di.et

n.
1. The usual food and drink of a person or animal.
2. A regulated selection of foods, as for medical reasons or cosmetic weight loss.
3. Something used, enjoyed, or provided regularly: subsisted on a diet of detective novels during his vacation.

adj.
1. Of or relating to a food regimen designed to promote weight loss in a person or an animal: the diet industry.
2.
a. Having fewer calories.
b. Sweetened with a noncaloric sugar substitute.
3. Designed to reduce or suppress the appetite: diet pills; diet drugs.

[definition at dictionary.com]

So perhaps that little outburst yesterday against the word diet was a tad wierd. I apologise. Probably lack of chocolate. As you can see, the first definition is what I will be mostly referring to.

And it's still going okay.