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Someone heroically postponing a food they will absolutely eat on Sunday.
means A person who is deliberately restricting what or how much they eat, usually to lose weight or eat more healthfully.
from Traces back to Greek 'diaita,' meaning 'a way of life' or 'regimen' — covering not just food but a whole mode of living. The word passed through Latin 'diaeta' and Old French before landing in English narrowed almost entirely down to meals: what started as philosophy for living well shrank into counting almonds.
- etymology
- from greek diaita, meaning way of life
- cheat day
- the diet's built-in escape hatch
- willpower myth
- environment beats discipline almost every time