You don't have to give up takeaways completely, as long as you make the right menu choices and don't have them too often.
Fish and chips
Healthy takeaways
We all love a trip to the chippy. But too many could give you a substantial gut before you know it. Remember the thicker the chips the better, as they absorb less fat.
Worst choice: thin chips, cheese and onion pie, steak and kidney pie, jumbo sausage.
Best choice: cod, haddock or plaice (peel off the batter), mushy peas. Smaller portions of thicker cut chips and without salt (or add it yourself!).
Pizza
Always choose a pizza with a thin base. Deep pan is packed with fat. Go for vegetable, chicken or fish (eg tuna) toppings as these are less fatty, and avoid pepperoni and extra cheese.
Worst choice: large deep pan, crust stuffed with cheese, triple cheese with pepperoni.
Best choice: small/medium pizza with a thin base and vegetable/lean meat topping.
Chinese
Avoid anything that's battered or 'crispy' as that means it's deep fried. Steamed dishes are the best option, but stir-fries are fine. Watch out for starters such as prawn crackers and spring rolls because these are generally deep fried.
Worst choice: sweet and sour battered pork balls with special or egg-fried rice, prawn toast and spring rolls.
Best choice: crab and corn soup, beef in oyster sauce or chicken in black bean sauce, steamed vegetables and plain-boiled-rice.
Indian
Avoid anything that's creamy or deep fried. The best options are vegetable curry, tandoori chicken, chicken or prawn madras or bhuna. Have them with boiled rice, dhal or chapattis. If you do have a balti, spoon off the excess oil.
Worst choice: any korma or masala with fried rice, bhajis, pakoras and poppadoms.
Best choice: chicken madras, tandoori or bhuna with boiled rice and dhal.
Kebab and burgers
A doner is basically cheap meat blasted off a stripped carcass and glued together with loads of fat. That might be enough to put you off for life. If you're having a kebab or burger you can still have a healthier option.
Worst choice: large doner with no salad, burgers with cheese and mayo.
Best choice: chicken shish with pitta bread and salad, grilled burgers made from lean fish or meat and without cheese and mayo.