Would you like to lose 15 pounds without diet or exercise? It's entirely possible to do just that...I know because my husband recently accomplished this. How did he do it?

I have been gently informing my husband for years that sugary carbonated drinks can destroy your health. I don't buy them and don't serve them to our kids. Despite that, he kept his habit of drinking a Coke every day at work.

Hubby started having reflux symptoms. The burning was keeping him up at night and causing him a lot of pain. He also visited the Dentist and found that he needed several thousands of dollars in dental work. Carbonated drinks can contribute to reflux, and of course they wreak havoc on the teeth! These two things combined gave him the motivation he needed to quit the habit of drinking sodas.

Fast forward two months. I noticed hubby looked thinner, but it didn't seem to me that he was changing any of his habits. He told me that he had lost 15 pounds and reminded me that he had given up his daily soda pop, replacing it with green tea. Aha!

Several studies have pointed to a connection between soda consumption and weight gain. One such study, at Harvard University, tracked over 50,000 women and found that those whose soda drinking increased had bigger rises in body-mass index than those who drank less or the same. Other studies show that soda consumption goes hand in hand with eating excessive calories.

Soda pop has a lot of empty calories in the form of high fructose corn syrup, which acts differently in the body than other sweeteners. For example, high fructose corn syrup doesn't make you feel full or trigger insulin production to help your body cope with the sugar load like other sweeteners do.

Additionally, by switching to green tea, my husband helped his weight loss efforts... effortlessly. Green tea has been shown to trigger weight loss. According to a study conducted at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, green tea helps the body burn more calories.

If you give up sodas you'll also lower the amount of fat in your blood and decrease your diabetes risk. A recent study pointed out that drinking just one sugary beverage every day (such as those fancy ice cream coffee drinks or carbonated beverages) can nearly double your risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes.

If you want to lose 15 pounds the easy way with no dieting or extra exercise, try cutting out the soda pop!