July 25, 2024 • 31 mins
On this episode of 4 the Health of it, I talk with former USAF Staff Sergeant, Amber Lacy, about her self journey into the wellness and nutrition field.
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Korian (00:07):
Welcome to another edition of For the Health of It.
I'm your host, Cory and K-PadPaget.
And today we have with us uh alongtime friend of mine, family
friend.
Uh our moms went to schooltogether, and we went to school
together.
Uh Amber Fields.
Amber, what is your last namenow?
I know you got married.
Amber (00:24):
Lacey now.
Amber Lacey.
Yes.
Korian (00:27):
Good deal, good deal.
So, Amber, just just uh mainthing I want to re- uh talk to
you about today is just yourfitness journey.
I've been following you alonguh on your Instagram and
whatnot, and I see you got thename OneFit Mom.
Uh to me uh what inspired that?
Amber (00:46):
Um, I would say one Fit Mom came about, probably during
the pandemic, um it was a reallystressful time.
At the time, I was active dutymilitary, and then I was also a
mom to two kids.
And so all of those things werenew to me and it was very
overwhelming.
And so um, yeah, it was, Ithink it sparked a lot of
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anxiety, and I had never dealtwith that before.
And so for me, it was a newthing that I was going through
and just trying to navigatethrough that.
Um, I was like, I have to dosomething because I started
developing like um heartpalpitations, and there were
other health issues that I hadstarted to encounter, and I was
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like, I have to do something.
I was going to doctors, umeveryone was like, Oh, you're
fine, but I didn't feel fine.
And so for me, um that's kindof where I really got consistent
with working out.
I've always been active, I'vealways been an athlete, um, but
never really got into weighttraining like I am now.
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And so that kind of is where itstarted for me.
Um yeah, and here we are today,four years later.
I can't believe it's been thatlong, but um still going strong.
Okay.
Korian (02:10):
I tell everybody, uh, the last four years have been on
like fast forward, basically.
Like uh just sitting in thehouse like a year and a half of
those, I mean, that proves it.
But uh, you were talking aboutyou were having heart
palpitations, like, and then yousaid your your doctors were
telling you you feel uh youyou're good.
So can you talk to me?
Like, was your blood pressureelevated?
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Was your BMI out of whack?
What's up with that?
Amber (02:34):
So um initially it started, I would say I also
experienced um, just to go back,um, a little bit of postpartum
as well.
And so I think that's reallywhen it started for me.
I wasn't getting much sleep.
Um, I worked in a high stresslevel um position in the
military.
And I was also, again, a newmom to uh at the time I had a
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15-month-old and a newborn.
And so I think all of thosethings piled on top of each
other.
Um, it really, and if I'm beinghonest, I noticed it maybe for
six months that I just kind ofignored it.
And then, and when it got tothe point where it was like,
okay, something's not right.
And when I say heartpalpitations, I mean, you know,
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just the skipping of theheartbeat and feeling like I'm
being attacked by a bear is howthey describe it, how how a
counselor would describe it.
But um yeah, just experiencingall these symptoms and I was
going to the doctors.
So during that time, I did mymy blood pressure was elevated.
I was getting high readings,and that was the first time that
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I'd I'd ever received a highreading for um high blood
pressure.
And that lasted almost a year.
And so it also kickstarted mypassion for nutrition because
the more research that I did, Irealized like, okay, we have to
now check what are you eating?
Are you working out?
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Because it goes first, it goesmore into it than just are you,
you know, running and workingout, being active.
You also have to check the whatare you stressing about.
And so there were a lot ofthings that I um I realized I
needed to change in my life, andthat's kind of what led me on
the path of nutrition.
Korian (04:22):
Okay.
Uh so talk to me about that.
Because you did, I mean, we'rekind of going at the end and
then working all the way back tothe beginning.
But can you talk me throughyour uh you did like a 30-day
juice or 60-day juice?
Can you talk to me about that?
Amber (04:37):
Um, so before I did that, I started off um doing like a
21-day fast.
And that was just through mychurch.
Um, you know, I did the Danielfast, and that was my first time
ever doing any type of cleanseor detox.
And for me, it was morespiritual for more spiritual
reasons.
Um, and the the way that I waseating was just a part of that.
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But during that time, I noticedthat I was sleeping better, my
energy was coming back, I wasn'texperiencing the heart
palpitations, and so I was like,okay, I'm I'm on to something.
And um that kind of led meinto, and again, when I during
my research, I discoveredjuicing.
Um, I found this guy, his nameis John Rose.
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I don't know if you've everheard of him on YouTube, but um
he helped millions of peoplethrough Juice Fast.
And so I just kind of picked upon that.
And um as I dug into it moreand did more research, I learned
how to juice, what type ofjuicer to buy, and I just
started doing that.
And so I started off with a umthree-day juice fast.
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Okay, and probably one of thehardest things that I had ever
done at that time.
And um that kind of led me intojuicing daily.
So that's a part of my everydayroutine now.
Korian (05:54):
Okay.
Amber (06:01):
And so, well, I'm not gonna say a diet, it was a raw
food fast.
Um, and that's where I only atefresh fruits, fresh vegetables,
smoothies, nuts, and seeds, nocooked foods.
Korian (06:13):
No cooked foods, okay.
And what what was the thoughtprocess behind that?
Um what can you so like whatwere you hoping to gain out of
that?
Or what did you gain out ofthat?
Amber (06:30):
So for me, again, it was so just to go back, um, when I
mentioned I was dealing with alot of health issues.
So on top of that, there werebeyond the health or the heart
palpitation, sorry, and the highblood pressure, there were a
lot of hormonal issueimbalances.
And so I really just wanted tofeel like my old self again.
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And that's kind of my mindsetgoing into it.
Um, I would say, and I alsolast year injured my back.
Oh, wow.
And so during weight training,I injured my back and I went to
the doctor get to get it checkedout.
They told me that, you know,oh, it's you should be back to
normal in about a month, give ita few weeks.
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A few weeks pass, still havingback issues, and it was so bad
to the point where I could notsit down for a long period of
time.
I couldn't stand up.
It it felt like, you know, oneof those tweaks, but that led
into pretty much a almost ayear-long injury.
Korian (07:28):
Oh, wow.
Amber (07:30):
And so I knew it, the root cause of it was
inflammation.
And so that also had a played ahuge part in why I did that.
And so um get getting startedinto that fast, like I said,
within three weeks, I startednoticing no pain.
Um, I was feeling clear-minded,I was able to sleep, and just a
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number of other health benefitsthat came along with it.
And that was that was intendedto be a 21-day raw food, and it
turned into a 60-day.
Korian (08:02):
Okay.
All right, went from one monthto three.
Amber (08:05):
Yes.
Korian (08:07):
So let's back all the way back.
It's 2008.
Uh, let's say February-ish.
Now let's go, let's go January.
Yeah, January 2008.
I'm at Perk, and like I said,we went to high school together.
We're from the same era.
