ate sparingly (verb) diet: abstain from food
Sinonime: be prodigal with, be wasteful,
blow*, cash out,
consume, dissipate, expend, frivol, frivol away, go through,
lavish, misspend,
misuse, prodigalize, put out, run through, scatter, spend, spend like water, spring for, throw away, throw money around,
trifle, waste
Antonime: hoard,
save, set aside