PhotoGrid_1418003406148I am a software professional and live currently in New Jersey. I was born and raised in India and have been living in the United States for the past 16 years. During my free time I focus on living healthy and have been trying to reverse my epidemic disease – type 2 diabetes. I have explored a lot on how to live healthy through clean eating, mean training, going green etc. I am blessed with an awesome family and great friends. I love music but totally am tone deaf when it comes to singing, can listen to any kind of music – starting from spiritual to hip-hop, don’t believe in eliminating any genre. Love reading and enjoy nature when the weather is awesome…!

I started my WOL w/ Keto; the low carb, high fat/protein diet (on 9/28 and within 3 months of diet, have reversed my diabetes). It has changed my life completely, I reversed my diabetes and gained a healthier and a lean body.

Being a vegetarian(no eggs, no meat or seafood) it was a bit difficult finding foods with high fat/protein content but over the time I have experimented and worked out a few recipes which I would like to share with all of you out there looking for veg keto recipes.

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  2. Thanks Donna…what you tell to your mind is what your body does, so eating right/healthy is the mind-full way of living 🙂 Appreciate your kind words!

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  3. Anu, I was delighted to find your web site as I am in the process of adopting a keto lifestyle and don’t want to eat a lot of animal protein. However, looking at some of your recipes I’m a little puzzled at the quantities. For example, half a cauliflower for eight people as a main course seems a little spartan. Would you please describe what an actual meal plan would be and explain the protein content? Thanks! Sarah

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  4. Thanks Sarah for the kind words, however can you please let me know which recipe are you referring to? I can look into it. Hope you work your way for a healthy you!

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    1. Swetha – i dropped by hba1c from a whopping 13.4 in sep 2012 to 5.6 currently, hope it helps. But i am under 100s 🙂

      9/27/2012 – 13.4
      12/4/2012 – 13.1
      4/4/2013 – 7.7
      10/30/2013 – 7.8
      3/24/2014 – 7.3 (Off 5 shots of insulin and moved to oral medication)
      11/19/2014 – 7.0
      8/5/2015 – 7.0
      4/6/2015 – 6.7
      9/22/2015 – 8.5
      12/8/2015 – 5.6

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      3. Your website has great recipes and congrats on reversing your Type 2. Your a1c is low now and your fasting is between 80 to 90, so do you still take any medication?

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      4. Yes Vj, i need to be on medication, i am trying to taper off…but sugar numbers are fluctuating…hence working my way. Keep in mind i am highly insulin resistant and it takes a while to be off my medication completely!

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  6. Amazing! I am someone whoz trying to eat healthy too. 🙂 I have always been a vegetarian. I started with a raw vegan diet but then realized if I am on this kinda diet I wont be able to do those high intensity exercises so for now just eating clean.
    What type of exercises do you do? My problem area is my tummy. 😦

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  8. Thank you Anu for posting in Euphoric delights. Congratulations on your achievement. It is very encouraging and motivating . My difficulty is that I find it hard to stay on a particular diet/exercise regime for few weeks. How did you train your self to stay on your goal? Do you meditate every day? Thank you.

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    1. Vandana – Thank you! This is a lifestyle change for me, been living this way for the past 4 years and i mix it up. Nothing is static with my workouts/food intake…I started with small goals and tried to challenge myself every time. It’s not easy but all your need is staying focused and you will get there…if i can do – you CAN do it too!

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  9. Hi Anu,

    Firstly kudos to you for taking care of yourself and motivating others to do the same :). I have been reading a lot about keogenic diet. Just had couple of questions. When you started eating this way how did you portion size or were you doing the macros method. Do you cook seperately meals for your family since my folks love all sorts of carbs roti, naan, rice. I get so tempted with all the Indian sweets too 😔. Also do you eat this way when you entertain people at home or When you attend an Indian party where majority of items are carbs loaded.
    Thanks!

