filling dinner without breaking the caloric bank.
  • AspenDan
    AspenDan Posts: 703 Member
    soltris wrote: »
    Enjoy, OP :)

    I love Panda Express for the broccoli beef and the teriyaki chicken. Steamed rice and 2x broccoli beef makes for a very filling dinner without breaking the caloric bank.

    Hahaha, they didn't have the teriyaki chicken so I got blackened pepper chicken, and it wasn't as good as I'd hoped haha. Next time I'll get a large order of the chow mein (which I love) and just throw in some broccoli and grilled chicken thigh which I always have on hand anyway, that way I can cut out extra sodium and maybe some calories..I love the noodles tho!!
  • starlitwaters
    starlitwaters Posts: 18 Member
    edited September 2015
    Having Panda Express for dinner tonight! Broccoli beef, a bit of fried rice and a couple of the veggie spring rolls clocks in around 500-600 calories.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    maidentl wrote: »
    Yeah I try to stay less than 1500..but some days I can have extra and just drink a ton of water =)

    Riiiight.

    This kind of thinking might have something to do with how you became overweight in the first place.

    I am pretty sure sodium didn't make him fat.

    No, but being able to eat 1400 calories in a single meal probably did.

    Eating that much at one time and not eating anything for the rest of the day sounds a bit like disordered eating. It's certainly a binge.

    Panda Express is not even GOOD Chinese. It's pretty flavorless.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    maidentl wrote: »
    Yeah I try to stay less than 1500..but some days I can have extra and just drink a ton of water =)

    Riiiight.

    This kind of thinking might have something to do with how you became overweight in the first place.

    I am pretty sure sodium didn't make him fat.

    No, but being able to eat 1400 calories in a single meal probably did.

    Eating that much at one time and not eating anything for the rest of the day sounds a bit like disordered eating. It's certainly a binge.

    Panda Express is not even GOOD Chinese. It's pretty flavorless.

    Lots of people practice intermittent fasting. Not saying that how the OP is choosing to eat is recommended for everyone, is actually IF, or is healthy. But, IF is not disordered.
  • AspenDan
    AspenDan Posts: 703 Member
    edited September 2015
    maidentl wrote: »
    Yeah I try to stay less than 1500..but some days I can have extra and just drink a ton of water =)

    Riiiight.

    This kind of thinking might have something to do with how you became overweight in the first place.

    I am pretty sure sodium didn't make him fat.

    No, but being able to eat 1400 calories in a single meal probably did.

    Eating that much at one time and not eating anything for the rest of the day sounds a bit like disordered eating. It's certainly a binge.

    Panda Express is not even GOOD Chinese. It's pretty flavorless.

    Well aren't you quite the judgemental person, Lol. Well you're entitled to that opinion, but it is incorrect.
  • Hummingbird914
    Hummingbird914 Posts: 76 Member
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    I can't justify eating panda. I miss it terribly. Sweet fire chicken was my go-to choice. The calories/fat/sodium are just not worth it. I could understand having maybe a bowl occasionally but 1500 in one sitting would be a set back.
  • AspenDan
    AspenDan Posts: 703 Member
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    I can't justify eating panda. I miss it terribly. Sweet fire chicken was my go-to choice. The calories/fat/sodium are just not worth it. I could understand having maybe a bowl occasionally but 1500 in one sitting would be a set back.

    My average tde amongst several calculators is like 2800, so for me it's not a big deal. I get tho if your tde is really small =(
  • brdnw
    brdnw Posts: 565 Member
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    I can't justify eating panda. I miss it terribly. Sweet fire chicken was my go-to choice. The calories/fat/sodium are just not worth it. I could understand having maybe a bowl occasionally but 1500 in one sitting would be a set back.

    My average tde amongst several calculators is like 2800, so for me it's not a big deal. I get tho if your tde is really small =(

    just because you can eat 2800 calories, it doesn't mean you need to.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
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    I can't justify eating panda. I miss it terribly. Sweet fire chicken was my go-to choice. The calories/fat/sodium are just not worth it. I could understand having maybe a bowl occasionally but 1500 in one sitting would be a set back.

    My average tde amongst several calculators is like 2800, so for me it's not a big deal. I get tho if your tde is really small =(

    So what is a really small tde?

    Because i think you mean something else like a deficit.


    and i love Panda...but the salt kills it most of the time for me.

    When i get it...i make it fit. Even when i was on 1200 calories a day, i just ate a day at maintenance level
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Honey walnut shrimp.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    I love me some Panda. I eat it a couple times per week. It helps me get to my 6K sodium goal!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I love me some Panda. I eat it a couple times per week. It helps me get to my 6K sodium goal!

