dieting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of diet

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The practice of following a diet.

   “They found out that dieting can harm you if you do it wrong. She advised them to talk with a doctor before doing anything too extreme.”

   “[…] they think that diet cures chronic diseases, placed under the homoeopathic physician's care, though, under their care, with all their dietings, these very diseases were so intractable.”