Okay.
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Uh, I remember seeing thearticle in the paper.
I can't remember if this wasonline or I actually saw it in
hand.
Uh, there was a picture of you.
You said you were an athlete,and it says something about a
thousand points.
Did you score a thousand pointsthat year or your overall?
Amber (08:42):
I think that was a combined number throughout my
three years at Bilexi High.
Korian (08:48):
Okay.
All right.
Talk to me about that.
Uh just just your sports careerat Biloxi.
Amber (08:55):
Um, I enjoyed it.
Um, it didn't when I thinkback, I mean, those were great
accomplishments, but during thetime I was just playing ball,
doing what I'd always done.
Um, and that's not toot my ownhorn or anything.
But um no, I grew up.
Korian (09:12):
You were great, though.
Like you were really good.
Amber (09:14):
Thank you.
No, I grew up playingbasketball, and so for me, it
was just me going out therehaving fun.
Um, like I said, I started offactually, I started off at D
Iverville in my ninth gradeyear.
And then I transferred toBiloxi my 10th, and I played
there from 10, 10th, 11th, 12th.
And so um, yeah, Coach Brown,he was our coach at the time.
He trusted me and he allowed meto play and be myself.
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And so, yeah, I loved it atBiloxi.
Good.
Had had fun times there.
Korian (09:44):
So uh where did you go after high school?
Amber (09:48):
So after high school, I went to Meridian Community
College.
I played there for two years.
Um, tore my ACL.
And so that kind of it, I toremy ACL of my first year.
Um, and that experience, Ithink that was like an
eye-opener for me, or I guesswhere my love for the game
changed.
(10:08):
Um, I was like, this is puttinga lot of wear and tear on my on
my body.
And so um I think as time wenton, I kind of lost the passion
for basketball.
But I still enjoyed playingbecause, like I said, it just
came natural to me, but um, itjust wasn't my main focus.
And so year two, I played afull season, did very well.
(10:30):
Um, but I was just ready for achange.
Korian (10:33):
Gotcha, gotcha.
And then I I remember you beingat Southern Miss when I was
there.
Amber (10:39):
Went to Southern Miss.
I went there um the year 2010to 2011.
Korian (10:45):
Okay.
Amber (10:46):
And after that, um I decided to move back home.
I took an internship here andum worked that summer.
And then after that summer, Iended up moving to Vegas.
And so I spent a couple yearsin Vegas, and that's where I
joined the military.
Korian (11:04):
Okay.
So so basically after you toreyour ACL that second year, you
just said you're done with thesports.
I did.
I did.
Amber (11:12):
Okay.
Korian (11:13):
All right, and then uh what made you move out to Vegas?
Amber (11:18):
Um, I found my husband.
Okay, all right.
And I wanted, I've always beena very spontaneous purse, the
child, I would say.
Um my mom will tell you, like,Amber is not, she's
out-of-the-box kid.
And so I've always been thatway.
And anything that wasspontaneous, I enjoyed doing.
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And so when the opportunitypresented itself to move, I was
like, you know what, thatdoesn't sound like a bad idea.
Um, and although it was veryspontaneous, it was scary.
But again, it was somethingthat I was excited about.
And I'm glad I did because itallowed me to gain my
independence and allowed me togrow as a person, as an
individual.
And so I learned a lot duringthat transition.
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And even after joining themilitary, I learned a lot as
well.
Um, a lot of maturing that camealong with that.
So that was a good, I feel likeit was a good move.
Korian (12:15):
Okay.
What made you join themilitary?
Amber (12:18):
Um, what made me join the military?
I think it was one of thosethings where it's kind of
drilled, at least in my family,where it's like you either get a
job or you join the military.
Right.
Or you go to school, right?
Right.
And so I had done both ofthose.
I went to school, I got gottena job, and the only thing that
was left was the military.
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And so also I had student loansfrom when I went to USM.
So I had to pay those check aswell.
Gotcha.
Um, and so that's kind of whatled me down that path.
Um, I knew it wasn't going tobe long-term for me, but um, I
enjoyed every bit of it.
I I learned a lot in themilitary and I was able to
experience things that I don'tthink I would have experienced
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had I not.
Korian (13:03):
Okay.
All right.
Uh, and what was your job inMilitary?
Amber (13:07):
I started off as a knowledge operations manager,
and so that's pretty muchequivalent to like information
technology, IT.
Okay.
Um, and then they split ourcareer fields, and then I went
over to administration.
And so I did my last six yearsin administration.
Okay.
Um, and so that's that's prettymuch where I um where I ended.
Korian (13:30):
Gotcha.
And what was your highest rank?
Amber (13:32):
I was in E5.
Okay.
Korian (13:34):
And and that's uh staff sergeant.
Staff sergeant.
All right.
Hey, congratulations.
Uh, and thank you for servingup the street.
Uh not everybody can do it.
I go down that path.
Uh but hey, uh, kudos to you.
Did your sister go in themilitary?
Amber (13:53):
No, she um she did not.
She worked in DC.
Okay.
So she had been in DC for thepast 15 or so years.
Korian (14:00):
Gotcha, gotcha.
So you're you're what's so it's2020.
You're still in the military,right?
Amber (14:09):
Yes.
Korian (14:10):
Okay.
All right.
Uh, so you did you are youstill in the military currently
or are you retired?
Amber (14:14):
No, I separated.
And so during that time, um,that's kind of where that
transition period came where Iwas like, you know, I knew that
again, I knew it wasn't going tobe long term for me.
Um, I just didn't know what wasnext for me.
And during 2020 is when I kindof, I guess if you will, gain
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the courage to make thedecision.
Because when you go fromstability, financial stability,
and I mean, you pretty much haveit laid out for so many years
and to just make a drasticdecision like that, um, it does
require a lot of thought.
And so um, once I finally wascertain I prayed about it, I was
like, okay, yeah, it's time.
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So that was during in theheight of the pandemic.
It was, I think I submitted myseparation paperwork, maybe in
it was a quick turnaround July.
Okay.
And I had separated by the endof November.
So well, really officially atthe end of 2020.
So 2021 was my officialseparation date, but I just used
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my my lead that I had saved upfor those last few months.
Korian (15:21):
Right, right, right.
I mean, you all were you onFMLA?
Does the military do fmla?
Amber (15:28):
Um, I don't what is that?
Korian (15:30):
Uh it's like the maternity leave and whatnot?
Amber (15:36):
Because you okay, we they do offer maternity leave.
No, so maternity leave, you umwhen I was in, it was 16 weeks,
I believe.
Korian (15:44):
Okay.
Amber (15:45):
So you get that right after you give birth.
Korian (15:47):
Gotcha.
Amber (15:47):
And so you go straight into maternity leave from there.
So no, I actually continued fora year and I separated uh
almost two years after.
Korian (15:55):
Gotcha, gotcha.
So when was your uh secondchild, second son born?
Amber (15:59):
He was born August 2019.
Korian (16:01):
2019.
