Sanjay Manjrekar, cricketer and recently-turned singer, is a fitness freak with a difference. Where earlier he concentrated only on the physical aspect, now he has become more diet-conscious. "Over the last one year I realised that diet is the single-most important factor that dictates your life," says Sanjay. So he has started eating more natural foods, "As our system accepts this easily and naturally". His diet comprises fruit and salad, and cooked food has been scaled-down to the bare minimum. Besides this, his exercise regime includes stretching, aerobics and of course, playing cricket. Manjrekar may not be in the Indian Cricket Team but he makes sure that his skill is honed to the tee, or rather the bat.With such strong likes, Sanjay has equally strong dislikes. And topping that list are people who come on very loud and `strong' in the very first meeting. "They immediately put me off," he says. Besides his anti-pushy people stand, he is allergic to liquor, smoke and, of course hot and spicy food. Morerecently, with the packed schedule of the Indian team, he has become allergic to travelling and early-morning flights. "Getting up at 3.30 in the morning and driving in the dark to the airport fills me with dread. And this is the one time when I indulge - in a lot of self-pity," says Sanjay.
