4. TALKING ABOUT DIETING
• To lose weight
If you want to lose weight, you should stop eating so much.
• To put on weight
I have been putting on weight for the last three months. I
need to go on a diet.
• To cut back/down
My dietician has told me that I need to cut back my servings.
He says I eat too much
• To go/be on a diet
I am on a diet. I can’t eat sweets nor cakes.
• Fad diet (dieta relámpago)
There are many unhealthy fad diets on the Internet. Don’t
believe everything you hear
5. Talking about dieting
• Craving
I always have the craving for chocolate at nights.
• To graze/snack
Spanish people use to snack/graze after lunch.
• Hunger pangs
I felt deep hunger pangs at noon. That’s way, I eat an
apple every day.
• Junk food, fast-food
I love Chinese and Turkish food, but it is said that
they are junk food.