Oh, okay, gotcha.
Amber (16:03):
Oh, he was born the year before 2020.
Yes.
Korian (16:06):
Okay, okay, all right, man.
That is rough.
Uh I know my my wife and I, wehad our child 2021, so she got
pregnant towards the end of2020.
Amber (16:18):
Okay.
Korian (16:19):
I mean, I don't know if you know, but she's in the
medical field, and it was rough,man.
It was rough.
Even me as a teacher.
I mean, not trying to toot myown horn, but it's that I I'm
thankful, thankful to be back tosome kind of normalcy.
Amber (16:32):
Yes, yes.
Korian (16:34):
So, so let's talk about you said it's 2020, you're going
through your health concernsand whatnot, and you're trying
to figure out what youmentioned, what's his name?
John Ross, or what was theguy's name?
John Ross.
John Ross, okay.
Amber (16:47):
I'm sorry, John Rose.
John Rose.
Korian (16:49):
John Rose, okay.
All right, and besides him,who's somebody else that you
kind of reached out to or lookedup and just studied their work?
Amber (16:59):
Um, so I kind of went down, and I'm sure like most
people who are dealing withhealth issues and they're just
looking for a quick answer andthey're not getting answers from
their doctors, they go downthis rabbit hole.
And so I went down a rabbithole.
Um, I went through a bunch ofnaturopathic doctors because I
wanted to find the root cause.
Um and the more that I, themore research that I did, and
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the more, I mean, I spentthousands of dollars and I I'm
not exaggerating on the pro onthe cost, thousands of dollars
on naturopathic doctors whopretty much told me the same
thing and gave me herbalsupplements, which no, not to
that, but um it just for me, itstill wasn't getting down to the
root cause.
And again, that's what I waslooking for.
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And so um people like um what'shis name?
Dr.
Josh X.
I don't know if you're familiarwith him.
Um, he's a doctor, uh theinfluencer on YouTube, but he's
also a um doctor who helped hismom through cancer, her battle
with cancer.
And um I discovered uh Dr.
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Yaki Awaken.
He's someone who I actuallystill follow his work.
He's um he's he's a biochemist,but he kind of like a he acts
as a doctor, but he helps a lotof people through um a lot of
health issues.
And so there are just a fewpeople, but the person who I
really um follow now is Dr.
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Brooke Goldner Goldner, and umshe reversed her lupus, and so
she's she's a medical doctor.
She at a young age wasdiagnosed with lupus, and um she
her met her husband, who was anutritionist at the time, and he
helped her with her nutrition,and um she discovered as she
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just started exercising,changing her lifestyle, her
numbers were changing, and so umnow she helps thousands of
people cure their autoimmunedisease.
So I um I I'm very into findingthe cure and the root cause,
and so that's kind of what Ilook into, and that's kind of
what influenced what I am abouttoday.
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Okay.
Korian (19:12):
Are you training anybody else?
Amber (19:14):
Or am I training anyone?
So I actually do more likehealth coaching.
And so that's just for me, Ilike to look at the whole
picture, not just fitness ornutrition, but also like how are
you managing your stress?
Um, you know, things like that,just finding other alternatives
outside of those that once oneisolated thing.
Korian (19:35):
Right.
So how did you how did you goabout uh doing that?
Amber (19:40):
Um, it really just started from word of mouth.
I started with my family andthen, well, I would say with
myself, people just asking me,like, what are you doing?
Like you look good, um, andjust sharing my personal
journey.
And it started with family, andthen that led to friends, and
then friends telling theirfriends, and family telling
their friends.
And so um I get people come upto me all the time or they'll
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message me and say, Hey, youknow, this is what, and I don't
claim to be a doctor or anythinglike that.
Right now I'm studyingnutrition, but um, I do do
consider myself a health coach.
And so when people come up tome, they're like, Hey, what are
you doing?
The first thing I ask them is Ilike to to look at their entire
lifestyle.
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You know, how are you eating?
How are you sleeping?
What are you doing to manageyour stress?
And so forth and so on.
So um, that's kind of how itstarted for me.
Okay.
Korian (20:34):
Uh cool.
Is there any particular numberof clients you got?
Amber (20:39):
Um, I would say right now, currently about five that
I'm working with actively, butum, over the course of since
I've been doing this, I wouldsay close to 20, 25.
Okay.
Korian (20:51):
That's what's up.
That is what's up.
Uh so we talked about uh yougetting into shape and whatnot,
and you said you always kind ofbeen an athlete.
Have you ever considered doingany uh any crossfit uh events or
or powerlifting orweightlifting or even
bodybuilding?
Amber (21:10):
To be honest with you, no.
Um that's not really my thing.
My thing is just so in thebeginning of my fitness journey,
I was all about looking good onthe outside, but I'm more so
focused on looking good andfeeling good on the inside.
Um, because I notice a lot offitness influencers, they deal
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with a lot of health issues.
And, you know, I feel likethat's a really important
responsibility to have, youknow, influencing people and
they're looking at you andthey're like, oh, what is she
doing or what is he doing?
I want to do that, but theydon't know what you're dealing
with personally.
And so for me, I'm more focusedon um ensuring that I'm healthy
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from the inside out.
And so I focus more on likeagain, your whole health.
So nutrition, you know, mentalhealth and things like that.
Korian (22:04):
Okay.
And what do you do currently asa career?
Amber (22:07):
So right now, I just I went back to school and um I got
my undergrad in psychology.
Okay.
And so initially I wanted topursue mental health counseling.
And so I still, I still will.
I'm not discounting anything.
Right.
But right now, nutrition is myfocus.
So I'm I'm studying umnutrition, currently studying
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nutrition.
And um hopefully eventually Ican merge the two.
Yeah, and so um, but my focusis uh sticking to health
coaching and just you know,getting those certifications.
Korian (22:45):
Gotcha, gotcha.
So talk to me about uhbalancing uh post-pandemic.
Uh so current like kind ofright now, ish uh balancing your
job as a wife, your job as amom, and then your your job is
taking care of yourself becausethat's I mean, I was telling
somebody earlier, I mean, themost important person in your
life is you because yes, workingsomething last.
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So tell me how you balanceyourself or balance your life
and your workload.
Amber (23:12):
Yes, um, so it's not easy.
At least it was not easy for mein the beginning.
Um, I found myself the intentwas to put myself first, but
when you have small children,obviously they come first.
And so um early on afterseparating, it was because I was
also a full-time student.
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So I'm a full-time student,full-time mom, full-time wife.
And so um, for me, it was theywere the priority, they were the
priority as much as I wantedschool to be and or to put
myself first.
Um it sometimes I had to takethose breaks.
And so there were times where Itook breaks and with the help
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of my help of my husband, himhelping out, um, and the help of
my family, that helped out alot.
But um, it took a while for meto put myself first.
Um, again, I was going to thewhen I would go for my checkups
and they would tell me, youknow, oh, do you have high blood
pressure?
Does this run for your family?
