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Not so fast, Sister!  How many calories have you eaten today?  How many points do you have left?  How do you...awwe, what the hell, enjoy your pie!   Mary

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This di·et1    Audio Help   /ˈdaɪɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dahy-it] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, -et·ed, -et·ing, adjective –noun

1.	food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health: Milk is a wholesome article of diet.

2.	a particular selection of food, esp. as designed or prescribed to improve a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease: a diet low in sugar.

3.	such a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eats for reducing weight: No pie for me, I'm on a diet.

4.	the foods eaten, as by a particular person or group: The native diet consists of fish and fruit.

5.	food or feed habitually eaten or provided: The rabbits were fed a diet of carrots and lettuce.

6.	anything that is habitually provided or partaken of: Television has given us a steady diet of game shows and soap operas.

–verb (used with object)

7.	to regulate the food of, esp. in order to improve the physical condition.

8.

to feed.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to select or limit the food one eats to improve one's physical condition or to lose weight: I've dieted all month and lost only one pound.

10.	to eat or feed according to the requirements of a diet.

–adjective

11.	suitable for consumption with a weight-reduction diet; dietetic: diet soft drinks.

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[Origin: 1175–1225; (n.) ME diete < AF, OF < L diaeta < Gk díaita way of living, diet, equiv. to dia- dia- + -aita (akin to aǐsa share, lot); (v.) ME dieten (transit.) < AF, OF dieter, deriv. of the n.] —Related forms di·et·er, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

A rose  by any other name is still a rose.  That was the whole point I was trying to make.  A program is still a diet no matter what ya call it.  And on a diet, something HAS to be sacrificed, so there is no easy way out.   I love #4.  Native diet.  I'm Cajun and the 'native diet' is what got me fat in the first place!  Damn poboys and fried shrimp.  Giving them up?    Now that's some serious deprivation, but I couldn't find one program that would let you eat a WHOLE poboy.  Imagine that? Thanks for the info girl, Mary