What plan do people refer to when they say "I'm on my cutting plan"?

James signed a big project and was very happy. He bought pizza to treat his colleagues in the office. When he handed the pizza to his foreign colleague Sam, Sam said, "I'm on a cutting plan."

Cutting? Does he want to cut pizza? It's cut! What more plans do you have?

Guess what "cutting plan." is what Sam said?

1. I'm on a cutting plan.

(X) I am planning to cut something.

(O) I am on a fat loss plan.

"On a cutting plan." means that a fat loss plan is underway. "Cutting" is a fitness term that refers to reducing body fat to make muscles more visible.

I am on a cutting plan right now, so I'm eating fewer carbs and doing more cardio.

"Cut", which we are familiar with means "cut", but it is actually a useful polysemous word to supplement several applications of "cut" in spoken language:

2. I better get a cut of this deal.

(X) I'd better give up on this deal.

(O) I should get a cut of this transaction.

The word "cut" here refers to "share" or "dividend", and "get a cut" means a part of the interest or income obtained from a certain transaction or agreement. It is a common spoken usage. Let's look at some examples:

I better get a cut of this deal—I came up with the original concept!

Dialogue:

A: "He gets a cut too?"

B: "Did he write any part of the song? Then yes, he gets a cut."

3. Cut it out.

(X) Cut it all off.

(O) Stop talking/stop doing it.

"Cut it" or "cut it out" means to tell someone to stop a certain behavior, "stop, shut up".

Example:

Cut it out! That's really annoying.

Just cut it out! I've had enough of your time wasting.

4. Let's cut to the chase and discuss the main issue.

(X) Let's catch up on the progress and discuss the main issues!

(O) Let's jump right into the topic and discuss it!

"Chase" originally meant to chase. "Cut to the chase", cut to the chase directly, how do you understand it?

"Chase" here originally refers to the "chase scene" in the movie. The chase scene is often the climax of the movie, and "cut to the chase" has become a metaphor, which means "skipping the unimportant parts and going directly to the key points." A great phrase to use in business discussions.

We don't have much time, so let's cut to the chase.

After discussing a lot of irrelevant details, she finally cut to the chase and told us what we needed to know.