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Active heathy eater can't lose weight, what to do?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Try keeping a food: Diary - so you can see if your eating patterns are as good as you think they are. Mix up your work outs. Use both weight training and cardio workouts.

Answered 3/16/2014

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