Dieting often means eating so little food that you're hungry all the time and don't have enough energy.

This generally means eating more foods containing fat and protein.

"They're not willing to back off because it means eating their words of a year ago."

For average Americans this means eating about a third less fat.

This means not eating foods that are made from starch or sugar.

This means eating a balanced breakfast, lunch and dinner at approximately the same time each day.

It may mean eating less of some foods and more of others.

It would mean not eating, of course, so his mother God, one day he'd show her had better have a decent dinner for him that night!

Moderation means eating a little of everything but nothing in excess.

It also means consistently eating about the same amount of food every day.