Why we built Sthira
One of us needs to gain weight. The other needs to lose 18 kg.
Sravya is a food science professional in India. At 5′5″ she has been underweight for years, and “just eat more” has never worked. She knows what's in a plate of pongal or sambar better than any app does.
Vamshi, her friend since college, has the opposite problem. He moved to the US and kept eating the food he loves: rice, dosa, biryani, and plenty of it. In a few years he went from about 70 kg to 88. At 5′9″, the healthy range on the Asian BMI scale tops out near 70.
Every app we tried counted burgers and salads and had never heard of curd rice. So we built the one we needed: steady progress in either direction, with the food we actually eat, for Indians in India and everywhere else.
sthira sukham asanamSteady and at ease. Yoga Sutra 2.46

Sravya Gottimukkula
Co-founder · Food science · India
5′5″ and underweight for as long as she can remember. Working up to a healthy 55 kg.

Vamshi Krishna Korutla
Co-founder · Product · United States
5′9″, about 70 kg to 88 kg in a few years. Working back to 70.
We're using Sthira ourselves, and we'll share our progress honestly as we go.



