If you do one thing this week . . . keep track of your health

Measure it to manage it – so the saying goes in business. But it can also apply to keeping your health in check.

Without getting too hung up on minor fluctuations, generally keeping tabs on your body weight and the exercise you are getting could help to keep a healthy lifestyle on track.

It can be easy for excess pounds to creep on when you are not looking, and likewise you might lose motivation for workouts if you don’t have a sense of all you are achieving.

A recent analysis, published earlier this year in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, found “significant associations between self-monitoring and weight loss”.

So grab a pen and paper, download a suitable app onto your phone or go online and find the websites that let you track your progress – and start logging.