That's when I really took itseriously, where I said, you
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know what, I have to put myselffirst.
And so that's when I um startedprioritizing my health and um
mental health, and really juststarted taking care of myself.
And now it looks like selffirst, and then I can take care
of my family.
Right.
And so um I kind of operateevery day in that way.
Korian (24:39):
Okay, all right, and that's not selfish.
I mean, I there's probablysomebody out there thinking, oh
man, she's I used to feel thatway.
Amber (24:46):
Mom guilt is real, it's a real thing.
Korian (24:50):
I again you cannot pour into somebody with an empty
glass.
So I'm I'm selfish myself, lastchild of family.
Uh, so I mean, I I'm all aboutputting me first and then
handling uh what I got next foryou.
So you said no to the athleticcareer.
Uh but I I've like I said, Ifollow you on Instagram.
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Uh I see you got your kids.
Is that in basketball or issome kind of short sports or
something like that?
Amber (25:20):
I have them in everything.
So they're in basketball, theyjust finish swim, um, football,
soccer, anything that comes up,I try and get them involved.
And um really I just want tofigure out what they enjoy.
I always ask them, like, whatare you into right now, or what
would you like to play?
And even if they hadn't triedit yet, they still hadn't tried
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baseball.
So baseball will be next.
Okay.
Um, just to see what they'reinto.
Um, the same with music.
And I just had them in afashion show last weekend just
to see, you know, if it wassomething that they were
interested in.
And so yeah, I just I I believein exposing your children to
every as much as possible tofigure out what their likes and
dislikes are.
And so yeah, they're they'reinvolved in everything, but
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currently playing basketball.
Korian (26:04):
Okay.
Is that something that you yourmom and your uh folks inspired
uh put into you?
Amber (26:09):
She did.
Um, my mom was very big onbeing involved.
Um, I can remember her puttingme in pageants and I remember
playing tennis and basketball,softball.
I I did it all.
She had me in etiquetteclasses.
Korian (26:25):
Oh wow.
So did you did you play uhtennis for the school or just
like no?
Amber (26:32):
I took private lessons.
Korian (26:33):
Okay, okay.
All right, uh, I don't know ifyou know, but my wife played
tennis in college.
Amber (26:38):
Oh, did she?
Korian (26:39):
Yeah, I beat her.
So I record against one eachother uh against each other's
one-on-one.
I'll beat her once when shecame back to beat me the next
time.
Uh but uh is your husband anathlete or does he have any
sports experience?
Amber (26:54):
Uh he played uh football, some football in college, but
um, and then he's played alittle bit of basketball.
He was actually um a part ofthe one of the Air Force base
teams, okay, uh basketballteams.
And so he's athletic also.
Um, but yeah, football andbasketball were his things.
Korian (27:13):
Good deal, good deal.
So, how old are your childrennow?
Amber (27:17):
So my oldest, he's six, and then my youngest, he's four.
He'll be five August 5th.
So two weeks.
Oh wow, man, you yes, 15 monthsapart.
Korian (27:26):
I was about to say, Emory, you put some jokers out.
Yeah.
I would have been stressingtoo.
Is your husband okay?
God dog.
Amber (27:35):
No, he went through it too.
We both went through it, yes,for sure.
Korian (27:40):
I remember, I remember uh when my wife had our baby.
I had one co-worker, MissMabry.
She was like, uh, I told her weused to have duty together.
I told her, I said, you know,in nine months we're gonna have
another one.
It's gonna be a boy.
And then like two months afterthat, she was like, Coach
Patrick, how's it going?
I was like, Yeah, that babyain't happening no time.
Amber (28:01):
When she got a dose of baby number one, right?
Korian (28:04):
I was like, No, not again, not again.
But uh about 25 months apart,so okay, that's good.
Amber (28:11):
I think the more space, the better.
Yeah, yeah.
Korian (28:14):
Uh and you know, my my three-year-old, she can kind of
help around.
Uh she can she can keep herselfbusy.
I'll say yes.
So that's that's the mainthing.
Amber (28:24):
Yeah, they don't require as much um, you know, just
following around them.
They're a little bit moreindependent by the age.
Korian (28:33):
So uh let's talk about what goals you have for
yourself, your career, and allthat.
So yeah, just just talk tothem.
Amber (28:43):
So um my ultimate goal, like I said, is to become a
dietitian.
That's the ultimate goal in thenutrition realm, but also a
counselor and merging the twoand helping as many people as I
can through um health coachingand also um helping moms
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overcome postpartum.
Like that's for me, that's ahuge thing.
That's kind of that, I mean,that's really what kick-started
my whole health coaching wasthat I just wanted to feel
better after having kids becauseyou do kind of lose yourself
after becoming a mom.
And you know, it becomes moreabout everyone else and taking
care of everyone else.
And not only that, you're alsodealing with the physical
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effects of those changes.
And so um, yeah, just helpingas many people, as many moms as
I can um through healthcoaching.
And so that's my number one, Iguess you could say, career
goal.
Korian (29:46):
Gotcha.
Amber (29:47):
Okay.
Korian (29:48):
Uh any timeline on that?
Amber (29:50):
I don't.
I one thing I learned aboutputting um a date on timelines
or putting a date on on yourgoals, got will show you the.
That it's not our timing, it'shis.
And so I've learned that very,very early.
And so everything in God's timefor me.
Korian (30:08):
You are not lying, Amber, like at all.
I've I've can attest to that.
Amber (30:14):
Yeah, every time I've set a goal and I'm like, okay, I'm
gonna complete this at thistime, this time, you know,
something comes up where it'slike I have to postpone or hold
off and get back to it later.
So I always, anytime someoneasks me that, everything in
God's time.
Korian (30:30):
I like that.
Everything in God's time.
So let's go ahead and wrap itup.
I went ahead and put yourInstagram name up there.
I hope you don't mind.
Amber (30:40):
Uh no, no, not at all.
Korian (30:42):
But yeah, shout out your Instagram, shout out anything
else you may have or any otherprojects you may have going on.
Amber (30:50):
Yeah, so I'm uh you can find me on Instagram at one fit
mom.
I'm also on face, that's oneunderscore fit mom.
So one spelled out, zero n eunderscore f I t m o m.
And you can also find me onFacebook at Amber Lacey.
That's Amber L-A-C-Y.
Um, I have a Facebook group onthere, and we just post a bunch
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of health stuff.
Um, we share photos, videos,any important information that's
been updated.
Um, I like to share in thegroup.
So yeah.
Korian (31:25):
All right.
Well, hey, this has been anepisode of For the Health of It.
I'm your host, Corey and KPAMPaget.
And Amber, thank you so muchfor coming on.
Amber (31:33):
Thanks, Corey, for having me.
I really appreciate it.
Korian (31:36):
All right, y'all have a good one.
Welcome to another edition of For the Health of It.
I'm your host, Cory and K-PadPaget.
And today we have with us uh alongtime friend of mine, family
friend.
