on a diet

*on a diet

trying to lose weight by eating less food or specific foods. (*Typically: be ~; go ~; put someone ~; stay ~.) I didn't eat any cake because I'm on a diet. I'm getting too heavy. I'll have to go on a diet. I have a lot of trouble staying on a diet.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gavrila	-	Romanian
Howard	['hauəd]
Elouise	EL-o-eez, el-o-EEZ	English
Hilda	HIL-də (English), HIL-dah (German, Dutch)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Ancient German
Raffaella	-	Italian
RisteÁRd	-	Irish