I spent seven months in and out of doctor’s offices in acute IBS flare. Both my primary care doctor and GI doctor kept telling me it was stress and that Covid was causing everyone added stress. I knew that wasn’t correct. The GI doctor kept prescribing different medications and when they did not work she would double the doses. Deep down I knew it was nothing to do with stress. I felt that I was poisoning myself.

Fortunately, a friend recommended Dr Tara Coppola. Within a week she helped me figure out that I have a gluten and dairy sensitivity. Within a week of eliminating those elements from my diet my body is healing. I am no longer in acute flare, my joints are not aching, my migraines are subsiding and brain fog is lifting. I am on the road to recovery. I am so very grateful to Dr Tara Coppola.

I am going over my meal plan, and making my grocery list. I jut want to ay this is the most amazing food plan I’ve every seen. I love the food and I get to eat what I love. 

I have always had a love/relationship with food and have done a tone of silly diets that only worked temporarily. Your meal plans are full of delicious filling choices that I LOVE and can eat without feeling guilty. Thank you thank you thank you, for helping me on my journey!

For as long as I can remember, losing weight was only done by incredibly unhealthy measures. As a young child, My mother spotted me pulling on heavier parts of my body leaving terrible bruises. I obsessed about how I looked.

Unfortunately, several women in my family struggled with eating disorders and I jumped hard down the same path.  Into my teenage years, I became bulimic, anorexic and so dependent on laxatives that without them, I could go over a week without moving my bowels. By the time I reached 18, I was stricken with panic attacks and my parents gave their all to help me get it under control. I battled hard and with lots of help and prayer, I had won. I stopped weighing myself and finally had control over my urges. 

Fast forward a decade, years of fertility treatments, miscarriages, babies, and my inability to step on scale, the pounds steadily increased. I knew I needed to lose but was feeling incapable to do it on my own, lest I fall back into my old unhealthy ways. I honestly did not have the tools to know how to lose weight properly.  But I had daughters of my own now, and I knew I needed to get in shape just as much for them as well as for myself, so I could leave a legacy of NEVER shaming my body and always being grateful for the things I can do with it. First step, find and start using a scale. It was a shock to see how high I was but I had goals. 

With my husband’s encouragement, I met with Dr. Coppola. She built a beautiful detailed plan that worked perfectly for my needs and also the needs of my still-breastfeeding baby. I am literally NEVER hungry unless I miss a meal and the weight is just falling off. I’ve already lost 20 pounds through my nutrition plan and exercise in just a little over two months!  

Dr. Coppola has tailored the plan and made changes along the way that have made this new lifestyle easily accessible to me. Perhaps most important is that she takes the time to explain the specific needs of my body in regards to reaching my goals. Not only that, but she also wrote a shopping list that made finding the items on my plan super easy!  I finally have the tools I need to live life fit and healthy. Now, I’m so energetic that I cannot wait to hit the gym – something I never thought I’d say.  

Dr. Coppola has graciously made herself available to me through call, text or email. Whenever I’ve had a question, she is quick to respond. Along the way, she cheers me on with my successes and I’m truly thankful for the accountability she has provided me. I highly recommend her expertise to anyone out there looking to make a change for their health.