Hopes to lose (5)

I believe the answer is:

diets

(Other definitions for diets that I've seen before include "Disciplined eating regimes" , "Regimens" , "Tides (anag.)" , "causing stones to vanish" , "Commons" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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