Uh our moms went to schooltogether, and we went to school
together.
Uh Amber Fields.
Amber, what is your last namenow?
I know you got married.
Amber (00:24):
Lacey now.
Amber Lacey.
Yes.
Korian (00:27):
Good deal, good deal.
So, Amber, just just uh mainthing I want to re- uh talk to
you about today is just yourfitness journey.
I've been following you alonguh on your Instagram and
whatnot, and I see you got thename OneFit Mom.
Uh to me uh what inspired that?
Amber (00:46):
Um, I would say one Fit Mom came about, probably during
the pandemic, um it was a reallystressful time.
At the time, I was active dutymilitary, and then I was also a
mom to two kids.
And so all of those things werenew to me and it was very
overwhelming.
And so um, yeah, it was, Ithink it sparked a lot of
(01:11):
anxiety, and I had never dealtwith that before.
And so for me, it was a newthing that I was going through
and just trying to navigatethrough that.
Um, I was like, I have to dosomething because I started
developing like um heartpalpitations, and there were
other health issues that I hadstarted to encounter, and I was
(01:33):
like, I have to do something.
I was going to doctors, umeveryone was like, Oh, you're
fine, but I didn't feel fine.
And so for me, um that's kindof where I really got consistent
with working out.
I've always been active, I'vealways been an athlete, um, but
never really got into weighttraining like I am now.
(01:56):
And so that kind of is where itstarted for me.
Um yeah, and here we are today,four years later.
I can't believe it's been thatlong, but um still going strong.
Okay.
Korian (02:10):
I tell everybody, uh, the last four years have been on
like fast forward, basically.
Like uh just sitting in thehouse like a year and a half of
those, I mean, that proves it.
But uh, you were talking aboutyou were having heart
palpitations, like, and then yousaid your your doctors were
telling you you feel uh youyou're good.
So can you talk to me?
Like, was your blood pressureelevated?
(02:31):
Was your BMI out of whack?
What's up with that?
Amber (02:34):
So um initially it started, I would say I also
experienced um, just to go back,um, a little bit of postpartum
as well.
And so I think that's reallywhen it started for me.
I wasn't getting much sleep.
Um, I worked in a high stresslevel um position in the
military.
And I was also, again, a newmom to uh at the time I had a
(02:58):
15-month-old and a newborn.
And so I think all of thosethings piled on top of each
other.
Um, it really, and if I'm beinghonest, I noticed it maybe for
six months that I just kind ofignored it.
And then, and when it got tothe point where it was like,
okay, something's not right.
And when I say heartpalpitations, I mean, you know,
(03:20):
just the skipping of theheartbeat and feeling like I'm
being attacked by a bear is howthey describe it, how how a
counselor would describe it.
But um yeah, just experiencingall these symptoms and I was
going to the doctors.
So during that time, I did mymy blood pressure was elevated.
I was getting high readings,and that was the first time that
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I'd I'd ever received a highreading for um high blood
pressure.
And that lasted almost a year.
And so it also kickstarted mypassion for nutrition because
the more research that I did, Irealized like, okay, we have to
now check what are you eating?
Are you working out?
(04:02):
Because it goes first, it goesmore into it than just are you,
you know, running and workingout, being active.
You also have to check the whatare you stressing about.
And so there were a lot ofthings that I um I realized I
needed to change in my life, andthat's kind of what led me on
the path of nutrition.
Korian (04:22):
Okay.
Uh so talk to me about that.
Because you did, I mean, we'rekind of going at the end and
then working all the way back tothe beginning.
But can you talk me throughyour uh you did like a 30-day
juice or 60-day juice?
Can you talk to me about that?
Amber (04:37):
Um, so before I did that, I started off um doing like a
21-day fast.
And that was just through mychurch.
Um, you know, I did the Danielfast, and that was my first time
ever doing any type of cleanseor detox.
And for me, it was morespiritual for more spiritual
reasons.
Um, and the the way that I waseating was just a part of that.
(04:59):
But during that time, I noticedthat I was sleeping better, my
energy was coming back, I wasn'texperiencing the heart
palpitations, and so I was like,okay, I'm I'm on to something.
And um that kind of led meinto, and again, when I during
my research, I discoveredjuicing.
Um, I found this guy, his nameis John Rose.
(05:22):
I don't know if you've everheard of him on YouTube, but um
he helped millions of peoplethrough Juice Fast.
And so I just kind of picked upon that.
And um as I dug into it moreand did more research, I learned
how to juice, what type ofjuicer to buy, and I just
started doing that.
And so I started off with a umthree-day juice fast.
(05:44):
Okay, and probably one of thehardest things that I had ever
done at that time.
And um that kind of led me intojuicing daily.
So that's a part of my everydayroutine now.
Korian (05:54):
Okay.
Amber (06:01):
And so, well, I'm not gonna say a diet, it was a raw
food fast.
Um, and that's where I only atefresh fruits, fresh vegetables,
smoothies, nuts, and seeds, nocooked foods.
Korian (06:13):
No cooked foods, okay.
And what what was the thoughtprocess behind that?
Um what can you so like whatwere you hoping to gain out of
that?
Or what did you gain out ofthat?
Amber (06:30):
So for me, again, it was so just to go back, um, when I
mentioned I was dealing with alot of health issues.
So on top of that, there werebeyond the health or the heart
palpitation, sorry, and the highblood pressure, there were a
lot of hormonal issueimbalances.
And so I really just wanted tofeel like my old self again.
(06:51):
And that's kind of my mindsetgoing into it.
Um, I would say, and I alsolast year injured my back.
Oh, wow.
And so during weight training,I injured my back and I went to
the doctor get to get it checkedout.
They told me that, you know,oh, it's you should be back to
normal in about a month, give ita few weeks.
(07:12):
A few weeks pass, still havingback issues, and it was so bad
to the point where I could notsit down for a long period of
time.
I couldn't stand up.
It it felt like, you know, oneof those tweaks, but that led
into pretty much a almost ayear-long injury.
Korian (07:28):
Oh, wow.
Amber (07:30):
And so I knew it, the root cause of it was
inflammation.
And so that also had a played ahuge part in why I did that.
And so um get getting startedinto that fast, like I said,
within three weeks, I startednoticing no pain.
Um, I was feeling clear-minded,I was able to sleep, and just a
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number of other health benefitsthat came along with it.
And that was that was intendedto be a 21-day raw food, and it
turned into a 60-day.
Korian (08:02):
Okay.
All right, went from one monthto three.
Amber (08:05):
Yes.
Korian (08:07):
So let's back all the way back.
It's 2008.
Uh, let's say February-ish.
Now let's go, let's go January.
Yeah, January 2008.
I'm at Perk, and like I said,we went to high school together.
We're from the same era.
Okay.
(08:28):
Uh, I remember seeing thearticle in the paper.
I can't remember if this wasonline or I actually saw it in
hand.
Uh, there was a picture of you.
You said you were an athlete,and it says something about a
thousand points.
