• CRYSTAL WALL
• CANDACE FORD
• I WIN

CRYSTAL WALL &
THE MIXFITZ PHENOMENON

Something can be said for the woman that inspires, uplifts and looks stunning while doing it. From the moment she steps through the door, dressed comfortably in her camo colored ensemble, sipping on her Starbucks Venti green tea, she exudes beauty, confidence, and kindness. When she enters a room you take notice; she has a quiet captivating calm that draws you to her and an undeniable realness that makes you feel as if she has been your friend for years.

With the combination of beauty and brains, Crystal Wall, wife of Houston’s own rapper Paul Wall is a force to be reckoned with. She is not the woman that stands in the shadows of her famous husband waiting for things to happen, Crystal is the woman that is constantly working, growing and evolving into a successful instructor, business owner and phenomenal woman. As Crystal takes her seat to prep for her photo shoot she opens up about the woman behind the Mixfitz phenomenon. What you will immediately notice about her is that family and love is at the core of who she is. “I’m a family girl” she remarks “I surround myself with family, and we like to have fun and we like to eat.”

There is a smile on her face as she remembers they way a family friend would jokingly bribe her with her favorite treats to coax her into things. She laughs at the memory and talks about the change that started it all. Being southern born and raised, food and family was always around her, but making a cross country move to Los Angeles, California caused her lifestyle to gradually change. “Here we drive a lot and we eat a lot, but out there they are walking and eating organic.” Moving to California where the nearest “soul food” restaurant was twenty minutes away caused her to take a closer look at how and what they were eating. Everyone around her was eating salads when all she wanted was a good plate of hot wings. It was a moment after her mother visited, and she decided to treat her to California’s version of soul food that things start to change. Mother was not impressed and after a forty minute roundtrip drive and a check nearing two hundred dollars for a not so great meal, Crystal decided more meals at home was the answer. She became conscience of what she was putting into her body, she began to work with a trainer and soon she was fifty pounds down. She says” I was looking good and feeling good!” In addition to weight loss Crystal had also found more of herself. Being in a new state, so far from her family she learned to open up more.

“Living out there helped me change my life and the way I saw things in general. It made me a more open person.” Even with a great start such as this we can all encounter setbacks and Crystal is no stranger to adversity in her transformation journey. Her tone slightly changes as she talks about the loss of her father. Her voice is still strong as she speaks about this emotional period in her life, but there is a tenderness there that lets you know how this loss truly affects her. “ I was running from something, I was unhappy.” Crystal continues to talk about how moving back to Houston also caused her to relapse in her weight loss. She was back to the city where food was in abundance, and Bonfire Wings enticed her with it’s menu. Even with life’s challenges she continued on. Her defining moment was seeing her husband and being motivated by him. After starting his weight loss journey, she says “He was getting too fine too fast. Let me do something.”

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