You can lose that extra bit of fat in your neck in same way as you will use for other parts of your body – through diet control and exercise. A thick neck may be simply caused by being overweight or by a genetic reason. If it is the latter case, then you cannot really do anything much than just exercise and tone up the neck muscles.
Because a program cannot be specifically designed for any body part for weight loss, one has to use an overall exercise program. First, the diet, which should consist of high fiber with complex carbohydrate contents, lean meats, unsaturated fats while avoiding saturated fats and sugars. One must drink plenty of water.
Whole grain bread and cereals, brown rice and yams are examples of high fiber, complex carbohydrate food. Green leafy vegetables are one excellent source of fiber. One should eat raw or lightly steamed vegetables to preserve the nutrient content. The method of cooking is extremely important – the closer vegetables are to their natural state they better they are in maintaining nutrition. Stay away from butter, dips, and fatty sauces.
Boxed and frozen foods are often very poor in nutritive content. Fast foods are usually high in trans. fats, sugar, and sodium not to mention the high amount of calories. If there is no option but to eat fast food then go for salads and many fast food joints do carry the option of tasty salads on their menu. Though the meat they use is often preservative treated so it can be skipped.
Fish or lean meat is a great source for protein that is needed for building strong muscles. Fatty fish such as salmon, tuna, and herring contain omega 3 fats that actually help in lowering triglycerides in your body. Fish should be consumed fresh and never canned because then it would contain sodium and fats that are not good for you. Battered fish fillets or sticks, all processed fish, processed meat have a high sodium content due to preservatives and trans fat to make it crispy. So stay as close to natural forms for these types of food.
You have to locate which fats are good for you and which are bad. Saturated fats will increase your risk for diabetes, heart attacks, and strokes. Shortening, stick margarine, animal fats (other than fatty fish), and butter are all laden with saturated fats. Mono or poly – unsaturated fats could be better for you but then they contain almost double the calorie content than other food. You best bet are avocados, vegetable oils, soft margarines, mayonnaise, and olive oil – all good sources for unsaturated fats. They can consist of twenty percent of your low fat diet calories.
All in all, remember that you have to lose fat not just from a particular part of the body but the entire body itself because only then is the body completely fit. So don’t let laziness or inaction prevent you from acting any further in achieving a great body.