Did you score a thousand pointsthat year or your overall?
Amber (08:42):
I think that was a combined number throughout my
three years at Bilexi High.
Korian (08:48):
Okay.
All right.
Talk to me about that.
Uh just just your sports careerat Biloxi.
Amber (08:55):
Um, I enjoyed it.
Um, it didn't when I thinkback, I mean, those were great
accomplishments, but during thetime I was just playing ball,
doing what I'd always done.
Um, and that's not toot my ownhorn or anything.
But um no, I grew up.
Korian (09:12):
You were great, though.
Like you were really good.
Amber (09:14):
Thank you.
No, I grew up playingbasketball, and so for me, it
was just me going out therehaving fun.
Um, like I said, I started offactually, I started off at D
Iverville in my ninth gradeyear.
And then I transferred toBiloxi my 10th, and I played
there from 10, 10th, 11th, 12th.
And so um, yeah, Coach Brown,he was our coach at the time.
He trusted me and he allowed meto play and be myself.
(09:37):
And so, yeah, I loved it atBiloxi.
Good.
Had had fun times there.
Korian (09:44):
So uh where did you go after high school?
Amber (09:48):
So after high school, I went to Meridian Community
College.
I played there for two years.
Um, tore my ACL.
And so that kind of it, I toremy ACL of my first year.
Um, and that experience, Ithink that was like an
eye-opener for me, or I guesswhere my love for the game
changed.
(10:08):
Um, I was like, this is puttinga lot of wear and tear on my on
my body.
And so um I think as time wenton, I kind of lost the passion
for basketball.
But I still enjoyed playingbecause, like I said, it just
came natural to me, but um, itjust wasn't my main focus.
And so year two, I played afull season, did very well.
(10:30):
Um, but I was just ready for achange.
Korian (10:33):
Gotcha, gotcha.
And then I I remember you beingat Southern Miss when I was
there.
Amber (10:39):
Went to Southern Miss.
I went there um the year 2010to 2011.
Korian (10:45):
Okay.
Amber (10:46):
And after that, um I decided to move back home.
I took an internship here andum worked that summer.
And then after that summer, Iended up moving to Vegas.
And so I spent a couple yearsin Vegas, and that's where I
joined the military.
Korian (11:04):
Okay.
So so basically after you toreyour ACL that second year, you
just said you're done with thesports.
I did.
I did.
Amber (11:12):
Okay.
Korian (11:13):
All right, and then uh what made you move out to Vegas?
Amber (11:18):
Um, I found my husband.
Okay, all right.
And I wanted, I've always beena very spontaneous purse, the
child, I would say.
Um my mom will tell you, like,Amber is not, she's
out-of-the-box kid.
And so I've always been thatway.
And anything that wasspontaneous, I enjoyed doing.
(11:43):
And so when the opportunitypresented itself to move, I was
like, you know what, thatdoesn't sound like a bad idea.
Um, and although it was veryspontaneous, it was scary.
But again, it was somethingthat I was excited about.
And I'm glad I did because itallowed me to gain my
independence and allowed me togrow as a person, as an
individual.
And so I learned a lot duringthat transition.
(12:06):
And even after joining themilitary, I learned a lot as
well.
Um, a lot of maturing that camealong with that.
So that was a good, I feel likeit was a good move.
Korian (12:15):
Okay.
What made you join themilitary?
Amber (12:18):
Um, what made me join the military?
I think it was one of thosethings where it's kind of
drilled, at least in my family,where it's like you either get a
job or you join the military.
Right.
Or you go to school, right?
Right.
And so I had done both ofthose.
I went to school, I got gottena job, and the only thing that
was left was the military.
(12:39):
And so also I had student loansfrom when I went to USM.
So I had to pay those check aswell.
Gotcha.
Um, and so that's kind of whatled me down that path.
Um, I knew it wasn't going tobe long-term for me, but um, I
enjoyed every bit of it.
I I learned a lot in themilitary and I was able to
experience things that I don'tthink I would have experienced
(13:01):
had I not.
Korian (13:03):
Okay.
All right.
Uh, and what was your job inMilitary?
Amber (13:07):
I started off as a knowledge operations manager,
and so that's pretty muchequivalent to like information
technology, IT.
Okay.
Um, and then they split ourcareer fields, and then I went
over to administration.
And so I did my last six yearsin administration.
Okay.
Um, and so that's that's prettymuch where I um where I ended.
Korian (13:30):
Gotcha.
And what was your highest rank?
Amber (13:32):
I was in E5.
Okay.
Korian (13:34):
And and that's uh staff sergeant.
Staff sergeant.
All right.
Hey, congratulations.
Uh, and thank you for servingup the street.
Uh not everybody can do it.
I go down that path.
Uh but hey, uh, kudos to you.
Did your sister go in themilitary?
Amber (13:53):
No, she um she did not.
She worked in DC.
Okay.
So she had been in DC for thepast 15 or so years.
Korian (14:00):
Gotcha, gotcha.
So you're you're what's so it's2020.
You're still in the military,right?
Amber (14:09):
Yes.
Korian (14:10):
Okay.
All right.
Uh, so you did you are youstill in the military currently
or are you retired?
Amber (14:14):
No, I separated.
And so during that time, um,that's kind of where that
transition period came where Iwas like, you know, I knew that
again, I knew it wasn't going tobe long term for me.
Um, I just didn't know what wasnext for me.
And during 2020 is when I kindof, I guess if you will, gain
(14:35):
the courage to make thedecision.
Because when you go fromstability, financial stability,
and I mean, you pretty much haveit laid out for so many years
and to just make a drasticdecision like that, um, it does
require a lot of thought.
And so um, once I finally wascertain I prayed about it, I was
like, okay, yeah, it's time.
(14:56):
So that was during in theheight of the pandemic.
It was, I think I submitted myseparation paperwork, maybe in
it was a quick turnaround July.
Okay.
And I had separated by the endof November.
So well, really officially atthe end of 2020.
So 2021 was my officialseparation date, but I just used
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my my lead that I had saved upfor those last few months.
Korian (15:21):
Right, right, right.
I mean, you all were you onFMLA?
Does the military do fmla?
Amber (15:28):
Um, I don't what is that?
Korian (15:30):
Uh it's like the maternity leave and whatnot?
Amber (15:36):
Because you okay, we they do offer maternity leave.
No, so maternity leave, you umwhen I was in, it was 16 weeks,
I believe.
Korian (15:44):
Okay.
Amber (15:45):
So you get that right after you give birth.
Korian (15:47):
Gotcha.
Amber (15:47):
And so you go straight into maternity leave from there.
So no, I actually continued fora year and I separated uh
almost two years after.
Korian (15:55):
Gotcha, gotcha.
So when was your uh secondchild, second son born?
Amber (15:59):
He was born August 2019.
Korian (16:01):
2019.
Oh, okay, gotcha.
Amber (16:03):
Oh, he was born the year before 2020.
Yes.
