But first ... check this out! 🥳

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We Have A New Calendar In The App!

There are SO many cool ways for B•TRIBAL•FIT members to use it.

1. The weekly schedule that our team produces will be front and center for you to see. No more skip days because you don't know what workout to choose!
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2. You can create your OWN schedule from your favorite workouts.
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   Going on vacation soon? Pick your videos ahead of time.
   Need a week of stretching? Load up your calendar.
   Want a cardio intense week? Make it happen.

Such a fun new feature we now have in our app.

FYI, the calendar is still "in development" a bit inside our app, so there may be a few bugs. But, we couldn't wait to share it with you!

Make sure you go to the iOS store and "update" to the latest version and you'll be all set! Eek, I'm so excited! 🤩

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The Art of The Quick Healthy Meal ⏱

Since 2020, my family and I have cooked more healthy meals at home than we've ever done before.

Part of it is the age of our kids and what they are willing to eat. Another piece was the habit of eating at home that came out of our Covid experience. We just got used to eating at home more.

But the biggest piece has been that we made a couple of small decisions that have had HUGE compounding effects for us. We haven't gotten sucked into the challenges that so many people do.

There are several false beliefs that social media and food blogging masters can communicate when you follow their food content online.

1. Healthy meals only count when you do all the prep work.
2. Healthy meals have 5x the ingredients and supplies.
3. Healthy meals are only for the super-committed.
4. Healthy meals require most of the day to make.
5. Healthy meals need to be picture-perfect.

Let's reject this way of thinking: I have to become a master chef in order to create healthy meals at home on a consistent basis.

Here is the truth... with a few small adjustments to your approach, you can move from being a consistently poor meal preparer to a down-right healthy cook with the same amount of effort.

The Approach

Step 1️⃣: Don't overcomplicate it. A bag of salad from Walmart and a grilled chicken breast is enough. You don't need to have the whole stovetop going every day.

Step 2️⃣: Prioritize your proteins. Think through what your main protein source will be for your meal and learn to build around it. Fish, Chicken, Eggs, Sweet Potatoes, Turkey, and Ground Beef all work. Learn to use each one in 2-3 different ways and you won't run out of healthy options.

Step 3️⃣: Stay stocked up on good food supplies. You know that you can't eat what you don't have and in reverse, you can only each poorly if it's all you do have at home. When you keep frozen meat, wild rice, potatoes, veggies, quinoa, beans, and healthy options on hand, you're ready to cook at any time!

Step 4️⃣: Put in a bit more time. We have found that the quick "healthy" meal takes about 15-20 more minutes than the quick "unhealthy" meal. If your dinner normally takes 30 minutes, it might take 45. Sure, the extra few minutes of effort are real, but it is such a small investment of time for the benefits it brings your body and family.

Step 5️⃣: Change your identity. So much of what you do on a habitual basis comes down to the beliefs you tell yourself. Embracing The Art of the Quick Healthy Meal requires that you believe your family can and should do it.

Bonus/Shortcut 🔥 My husband loves using a sous vide to help our family eat well. Often it is to quickly thaw frozen chicken or fish because we are short on time. Other times he will use it to slow cook our dinner which makes for some easy and amazing meals!

You can always check out the fun food pics and ideas that are shared in our community every single week! - B💙

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