How often do you get takeaway?

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And in order of 3 most favourite, what do you get?

We get about every 3 months

1. Greek: souvlaki kebab platter.
2. Fish and chips
3. Thai.

I get a flat white delivered from Cafe Nero practically every morning

I'm more shocked by this than the multiple takeaways a week people. It must cost a fortune (comparatively) to have a single coffee delivered due to minimum order and delivery charges. Isn't it cold too?

We probably have one lunch and one dinner a week either takeaway or at a restaurant.

This thread is pretty astonishing. I'd be worried about the health implications of eating takeaways really frequently- the salt levels alone must be very bad for you. As for regularly getting a coffee delivered to your house . Can't you just make one? Paying for all those coffees would eventually add up to the equivalent of a coffee machine.

I'd be worried about the health implications of eating takeaways really frequently- the salt levels alone must be very bad for you

Not all takeaways are high salt and salt isn't actually bad for most people. It's a myth that has little evidence to back it up. Many are comparable to or even less than foods like ham sandwiches or cheese, which people eat frequently without concern.

Most have a full days calories or more in one takeaway

I suspect a lot of people aren't eating a whole portion in one go, or sharing them. A standard takeaway (pizza or curry and rice or big tub of Chinese noodles) always does 2 meals for me, sometimes 3.

Plus many takeaways aren't high calorie, you can still get vegetables, fish, chicken, salad etc. It's not all pizza and kebab and chips.

I suspect a lot of people aren't eating a whole portion in one go, or sharing them. A standard takeaway (pizza or curry and rice or big tub of Chinese noodles) always does 2 meals for me, sometimes 3.

I suspect you are very much in the minority there. I can't imagine many people take 3 meals to eat a standard size pizza! It makes it sound rather like the mythical MN chicken tbh. Even my very slim, quite small for his age 12yo will happily eat a whole pizza in one sitting.

Plus many takeaways aren't high calorie, you can still get vegetables, fish, chicken, salad etc. It's not all pizza and kebab and chips.

Going by this thread it's mostly Indian, Chinese, pizza and fish and chips. Many people don't live in areas where they have a choice of healthy and varied takeaway options.

People can eat what they like! For goodness sake - you are being ridiculous to suggest there is any weight gain with eating food others have prepared for you!! Some of my dishes I make from scratch are often the cream based ones with truffle that everyone loves so much!

There is such a thing as joy - and eating delicious food that someone else has prepared for you, someone is washing up the pans and the pots - somewhere else that is not your kitchen. Your kitchen is spotless, it is wonderful!! Complete with a glass of chilled wine - and that is a fabulous way to feel really very happy!

It is possible to check out the hygiene rating online, and choose to only eat/order in places where they are graded at the highest category, and they are probably far cleaner than your kitchen lazy lets face it!

We have an amazing thai close to us, everything made from scratch - it is heavenly. Sushi made to order is fabulous, healthy and fresh. We have that once a week too!

Every now and then we might treat ourselves to fish and chips and a glass of champagne - it is called having a life.

For those occasions I don't care about the sugar and the salt, I just sit and enjoy every mouthful as one should, and if you are not doing that at least a few times a month in one form or another then perhaps you need to consider whether you have disordered thinking around food? seychellles because for many, particularly with all of the restrictions in place now - the only real enjoyment to be had is a plateful of your most favourite food! Pref prepared by someone else!

At some points during the lockdown it is ALL we looked forward to in fact, as there was absolutely no chance of a theatre visit or a mini break to European city lets face it.

Don't take this the wrong way but if you eat takeaways once or twice a week are seriously you happy with your weight or do you put weight gain down to the takeaways?

I get takeaway once or twice a week. I'm a size 10 at most.

I see this thread’s gone weird. 😄

We currently get takeaway 2+ times a week.

I’m a size 10, although it’s possible to be bigger or smaller than this and still be perfectly healthy.

@lazylinguist believe it or not you can get healthy Indian & Chinese food delivered.

@Friendsoftheearth

What a fantastic post.

Easily 95% of what I eat is prepared by other people. It doesn’t have to be unhealthy, and the stress about other people handling your food is just batshit. I haven’t been ill since I was a kid.

5’3” size 8. 30c. Regular walks, gym and pole dancing.

The idea that takeaway or eating out automatically means high salt and fat is about 15 years out of date (depending on where you live of course)

Once a month we gt indian or Chinese, indian is my favourite

Once a month (ish) we get fish and chips for lunch if we go to the beach or certain walks with the kids

I worked as a chef for years, the average restaurant does put more salt, fat, sugar into the average meal compared to what people would cook at home. It's what makes it more delicious, creamy mashed potato in a restaurant, heaps of butter, Vs the tiny smidgen you would put in at home etc.

@Swayo

I worked as a chef for years, the average restaurant does put more salt, fat, sugar into the average meal compared to what people would cook at home. It's what makes it more delicious, creamy mashed potato in a restaurant, heaps of butter, Vs the tiny smidgen you would put in at home etc.

See. You are assuming you know how I cook at home 😂

If I do mash it is laden with butter, wholgrain mustard, salt and double cream.

Life is too short for bland mash

Probably once a month? Maybe slightly less?

Would probably be more if we lived somewhere that you could get good takeaways! As it is, barely anywhere delivers here but thanks to Covid we have slightly more choice now!

See. You are assuming you know how I cook at home 😂
Compared to the average home cook, restaurants will have far more butter, salt, sugar. I don't think the average person is putting between a 1:3 or even up to 1:1 for pure decedance butter ratio in their creamy mash for a example.

Once every 4 months or so..yeah about 3 times a year.

1. Indian
2. Chinese
3. Fish and chips

@Swayo funnily enough I once followed a mash recipe from a chef friend. I have NEVER seen as much cream and butter per potato! Bloody lovely though

Maybe 4 or 5 times a year. They are just not that nice and cost too much.

If we do get one we get indian but, sadly, are often disappointed.

We never get pizza takeaway as you can make much much nicer pizza at home. Dominos, in particular, is we think vile.

I don't think I have ever had fish and chips that I really enjoyed. It is usually too greasy and/or the batter is too thick and often undercooked.

@positivelynegative delicious but so calorific! I briefly worked at a Michelin-starred place when I was younger. The most creamy, delicious smooth mashed potato on the planet but basically a heart attack on a plate, it had more butter than potato! Everyone laughs at Jamie Oliver sloshing olive oil everywhere, but most restaurants that's the key! The fat, be it butter, oil, ghee etc

I cooked absolutely everything from the beginning to end of lockdown.

For the past month, I have gotten a weekly takeaway of either gluten free fried chicken or of pho.

Maybe three or four times a year. We live rurally, though, and options are limited to say the least.

Blimey, I’m a size 14 and rarely get takeaways! Dh cooks and uses an alarming amount of butter/olive oil/salt in everything - it’s what adds to the delicious flavour
My mum almost fainted when I told her how much oil and butter I buy weekly!
We just prefer the taste of good home cooked food and want to know what’s going into it. We don’t have a great selection of takeaways around here despite there being some really good independent restaurants around.

Oh loads. I have a chronic pain condition and it's tough with my toddler - sometimes I'm so shattered by dinner time it's easy just to order in

There's a yummy Greek place, a really nice pizza place. We get wagamamas a bit. Very spoilt for choice with deliveroo

@Seychelles98 I mean you were pretty rude first tbh....that was a patronising and sanctimonious post inferring people who get takeaways have unhygienic kitchens and are overweight and unhealthy don’t dish it out if you can’t take it 🤷🏻‍♀️