[nicki reborn]

Each week we have "Chippy" night. I know having a take-away isn't exactly good for you but its only once a week & its our treat/free meal from a friend who pays for it (the free bit is the most important as I'm on a very tight budget )

Anyways, last week I got a copy of the menu for the place where we go and I've looked into the unhealthy options and scrapped a lot of the choices already as well as the ones I know I don't like. Now I'm left with the following but was wondering if anyone could help me narrow it down a bit more? I know that chicken is healthier than beef, but I don't want to live on chicken meals and soups!

Almost everything served with rice can also be served with chips and I think "Special" just means different meats used instead of one. The pies are Holland ones!

I have left:

Fish
Chips
Salt & Pepper Chips
Chop Suey roll
Beefburger
Sausage
Steak & Kidney pie
Chicken & Mushroom Pie
Cheese & Onion pie
Meat & Potato Pie
Meat pie
Chicken Breast

Portions
Peas
Curry
Gravy
Mushrooms
Beansprouts
Boiled Rice
Sweet & Sour Sauce
Barbecue Sauce

Soup
Chicken & sweetcorn
Crab & Sweetcorn
Hot & Sour
Chicken Noodle.

English dishes (with rice or chips)
Chicken Dinner
Sausage dinner (3 sausage)
Sausage & egg dinner (2 sausage)
Mushroom & Chips
Pie Dinner
Beefburger Dinner
Curry Rice & Chips
Gravy Rice & chips
Curry Rice
Curry & Chips
Gravy & Chips

Curried Dishesserved with rice
Special Curry
Kind Prawn curry
Prawn Curry
Chicken Curry
Beef curry

Chow Mein Dishes
Special Chow Mein
King Prawn Chow Mein
Prawn Chow Mein
Chicken Chow Mein
Beef Chow Mein
Mushroom Chow Mein
Singapore Chow Mein

Omelette Dishes served with rice
King Prawn Omelette
Special Omelette
Prawn Omelette
Chicken Omelette
Ham Omelette
Spanish Omelette
Mushroom Omelette
Pain Omelette

Chop Suey Dishes Served with Rice
Special Chop Suey
Kind Prawn Chop Suey
Prawn Chop Suey
Chicken Chop Suey
Beef Chop Suey
Mushroom Chop Suey

Chinese Dishes served with Rice
King Prawn Mushroom
Prawn Mushroom
Chicken Mushroom
Beef Mushroom
Beef Tomato
Chicken Tomato
Chicken Pineapple
Beef Pineapple
Beef Beansprouts
Beef & onion
Chicken Cashewnuts
Beef & Cashew nits
Prawn & Cashew Nuts
King Prawn & Cashew Nuts

Green Pepper & Blackbean Sauce Dishes served with rice
King Prawn, Green Pepper & Blackbean Sauce
Prawn, Green Pepper & Blackbean Sauce
Chicken, Green Pepper & Blackbean Sauce
Beef, Green Pepper & Blackbean Sauce

Satay Sauce Dishes Served with Rice
King Prawn & Satay Sauce
Prawn & Satay Sauce
Chicken & Satay Sauce
Beef & Satay Sauce

Chilli & Blackbean Sauce Dishes Served with Rice
Special Chilli & Blackbean Sauce
King Prawn Chilli & Blackbean Sauce
Prawn Chilli & Blackbean Sauce
Chicken Chilli & Blackbean Sauce
Beef Chilli & Blackbean Sauce

Garlic Sauce Dishes served with rice
Special Garlic Sauce
King Prawn & Garlic Sauce
Prawn & Garlic Sauce
Chicken & Garlic Sauce
Beef & Garlic Sauce

Oyster Sauce Dishes served with rice
Special Oyster Sauce
King Prawn & Oyster Sauce
Prawn & Oyster Sauce
Chicken & Oyster Sauce
Beef & Oyster Sauce

Vegetarian Dishes
Vegetable Curry Sauce
Vegetable Chilli Sauce
Vegetable Cashewnuts
Vegetable Chow Mein

Gung Bo Dishes
Special Gung Bo
Beef Gung Bo
King Prawn Gung Bo
Chicken Gung Bo

Sorry for the huge post, but I want to get it sorted before this weeks meal which is tonight!

[Bellysgonnagetme]

chow mein is generally lowest in fat i think

[MiletJohn]

This all thing you left from your schedule. So, what you eat daily schedule. But its good for your fitness health.

[Starbuck]

I found this link ages ago whilst trying to find a healthier meal from the chinese. Might help you a bit
http://www.healthyweightforum.org/en..._chinese_food/

[Bakewell]

Nicki

You obviously know what will work best for you, but what I like to do is go lower on points during the week and then have a blow-out at the weekend without worrying about counting points. I'm wondering if you could do this to incorporate your takeaway night? Doing that has several advantages - you don't feel like you're missing out because you're still getting to have your favourite foods, which makes it more sustainable long-term too, but also there's evidence to suggest that varying your calorie intake like that keeps your metabolism on its toes as well. I know this has worked for me in the past and I'm hoping it will this time too. The other thing is that certainly with WW chow mein is easily the lowest in points, but sometimes you just don't want chow mein; you want to be able to vary it. This way you can treat yourself without any guilty feelings because you're not going off your plan; just tweaking it to work around you.

[kimberleyanddarren]

why dont you get whatever you like but then to reduce the calories cook your own rice/chips to go with it, therefore you will get to have something nice like the curry or whatver and not all of the calories because all the rice and chips are done in a ton of fat and salt and everything