    SNORT!
  • AspenDan
    AspenDan Posts: 703 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I love me some Panda. I eat it a couple times per week. It helps me get to my 6K sodium goal!

    Hahaha, I think if I wanted extra sodium, I'd eat a ton of chow mein too =)
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I love me some Panda. I eat it a couple times per week. It helps me get to my 6K sodium goal!

    Hahaha, I think if I wanted extra sodium, I'd eat a ton of chow mein too =)

    I'm more of an Orange Chicken kinda guy :) but yea, I don't worry about sodium since I am really active.

  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    BWBTrish wrote: »
    So worth..pnjr92293q1a.png

    I can't justify eating panda. I miss it terribly. Sweet fire chicken was my go-to choice. The calories/fat/sodium are just not worth it. I could understand having maybe a bowl occasionally but 1500 in one sitting would be a set back.

    My average tde amongst several calculators is like 2800, so for me it's not a big deal. I get tho if your tde is really small =(

    So what is a really small tde?

    Because i think you mean something else like a deficit.


    and i love Panda...but the salt kills it most of the time for me.

    When i get it...i make it fit. Even when i was on 1200 calories a day, i just ate a day at maintenance level
    Im sure he meant TDEE.

  • AspenDan
    AspenDan Posts: 703 Member
    BWBTrish wrote: »
    So worth..pnjr92293q1a.png

    I can't justify eating panda. I miss it terribly. Sweet fire chicken was my go-to choice. The calories/fat/sodium are just not worth it. I could understand having maybe a bowl occasionally but 1500 in one sitting would be a set back.

    My average tde amongst several calculators is like 2800, so for me it's not a big deal. I get tho if your tde is really small =(

    So what is a really small tde?

    Because i think you mean something else like a deficit.


    and i love Panda...but the salt kills it most of the time for me.

    When i get it...i make it fit. Even when i was on 1200 calories a day, i just ate a day at maintenance level
    Im sure he meant TDEE.

    Yes, I did, thanks =]
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    edited September 2015
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  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    BWBTrish wrote: »
    So worth..pnjr92293q1a.png

    I can't justify eating panda. I miss it terribly. Sweet fire chicken was my go-to choice. The calories/fat/sodium are just not worth it. I could understand having maybe a bowl occasionally but 1500 in one sitting would be a set back.

    My average tde amongst several calculators is like 2800, so for me it's not a big deal. I get tho if your tde is really small =(

    So what is a really small tde?

    Because i think you mean something else like a deficit.


    and i love Panda...but the salt kills it most of the time for me.

    When i get it...i make it fit. Even when i was on 1200 calories a day, i just ate a day at maintenance level
    Im sure he meant TDEE.

    Yes, I did, thanks =]

    Ok so what is a small TDEE?
    Because it is like you are talking about a small deficit.



  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,968 Member
    Rage_Phish wrote: »
    so gross
    To you. I like it as do many others. Guess us people that like "gross" food must be odd.

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  • AspenDan
    AspenDan Posts: 703 Member
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    Well what I mean is, regardless of if you're trying for a deficit or are maintaining, if you have a high tdee you can eat more. Really tho im no nutrition or diet pro so i could totally be wrong, but I think this is entering needless semantics territory haha.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,968 Member
    make that chicken at home and save a ton of money. just buy the rice if you want. or even find some in the frozen food section at the grocery store.

    You can say that about everything you get outside of the house. I don't buy pizza any more because I make it at home from scratch and think it tastes better. However, I like to eat out on occasion.
    Frozen rice?

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  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
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    Well what I mean is, regardless of if you're trying for a deficit or are maintaining, if you have a high tdee you can eat more. Really tho im no nutrition or diet pro so i could totally be wrong, but I think this is entering needless semantics territory haha.

    why lol just asking what you really meant.

  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Honey walnut shrimp.

    oh love that one too

    But I have to confess I love all Chinese/Japanese/Indian foods


  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I don't understand the hoop la. I mean, I just got back from Chinatown so I guess I'd rather get a meal there. I think we had a panda express in our college food court.
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    edited September 2015
    The teriyaki chicken has become one of my go-tos for fast food/work lunches. You can find a lot of articles, if you google it, about the quality of their food and trained cooks. The cooks even have Q&As about how they prepare the food and how it is shipped to the store. Yup, I can definitely fit it in! Although it has nothing on authentic Chinese food we have in my city.