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    1. Hi SJ – i did my macros and calculated everything, and i regret not adding the macros for all the recipes but that’s something that i need to focus on. I have to plan/cook my meals so that i dont mix up 🙂 It’s difficult but once you plan your meals it’s way too easy to stick to this way of eating! Yes, no matter where i am i try to stick to this – i know otherwise what the outcome would be. With that said, when i have slip ups i really swing back to the track. Indian or American outings, i ensure i eat veggies/subzis or salads! if i am a bit skeptic then i stuff my tummy before heading out 😉

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  10. That is wonderful and very inspiring! I’m glad I found Thai blog. It would help a lot of others like me if you can post a few of your sample menus of the whole day, including the times
    You eat each meal and snack and quantity. Would really appreciate it.

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    1. I don’t mind posting it, but no 2 individuals are alike and it depends on what your activity level is along with your height/weight and health situation! Thank you! Good luck!

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    2. Yes, completely agree, it totally depends on activity level. I have started a similar diet with activity. But what I find difficult is, to get all needed elements of the sort like protein, vegetables and carbs I feel
      Like I end up eating more than what I was eating earlier. For example, if we have the vegetable tofu soup from your blog, did you accompany some car a with it? Because for a diabetic person completely avoiding carbs means sugar will drop. That is why I think it will be helpful if you can put up sample of a day’s meal. You seem to have figured out how to
      Make it work.

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  11. Hi…thanks for sharing your blog on Cal… Looking forward to lose weight as I’ve put on 25 kg post pregnancy n can’t seem to get rid of it…your recipes look doable n great

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  12. Hi Anu,

    I have been following your blog. Can you do a post on IF fasting for beginners and your personal experiences with IF. I would love to hear from your experiences. I am followed your posts/recipes on dlife LCHF forum and posted few questions there for you. I am very much interested in IF but haven’t been successful so far. I started with having early dinner around 7 hoping that my next meal would be a breakfast next day at 8am. But I woke up middle of night feeling hungry and was awake some time and then figured out that I might be hungry and hence had to drink a glass of milk before i could sleep again. After I drank the milk I was able to sleep again. I haven’t done fasting anytime before.So what tips can you suggest ? After that I never tried IF as it messed up my sleep 😦 . My HbA1c is 5.9 and I am currently not taking any medication.

    Thanks
    Neha

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    1. Sorry Neha haven’t been much on d-life…sure i can walk you thru the IF! But since you are a beginner i would suggest starting with 12 hours initially, that is if you eat your dinner at 7pm…till 7am next morning! Is there a way i can reach out to you directly?

      Please watch this video, Dr Fung is the GURU of IF!!!

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      1. Hi Anu, I saw your post on ED group on FB. You are a true inspiration for me. Yes definitely Let me send you friend request on FaceBook so that we can chat there. It might go into your other folder. Or may be I can call you. And thank you so much!!!! Been vegetarian its difficult to follow LCHF and I am definitely going to follow your blog and try out the Keto recipes in come months.

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      2. Hi Neha – i have approved your request yesterday, but i haven’t checked my other folder, let me get to it and please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. Also if possible please let me know your regular diet!

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  13. Anu, kudos to you on your wealth… amazing what dedication and motivation does to someone.. Good to see this website and also all the recipes you have created in a healthy way. Challenging your body every time when you do your work out is the way to go.. and eliminating adulterated food makes your body stress less to process it.

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  15. Hi Anu,

    I saw your post on FB and it’s something what i needed the most at this point,as I just got my blood reports and it indicates diabetes ,my fasting level is 150 and after food is 8.1 ,wondering if you could suggest something which i can follow…Many Thanks!

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  16. Hi Anu,

    Saw your post on ED and sent you a message on FB. Thanks for putting all these recipes together. Hope to incorporate them in my diet.

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  17. H anu, im a vegetarian. Following keyo since april 2016, lost 7 kgs so far.
    Not able to loose more.

    Im eating : sprouts of moong and moth inorning 100 gms. 1 onion 1 tomato,1 chilli

    Lunch 100 gms paneer, 1 tbsp ghee, 1/2 shimla mirchi
    250 ml butter milk, 1 kheera

    Dinner 3 boiled eggs
    10 almonds
    I snack on makahna
    Cheese slice

    Tea is with milk and no sugar

    I have malai coffee in morning

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