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
Joana	-	Portuguese, Catalan
RomÁNa	-	Hungarian
Narcissa	nar-SIS-ə (English)	Late Roman
Hermine	her-MEE-nə (German)	German, French
Eliza	i-LIE-zə (English), e-LEE-zah (Polish)	English, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Acke	-	Swedish