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This is the next installment in "Back in the day Wednesday". Sorry for the lateness.
Hubby and I are big on Asian food. After sushi, I'd have to say Chinese food in general is probably number two for us. There's a buffet which we kinda consider "our place" not too far from our house. When I started WW I decided to make some substitutions, because I'm more about quantity than quality in some cases. I'm not terribly fussy so that really works for me. What I eat at a Chinese buffet really changed.
Back in the day:
Lots of fried rice
Lots of sesame chicken
Lots of peanut chicken
I love dumplings
(note: I do not know the points for peanut chicken. Just know that one tablespoon of peanut butter is 3 points)
If I only had one serving of each of those (cup of fried rice, cup of sesame chicken, a 3oz serving of peanut chicken (just counting the 3 points for the tablespoon of peanut butter) and four dumplings) it would be 28 points and I'd get about three plates.
To top it off I almost always had 16 pts worth of ice cream and maybe a cookie or some chocolate syrup
Point grand total: 44
Now:
One cup of chicken and broccoli
1/2 cup of white rice
Four dumplings
One ounce of chicken teriyaki.
Points total: 14
This is just an example of what I can eat at a buffet. It all depends on how many points I have.
One tip for eating at a buffet is to get small portions of everything and then sit down with your tracker and track what you have so far and then when you're done eating figure out what you have points left over for and how hungry you still are.
Another tip for eating at a Chinese buffet. Don't hesitate to dig through the serving dish to find a small portion of something like Chicken Teriyaki. I've been able to find one to three ounce servings at multiple locations at multiple times.
Yummy! I love chinese food! Especially sesame chicken. Unlike you, I've found I'm really not fine with substitutions. If I'm going to eat chinese food I'm going to eat whatever I want. So, I only eat it on rare occasions, and really limit my snacks and the calories in my meals the rest of the day. I'm glad you found something that works for you!
ReplyDeleteEveryone is different. I'm lucky that I'm not too fussy. On the other hand, I can't accept any substitutions when I'm eating sushi. I HAVE to have avocado, eel and salmon. Then again, sushi is relatively low in points.
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