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Once binge eating 4,000 calories a day, Alexis McCoy decided to take control of her health. Now, she’s lost 180 pounds and no longer needs medication for her mental health. Learn how she did it. Plus, if you want to take your cardio workout to the next level, these 15 HIIT exercises are easy to do at home and burn major calories (even after you're done working out).

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Today's Plan

Labor Day may be the unofficial sendoff to summer, but let's keep the fresh, colorful fare on the menu this week. This grain bowl is a tasty way to do it: The filling, fiber- and protein-rich bowl is packed with green goodness, plus quinoa and shredded chicken. If you’re trying to reduce your meat consumption or are exclusively plant-based, use canned and rinsed beans instead of chicken.

• Breakfast: Coffee Chia Parfait

• Lunch: Green Grain Bowl

• Dinner: Lentil Tacos with Sautéed Kale

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Childhood abuse led 1 woman to binge eat. Walking and small diet changes helped her lose 180 pounds

Abuse and neglect as a child led to trauma that caused Alexis McCoy to binge eat as an adult. Once binge eating 4,000 calories a day, she decided to take control of her health. Now, she’s lost 180 pounds and no longer needs medication for her mental health.

McCoy admits that she had lapses in her binge eating. Finding strategies to prevent and manage her binge-eating was key to her weight-loss success. Some of the strategies she uses include:

• She drinks a protein shake before birthday parties or a functions where she anticipates she might overeat.
• In a restaurant, she’ll divide her meal into two servings and take one home.
• Every time she slips up, she gets right back on her healthy eating plan the next day. "For every downfall, I tried twice as hard the next day," she says.

Here's the fitness and diet plan she used to lose 180 pounds.

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