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Any advice? i have joined a gym to lose weight and gain muscle but does it work?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Have you tried : working with a personal trainer?What are your eating patterns? It can work but will require discipline with careful food choices.

Dr Munshower and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 5/26/2016

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