Want to lose weight? Maybe you do, maybe you don't. Maybe you don't even need to. Or maybe you do, and you just don't feel like putting forth the effort. It's your body, which means it's your choice. Health matters and professionals, barking personal trainers, and even societal pressures aside, your decision to lose weight is ultimately yours to make and yours alone.

But, still the question lingers - How do you lose weight? Exercise works extremely well, but some people are loathe to even imagine themselves trying this route. Eating a proper diet is also a great way, but some people simply enjoy the food they eat far to much to make the sacrifice. Exercising and diet together are a synergistic powerhouse when it comes to losing weight, but if a person is not willing to do one of these two, they're almost certainly not going to do both. So, welcome back to square one - How do you lose weight?

Apart from the methods already mentioned, there are very few ways to drop some pounds. However, if what you are looking for is a workout and diet-free approach that can still at least knock off a few pounds, researchers from Harvard suggest that the easiest way to go about doing so is to replace sugary soft drinks (such as Mountain Dew and Coke)with water or diet versions of these drinks. It appears that sugary soft drinks short-circuit the complicated interplay of hormones that are responsible for telling us when to eat and, more importantly, when to stop eating.