Drop the fork and pick up the sticks. Lose weight by using utensils you're not good at using!

Forget about the The Morning Banana Diet  and the Alternate Day Diet ... it's time for the Chopstick Diet! This weight-loss program is based on the principle that A: You can't eat fatty foods like pizza and ice cream with chopsticks (well, you can try) and B: Westerners aren't very adept at using Asian utensils.

And according Kimiko Barber, the London-based Japanese author of "The Chopsticks Diet,"  Japanese women stay slim because: "In Japan, food is served in smaller portions and is designed to be eaten with chopsticks which slow you down, so you eat less."

Hmm, we've seen some pretty chubby Sumo wrestlers in our day -- wonder what they eat with?