Not only will you add the extra years; but you will have a quality of life, you could never have, when you are carrying all those unnecessary pounds. Of course the most common sense thing for you to do along with exercise is to eat a healthy well balanced diet. Please take notice of the "healthy well balanced diet". You can break this down into a smaller goal of only 8 lbs a month. Then you can take it down even further to two pounds a week. It appears now you have a workable goal. For your 3rd step you need to set out a plan for exercise. If you have been living a sedate lifestyle, you would be much better off if you started off walking. Always eat your supper approximately four to five hours before you go to bed so it has time to digest properly and will not just lie there in your stomach, or worse, be saved in the fat stores! Refrain from snacking throughout the evening. Incorporate walking into your daily routine. You do not have to walk as if you are in a marathon but make it a brisk non-stop walk. To boost your metabolism and maintain muscles like your heart and lungs, you should consume a good amount of meat, poultry, and fish. Meat contains a lot of protein, which is important for your body, but some meats can also contain a lot of fats. Ideally, you should eat fish because it's low in fat and calories and still has a high amount of protein. Just 50 skips per day will have you burning calories but for best results try to add an extra 10 skips to your routine everyday. 3. Step-ups You can simply use your backyard steps for this one. Stepping up and down will have your heart rate elevated and the calories will be burning. Try to complete 3 sets of 20 steps every day, but increase the number of steps every few days as your body adjusts as your fitness levels rise. The basic idea of the surgery is to split the stomach into 2 pouches. The upper pouch is the smaller of the two and the lower pouch is larger. Once this procedure is completed the doctors then re-attach the small intestine to both pouches. This procedure, although basic, has proven to be very effective for a lot of people.