Claire T. Fit is nutrition and fitness coaching by CHS alum, Claire Lamb (Ballard), focused on small, sustainable habits for busy women.“Being able to walk everywhere and the active lifestyle that Coronado has, shaped who I am today and how I run my business. The sustainable changes that you can make in your life without spending hours in the gym. That’s the Coronado I grew up with,” says Claire Lamb (Ballard), founder of Claire T. Fit. Since graduating from Coronado High School in 2017, Claire earned her master’s degree in architectural engineering before starting Claire T. Fit, a nutrition and coaching program in 2024. Coronado foundationClaire was on the CHS cheer and competition team all four years, concluding her high school cheer career as co-captain of the varsity team. “Sports taught me a work ethic. When you think, ‘I don’t really feel like going to practice today, but I’m still going to go.’ Now, it’s ‘I don’t feel like going to the gym today, but I’m still going to go.’”From her days as co-captain, Claire had an early taste of leadership. “Being a leader taught me what to expect from people and what kind of changes are expected. You can’t expect someone to do a complete 180 overnight. You have to expect gradual changes, which is what I learned as a captain and through fitness coaching. Small changes over time will add up to a bigger change in the end.”CHS Competition Cheerleaders Heading to Cheerleading National Championship (video) – 2017From corporate America to nutrition coachingClaire’s focus with her nutrition coaching is on busy women. She shares how she first found her niche. “I would be at work as an engineer and found that I wanted to talk to people about the food that I had meal-prepped for that day, and what workout I was going to do. People started asking me for tips on what to eat, which really sparked my interest. I had the thought of maybe pursuing that as a career, and it spiraled from there.”After five years of schooling and two degrees, the idea to completely change her life was a calculated risk. “Honestly, it was terrifying. You lose all the stability, which, from a financial standpoint, is hard, scary, and really stressful. Especially at the beginning, and not knowing where the income is coming from. Luckily, my husband was super supportive.” In the end, what pushed her to make the leap was the idea that, “If I’m going to take a risk, I might as well take it early on in my life.”Claire explains what it’s like going from a 9-5 desk job to the entrepreneurial life. “It was nice having a lot more freedom in my hours. I probably still work the same amount of hours, if not more. But if I need to switch laundry in the middle of the day, I can. If I need to go to an appointment in the middle of the day, I can. I’ll set my own hours. Will I still be working on Christmas? Maybe. But I have a lot more flexibility and freedom.”Why busy women have different needsCl Read More