After 40 years, I've finally figured out that excercise is key to losing weight. While it has helped me to lose pounds and inches on my body, I've always carried extra weight on my face and neck. Kathy, can you give me an excercise that will tone up a flabby double chin? It seems to add years on my face.

To get rid of extra fat in the chin and neck area (and anywhere else on your body for that matter) you have to do more cardio activity.

To tone, here are two simple exercises you can try twice a day, courtesy of Jerry Robinson, research director of Health for Life, a Los Angeles-based health-education organization:

1. Press your palm to your forehead for 10 seconds while resisting with your head and neck. You should feel your neck and chin tighten. Repeat the movement with your hand on the back of your head, then on each side, with your hand cupped over your ear.
2. Lift your chin up and open and close your mouth as if you're chewing. Feel the muscles under your jaw and down the front of your neck tighten.

It's worth a try! Good luck.