By Failing to Prepare you are Preparing to Fail

So my week with no added sugar was challenging and went better than expected considering I didn’t really set myself for success. The first day went excellent, day two was going great until I got home and realized that my step-dad had made franks and beans for dinner. The baked beans third ingredient was brown sugar, and although it smelled really good I had no problem saying no and looking for something else to eat. This is where I hit my first problem; I hadn’t done any shopping to prepare for this goal! First I was going to make a sandwich but my wheat bread had added sugar, then I was going to have soup but that contained high fructose corn syrup! Which was really annoying, who knew that the devil of all sweeteners was in soup! I ended up making a low fat whole wheat tuna noodle dish which surprisingly was really tasty and nutritious. This was the pattern of my week because I hadn’t planned for this I was consistently eating the same thing over and over again, I ate the tuna noodle dish three times last week, or I ended up eating something with added sugar for lack of another option. So my plan is to attempt this goal again the week after thanksgiving. My goal this week is to do cardio on all my boot camp off days!  

Whole Wheat Tuna Noodle Pasta
1 Tbsp Butter
3 Tbsp Flour
2 cups of Skim Milk
1 Cup of dried whole wheat pasta (I used bowtie)
1 Cup Frozen veggies ( I used peas, carrots, and broccoli)
1 6oz Can of Solid White Tuna drained
Salt and Pepper to taste

First start by cooking your pasta according to package instructions. When the pasta is almost done start your sauce. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in large sauté pan, once melted, sprinkle flour in pan and whisk until butter and flour form a paste. Once the paste turns from white to a pale yellow add half a cup of milk and keep whisking until the milk thickens. Stir in a cup of milk continuing to whisk and as the sauce starts to thicken add in frozen veggies, tuna, and remaining milk. Let simmer till veggies are cooked. At this point you can add more milk depending on how thick you like your sauce. Once the sauce is ready toss in the cooked pasta and you are all ready to go! This meal is about 330 calories a serving.