It all began a month and a half ago, during one of my daily phone conversations with my Mom. "I'm starting the Jagannath Dixit diet," she announced, "I think you should too... You've become huge!" Snide comments on my weight are a routine in our conversations, which I have learnt to happily ignore and continue eating what I want! My mother, a strict disciplinarian, has always been a fitness enthusiast, very conscious about her health and the preventive aspects pertaining to lifestyle- based diseases. Even at 55, she manages to squeeze in an hour of workout at her gym, in her schedule lined with household and office work, along with her social commitments. "I suddenly realized I can't keep up with this pace for too long", she said. "I'm getting older, and I don't know how long my body can keep up with the exercise it is used to. I don't want to suddenly stop and end up with a debilitating senescence. This diet seems quite easy....