Pre-band the hubs and I would occasionally go to a little chinese joint down the street from us. They don't use MSG there and their sodium counts appear to be less.

I use to eat General Tso chicken, but now realize exactly how horrible that was for me. One of my other favs was chicken and broccoli, which I thing would be pretty healthy.

Is there any healthy chinese take out? I don't mind leaving off the rice, but what main dish won't kill me on calories?

I am craving chinese some kinda bad, I know you can make it at home, but I want the real deal.

Just watch the salt and fat. Steamed sounds good.

Yum love Chinese food, I've eaten it about four times since being banded and I go for the stirfry chicken and vegetables. My nutritionist says if you want something just have a little bit. For me it's about portion control with everything even the not so good stuff and seven months out and scales still going down. And yes I've eaten the rice too. So whether you portion control or calorie count as long as you do that I don't see a problem.

You can always make your own and control what goes in it, the stir frys are healthy, lots of recipes on the net and cooking Chinese food is very quick and easy.

tonight I made Trader Joe's chicken teriyarki (spelled so wrong). First I stir fried pea pods, water chestnuts and almonds cooked in an Asian sauce,then added the cooked chicken and poured it all onto brown rice. It was super!!