Positively Well with Amber

Winning when your Twinning with your Instructor👯‍♀️

January is thyroid disease awareness month so I decided it was a fitting time to share a little about my journey. I was diagnosed with HASHIMOTOS hypothyroidism this year after nearly 5 years of symptoms. I experienced mild to debilitating fatigue, losing strength, gaining weight, heart palpitations, chronic headaches, brain fog, mild depression along with many more various symptoms because your thyroid affects every system in your body. I knew something was wrong but I didn’t receive good care by my P*P at the time then I lost faith in myself thinking it was all in my head. This is why I’m sharing. It’s VERY COMMON for it to take years to get diagnosed with hypothyroidism. And 90% of hypothyroidism is caused by an autoimmune disease that attacks your thyroid called HASHIMOTOS. If your provider isn’t knowledgeable, and many aren’t even the so called specialists, you can feel terrible and just be waiting for your thyroid to be damaged enough to see it in your thyroid levels. Or your provider might not even run all the thyroid tests they should which happened in my case. If you are experiencing some of these symptoms, please make sure that your doctor runs a full thyroid panel (TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3) along with checking your antibodies (TPOAB & TGAB) for HASHIMOTOS sooner than later. The HASHIMOTOS piece is really important because if you don’t manage your auto immune disease through diet and lifestyle you are at a high risk of developing more autoimmune diseases. As for me, I’m still in the process of finding the right thyroid hormone medication levels as well as living gluten free and adjusting my workouts to find the right intensity as to not cause a flare up of my symptoms. It’s been hard!!! The thriving Amber many of you knew has disappeared over the last 5 years and I’m trying to find my groove again. But I’m not giving up and I hope you don’t either! Advocate for your self always when you feel something isn’t right! Change providers, seek another opinion, just don’t let it go. Peace and Health to you all in the New Year🥳

April Robson Parker & I had the best time instructing our Studio B Fusion class at SVF!!🎉 2024 is going to be a great year, I can feel it!!

The bomb grilled chicken!! I omitted the oregano bc I’m not a huge fan. With that change, I‘d give it⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

Air Fryer Chicken Breasts Recipe - Platings + Pairings

Officially a huge fan of both of the Cumberland University Tennis teams!! Today I had the privilege of working with the Mens team and they were so much fun! Just like the Womens team, they were amazing, positive, well mannered young athletes. This workout was totally out of their comfort zone but they embraced it and killed it👊. Great job guys👏👏👏

I’m loving these wraps! They are really helping me stay on target with my protein and fiber goals💪. I use them for breakfast burritos, sandwich wraps, regular burritos and more.  I previously tried another version of these, but I really like this whole wheat version much more😋. Pictured here is the soft taco and burrito tortillas. I love having the two sizes depending on what I need them for. Go get you some!!

Had a private session this morning with this beautiful mother daughter duo today🥰

Enough said!

Thankful for these beautiful ladies who helped me film my video evaluation for POP Pilates today! I’m so excited to bring this fresh, fun and CHALLENGING🔥 format to Sports Village Fitness soon!!👏👏

Working on a new format for my SVF Peeps! They are going to love it🔥💪

I can definitely endorse these kind of health changes👍. No fads, nothing complicated, just consistent choices making her health and wellness a priority.

These Are Rebel Wilson's 5 Best Secrets That Helped Her Reach Her Weight Loss Goals Rebel Wilson's impressive 75-pound weight loss journey was shaped around these simple steps that you can incorporate into your life, too.

Gotta stay healthy!!!😁

I made this with a 30g protein Fairlife chocolate drink and it was amazing😋!! 

Showing some Halloween spirit in Pilates🎃😜👻

The Sports Village PiYo Peeps had a little fun today🎃 PiYoween 2021!! Congrats to Polly for winning the drawing!🎁.

Sports Village Piyo Peeps doing some Paddleboard Yoga🏄🧘‍♀️.

A tough set in Pilates got us feeling like 😌ahhhh😌

Positively Well with Amber updated their business hours.

Positively Well with Amber updated their website address.

I loved having this mother daughter duo in Pilates today!!💪🥰

This really resonated with me today. Comparison is the thief of joy! I tell my kids that healthy looks different on different people so we shouldn’t judge others bodies. We also shouldn’t judge our own....especially comparing it to someone else’s.