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Is this considered "pasta"??? :huh:

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Lo mein is Pasta, yes. There's also veggies and sometimes Protein as well in the dish if you have beef or shrimp or chicken Lo Mein. Chow mein is vegetables. But remember...Chinese food is very high in sodium and sugar. I'm not saying don't eat it, but make it a once in a while item...not something to eat regularly. And of course, keep track of any rice you eat as well. Pasta or rice...it's still carbs.

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I used to love Chinese food. Since being banded I cannot tolerate it. I cannot eat rice at all . Every time I have tried I get stuck. I can pick around the veg's and meat but like you said it's very high in sodium and I just don't need it. I really have learned to listen to my body and try not to eat things that are not good for me. It amazes me some days what I really don't want to eat anymore. I used to love pizza too but I ate one small piece on Sunday, Super Bowl and it was okay but I can live without it .

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Chines foods are still one of my "go To" foods....

Early on though, I stopped eating anything Pasta, and rice...also do not eat anything heavily breaded and fried such as General tso's chicken.

But I will buy something such as Kung Po Chicken...enough for two non banded people, and then separate all the things I will eat and throw away what I will not eat....wind up with about 1/2...(no rice, or at least very little mixed in you can hardly see it....

And then, I can only eat 1/2 of that 1/2....so I wind up throwing 3/4's of it away...or save a little leftover for the next day or later....

But that's how it is with just about everything I eat....can only get through a 1/3 of it at best.

But since being banded, don't cook as much and Chinese/thai food is still good take-out.

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With Chinese food you can always ask them to adjust stuff like no msg and no cornstarch (which they put in almost all their dishes) and get meat and veggie dishes which there are plenty of. Also you can try their steamed dishes where they will give you the sauce on the side and you control the amount you put in.

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