Korian (16:06):
Okay, okay, all right, man.
That is rough.
Uh I know my my wife and I, wehad our child 2021, so she got
pregnant towards the end of2020.
Amber (16:18):
Okay.
Korian (16:19):
I mean, I don't know if you know, but she's in the
medical field, and it was rough,man.
It was rough.
Even me as a teacher.
I mean, not trying to toot myown horn, but it's that I I'm
thankful, thankful to be back tosome kind of normalcy.
Amber (16:32):
Yes, yes.
Korian (16:34):
So, so let's talk about you said it's 2020, you're going
through your health concernsand whatnot, and you're trying
to figure out what youmentioned, what's his name?
John Ross, or what was theguy's name?
John Ross.
John Ross, okay.
Amber (16:47):
I'm sorry, John Rose.
John Rose.
Korian (16:49):
John Rose, okay.
All right, and besides him,who's somebody else that you
kind of reached out to or lookedup and just studied their work?
Amber (16:59):
Um, so I kind of went down, and I'm sure like most
people who are dealing withhealth issues and they're just
looking for a quick answer andthey're not getting answers from
their doctors, they go downthis rabbit hole.
And so I went down a rabbithole.
Um, I went through a bunch ofnaturopathic doctors because I
wanted to find the root cause.
Um and the more that I, themore research that I did, and
(17:22):
the more, I mean, I spentthousands of dollars and I I'm
not exaggerating on the pro onthe cost, thousands of dollars
on naturopathic doctors whopretty much told me the same
thing and gave me herbalsupplements, which no, not to
that, but um it just for me, itstill wasn't getting down to the
root cause.
And again, that's what I waslooking for.
(17:43):
And so um people like um what'shis name?
Dr.
Josh X.
I don't know if you're familiarwith him.
Um, he's a doctor, uh theinfluencer on YouTube, but he's
also a um doctor who helped hismom through cancer, her battle
with cancer.
And um I discovered uh Dr.
(18:06):
Yaki Awaken.
He's someone who I actuallystill follow his work.
He's um he's he's a biochemist,but he kind of like a he acts
as a doctor, but he helps a lotof people through um a lot of
health issues.
And so there are just a fewpeople, but the person who I
really um follow now is Dr.
(18:27):
Brooke Goldner Goldner, and umshe reversed her lupus, and so
she's she's a medical doctor.
She at a young age wasdiagnosed with lupus, and um she
her met her husband, who was anutritionist at the time, and he
helped her with her nutrition,and um she discovered as she
(18:49):
just started exercising,changing her lifestyle, her
numbers were changing, and so umnow she helps thousands of
people cure their autoimmunedisease.
So I um I I'm very into findingthe cure and the root cause,
and so that's kind of what Ilook into, and that's kind of
what influenced what I am abouttoday.
(19:11):
Okay.
Korian (19:12):
Are you training anybody else?
Amber (19:14):
Or am I training anyone?
So I actually do more likehealth coaching.
And so that's just for me, Ilike to look at the whole
picture, not just fitness ornutrition, but also like how are
you managing your stress?
Um, you know, things like that,just finding other alternatives
outside of those that once oneisolated thing.
Korian (19:35):
Right.
So how did you how did you goabout uh doing that?
Amber (19:40):
Um, it really just started from word of mouth.
I started with my family andthen, well, I would say with
myself, people just asking me,like, what are you doing?
Like you look good, um, andjust sharing my personal
journey.
And it started with family, andthen that led to friends, and
then friends telling theirfriends, and family telling
their friends.
And so um I get people come upto me all the time or they'll
(20:01):
message me and say, Hey, youknow, this is what, and I don't
claim to be a doctor or anythinglike that.
Right now I'm studyingnutrition, but um, I do do
consider myself a health coach.
And so when people come up tome, they're like, Hey, what are
you doing?
The first thing I ask them is Ilike to to look at their entire
lifestyle.
(20:22):
You know, how are you eating?
How are you sleeping?
What are you doing to manageyour stress?
And so forth and so on.
So um, that's kind of how itstarted for me.
Okay.
Korian (20:34):
Uh cool.
Is there any particular numberof clients you got?
Amber (20:39):
Um, I would say right now, currently about five that
I'm working with actively, butum, over the course of since
I've been doing this, I wouldsay close to 20, 25.
Okay.
Korian (20:51):
That's what's up.
That is what's up.
Uh so we talked about uh yougetting into shape and whatnot,
and you said you always kind ofbeen an athlete.
Have you ever considered doingany uh any crossfit uh events or
or powerlifting orweightlifting or even
bodybuilding?
Amber (21:10):
To be honest with you, no.
Um that's not really my thing.
My thing is just so in thebeginning of my fitness journey,
I was all about looking good onthe outside, but I'm more so
focused on looking good andfeeling good on the inside.
Um, because I notice a lot offitness influencers, they deal
(21:31):
with a lot of health issues.
And, you know, I feel likethat's a really important
responsibility to have, youknow, influencing people and
they're looking at you andthey're like, oh, what is she
doing or what is he doing?
I want to do that, but theydon't know what you're dealing
with personally.
And so for me, I'm more focusedon um ensuring that I'm healthy
(21:55):
from the inside out.
And so I focus more on likeagain, your whole health.
So nutrition, you know, mentalhealth and things like that.
Korian (22:04):
Okay.
And what do you do currently asa career?
Amber (22:07):
So right now, I just I went back to school and um I got
my undergrad in psychology.
Okay.
And so initially I wanted topursue mental health counseling.
And so I still, I still will.
I'm not discounting anything.
Right.
But right now, nutrition is myfocus.
So I'm I'm studying umnutrition, currently studying
(22:30):
nutrition.
And um hopefully eventually Ican merge the two.
Yeah, and so um, but my focusis uh sticking to health
coaching and just you know,getting those certifications.
Korian (22:45):
Gotcha, gotcha.
So talk to me about uhbalancing uh post-pandemic.
Uh so current like kind ofright now, ish uh balancing your
job as a wife, your job as amom, and then your your job is
taking care of yourself becausethat's I mean, I was telling
somebody earlier, I mean, themost important person in your
life is you because yes, workingsomething last.
(23:07):
So tell me how you balanceyourself or balance your life
and your workload.
Amber (23:12):
Yes, um, so it's not easy.
At least it was not easy for mein the beginning.
Um, I found myself the intentwas to put myself first, but
when you have small children,obviously they come first.
And so um early on afterseparating, it was because I was
also a full-time student.
(23:33):
So I'm a full-time student,full-time mom, full-time wife.
And so um, for me, it was theywere the priority, they were the
priority as much as I wantedschool to be and or to put
myself first.
Um it sometimes I had to takethose breaks.
And so there were times where Itook breaks and with the help
(23:54):
of my help of my husband, himhelping out, um, and the help of
my family, that helped out alot.
But um, it took a while for meto put myself first.
Um, again, I was going to thewhen I would go for my checkups
and they would tell me, youknow, oh, do you have high blood
pressure?
