About Me
My fitness journey began in 2007. I had a successful career in the technology industry in human resources for ten years and owned my own recruiting business for fifteen years. While I loved my career and all the monetary rewards that came with it, I reached a point in my life when the stress and pressure of keeping up began to take its toll on my health and well being. Like many of us, we give whenever and however we can even if it means that we sacrifice our own health. That was me.
Over the years, I had allowed myself to put on weight; a few extra pounds every year until I reached a point where I did not recognize myself in a family group photo. Then, I lost two very important people in a short span of time to cancer. Both were obese. This was a pivotal point in my life when I decided to take control of my health. It was time to make a change. I began walking regularly and eating better and the pounds starting coming off. However, I reached a plateau after losing 25 pounds and I couldn't seem to get past that point even though I had more to lose. Then I found Zumba. A friend dragged me to a class in 2007 and I fell instantly in love. Growing up, I had been very active in dance, theater and sports, but as an adult I left these activities behind. I started taking weekly Zumba classes and the extra pounds melted away as did the stress I seemed to carry every day.
I decided to transition my career into health and fitness. I went back to school, started taking as many training classes as I could and became a certified Group Exercise Instructor. I began teaching fitness classes in churches and local community centers. Then, I accepted a full-time job with a large healthcare company managing the day-today operations of their world headquarters fitness center. I taught a full schedule of fitness classes in many exercise formats, did small group training, one-on-one coaching and created and managed health and wellness programs to help people be healthy. After seven years in this role, my position was eliminated. At first glance, this may seem like a sad story, but in fact, it was a blessing. God had the plan for me to start and grow my own brand - Fitness with Christa. So, here I am.
Although fitness is my passion, I recognize that our good health is not just physical. In order to live a happy healthy life we need to treat our whole self; our body our mind and our spirit. We must nurture each to live life to our fullest potential. I hope you will be inspired to use all the resources on this website to help you live your healthiest and best life.
Don't be afraid to be amazing!
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PS: I would love for you to share your story and/or fitness journey with me. You can reach me at christacolwell@fitnesswithchrista.com.
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Light and Love - Christa