Healthy-ish choices from the Chinese takeaway????

I usually get Moo Goo Gai Pan. You could ask for extra chicken or have them add shrimp to up the protein. Cashew chicken, Kung Pao or something like beef and broccoli are also good options as long as you are okay with the carbs that come from the vegetables. There is likely corn starch in the sauce too, but I can't imagine that it would add too many carbs.

I don't low carb, so I eat a moderate portion of rice. Perhaps you could steam some riced cauliflower for your take out.

Of course you want to avoid battered, because that means deep fried.

Avoid sweet & sour. Google typical Kung Pao recipes - not much sugar at all. But your restaurant may use sugar in any/most/all recipes.

Pick something with lots of veggies....especially if you aren't serving it on top of anything.

"Clean" food (whatever your definition is) doesn't effect weight loss.....that's simply a matter of maintaining your calorie deficit.

JoRocka wrote: »

.... forgive me for being... oh I dunno- dense. but isn't the point of a cheat meal to get what you want rather than trying to cram it into your diet plan?

I kind of wondered the same thing. I'm not trying to be rude. I guess I don't get it. If I'm going to eat a "cheat" meal then I order whatever I want for it.

I dont even try to avoid anything. If i order chinese I accept that its going to be a bigger meal and account for it in the rest of my day/plan ahead. I did however teach myself how to cook all of the dishes that i do like so that i could make them at home for less calories and to my tastes when i felt like just having say .. sesame chicken for dinner.