Does this run for your family?
That's when I really took itseriously, where I said, you
(24:16):
know what, I have to put myselffirst.
And so that's when I um startedprioritizing my health and um
mental health, and really juststarted taking care of myself.
And now it looks like selffirst, and then I can take care
of my family.
Right.
And so um I kind of operateevery day in that way.
Korian (24:39):
Okay, all right, and that's not selfish.
I mean, I there's probablysomebody out there thinking, oh
man, she's I used to feel thatway.
Amber (24:46):
Mom guilt is real, it's a real thing.
Korian (24:50):
I again you cannot pour into somebody with an empty
glass.
So I'm I'm selfish myself, lastchild of family.
Uh, so I mean, I I'm all aboutputting me first and then
handling uh what I got next foryou.
So you said no to the athleticcareer.
Uh but I I've like I said, Ifollow you on Instagram.
(25:13):
Uh I see you got your kids.
Is that in basketball or issome kind of short sports or
something like that?
Amber (25:20):
I have them in everything.
So they're in basketball, theyjust finish swim, um, football,
soccer, anything that comes up,I try and get them involved.
And um really I just want tofigure out what they enjoy.
I always ask them, like, whatare you into right now, or what
would you like to play?
And even if they hadn't triedit yet, they still hadn't tried
(25:40):
baseball.
So baseball will be next.
Okay.
Um, just to see what they'reinto.
Um, the same with music.
And I just had them in afashion show last weekend just
to see, you know, if it wassomething that they were
interested in.
And so yeah, I just I I believein exposing your children to
every as much as possible tofigure out what their likes and
dislikes are.
And so yeah, they're they'reinvolved in everything, but
(26:03):
currently playing basketball.
Korian (26:04):
Okay.
Is that something that you yourmom and your uh folks inspired
uh put into you?
Amber (26:09):
She did.
Um, my mom was very big onbeing involved.
Um, I can remember her puttingme in pageants and I remember
playing tennis and basketball,softball.
I I did it all.
She had me in etiquetteclasses.
Korian (26:25):
Oh wow.
So did you did you play uhtennis for the school or just
like no?
Amber (26:32):
I took private lessons.
Korian (26:33):
Okay, okay.
All right, uh, I don't know ifyou know, but my wife played
tennis in college.
Amber (26:38):
Oh, did she?
Korian (26:39):
Yeah, I beat her.
So I record against one eachother uh against each other's
one-on-one.
I'll beat her once when shecame back to beat me the next
time.
Uh but uh is your husband anathlete or does he have any
sports experience?
Amber (26:54):
Uh he played uh football, some football in college, but
um, and then he's played alittle bit of basketball.
He was actually um a part ofthe one of the Air Force base
teams, okay, uh basketballteams.
And so he's athletic also.
Um, but yeah, football andbasketball were his things.
Korian (27:13):
Good deal, good deal.
So, how old are your childrennow?
Amber (27:17):
So my oldest, he's six, and then my youngest, he's four.
He'll be five August 5th.
So two weeks.
Oh wow, man, you yes, 15 monthsapart.
Korian (27:26):
I was about to say, Emory, you put some jokers out.
Yeah.
I would have been stressingtoo.
Is your husband okay?
God dog.
Amber (27:35):
No, he went through it too.
We both went through it, yes,for sure.
Korian (27:40):
I remember, I remember uh when my wife had our baby.
I had one co-worker, MissMabry.
She was like, uh, I told her weused to have duty together.
I told her, I said, you know,in nine months we're gonna have
another one.
It's gonna be a boy.
And then like two months afterthat, she was like, Coach
Patrick, how's it going?
I was like, Yeah, that babyain't happening no time.
Amber (28:01):
When she got a dose of baby number one, right?
Korian (28:04):
I was like, No, not again, not again.
But uh about 25 months apart,so okay, that's good.
Amber (28:11):
I think the more space, the better.
Yeah, yeah.
Korian (28:14):
Uh and you know, my my three-year-old, she can kind of
help around.
Uh she can she can keep herselfbusy.
I'll say yes.
So that's that's the mainthing.
Amber (28:24):
Yeah, they don't require as much um, you know, just
following around them.
They're a little bit moreindependent by the age.
Korian (28:33):
So uh let's talk about what goals you have for
yourself, your career, and allthat.
So yeah, just just talk tothem.
Amber (28:43):
So um my ultimate goal, like I said, is to become a
dietitian.
That's the ultimate goal in thenutrition realm, but also a
counselor and merging the twoand helping as many people as I
can through um health coachingand also um helping moms
(29:09):
overcome postpartum.
Like that's for me, that's ahuge thing.
That's kind of that, I mean,that's really what kick-started
my whole health coaching wasthat I just wanted to feel
better after having kids becauseyou do kind of lose yourself
after becoming a mom.
And you know, it becomes moreabout everyone else and taking
care of everyone else.
And not only that, you're alsodealing with the physical
(29:31):
effects of those changes.
And so um, yeah, just helpingas many people, as many moms as
I can um through healthcoaching.
And so that's my number one, Iguess you could say, career
goal.
Korian (29:46):
Gotcha.
Amber (29:47):
Okay.
Korian (29:48):
Uh any timeline on that?
Amber (29:50):
I don't.
I one thing I learned aboutputting um a date on timelines
or putting a date on on yourgoals, got will show you the.
That it's not our timing, it'shis.
And so I've learned that very,very early.
And so everything in God's timefor me.
Korian (30:08):
You are not lying, Amber, like at all.
I've I've can attest to that.
Amber (30:14):
Yeah, every time I've set a goal and I'm like, okay, I'm
gonna complete this at thistime, this time, you know,
something comes up where it'slike I have to postpone or hold
off and get back to it later.
So I always, anytime someoneasks me that, everything in
God's time.
Korian (30:30):
I like that.
Everything in God's time.
So let's go ahead and wrap itup.
I went ahead and put yourInstagram name up there.
I hope you don't mind.
Amber (30:40):
Uh no, no, not at all.
Korian (30:42):
But yeah, shout out your Instagram, shout out anything
else you may have or any otherprojects you may have going on.
Amber (30:50):
Yeah, so I'm uh you can find me on Instagram at one fit
mom.
I'm also on face, that's oneunderscore fit mom.
So one spelled out, zero n eunderscore f I t m o m.
And you can also find me onFacebook at Amber Lacey.
That's Amber L-A-C-Y.
Um, I have a Facebook group onthere, and we just post a bunch
(31:14):
of health stuff.
Um, we share photos, videos,any important information that's
been updated.
Um, I like to share in thegroup.
So yeah.
Korian (31:25):
All right.
Well, hey, this has been anepisode of For the Health of It.
I'm your host, Corey and KPAMPaget.
And Amber, thank you so muchfor coming on.
Amber (31:33):
Thanks, Corey, for having me.
I really appreciate it.
Korian (31:36):
All right, y'all have a good one.
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