Too many people think that joining a gym, starting a new diet, or hiring a trainer will fix their life. But no new gym, diet, or trainer...

Our city has some tough health stats, but the truth is Lakeland gives us everything we need to turn it around. From walking the trails at Bonnet Springs to why Publix is actually the best 'healthy fast food' in town, here is our guide to making healthy living in Lakeland simpler for everyone.

Hard to find time to work out? Maybe you heard, "You have plenty of time, and you just don't prioritize it." But that's not necessarily true.

People “tend to look exclusively at those better off than us...When the lot of others improves, we react negatively, but when our own lot im

We have eight people on staff at Vital Fitness. There is one father, one former teacher, one full-time office manager, one soon to be college grad, one firefighter, and three fitness coaches. Needless to say, we are not doing most of our shopping at Whole Foods. Despite our tight budgets, all five of us have made it a priority to practice what we preach to our members. We all eat healthy and we do it on a budget. The following are a few tips on how we pull it off: Shop with a

You grow more and more frustrated by the day. You started eating better, exercising again, drinking more water, and doing all the right things for a few weeks, yet the scale is not moving. Or maybe your strength numbers remain the same. With so many different strategies out there, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and question if what you're doing is working. Although you are making improvements there may be a few things causing the scale to reflect your efforts. Let's take a loo

And the science behind stress eating Five years ago, I was teaching full-time, attending graduate school online, and training...