Some of you young people out there are probably not as concerned about this as I am, but I am reaching the age where I need to focus a little less on living it up…and more on taking care of myself.

Health is an important part of our quality of life.

For many, it is enough to just get a 30 minute jog in and be happy with it. But if you are like me, you want to track progress. These days, the choices in terms of tools are vast. Again, your choice probably comes down to your preference of paper or something electronic.

There are forms that you can add to your paper planner that help you track everything from your nutrition to your jogging stats. You can even keep up with your resistance training by tracking your lifting.

There are also web based apps that will help you manage your health. My big cardio activity is cycling. We Endure is my tool of choice at this time.  It allows me to keep up with distance, total time, and calculates my average speed and time per minute.  We Endure helps me as I work toward my goal of averaging 100 miles in the saddle per week.

Mobile applications are available also for BlackBerry and the iPhone.  Most of these apps are used to track diet and nutrition.

The whole idea is this. We feel it is good to be able to track how we are performing on the job by keeping solid metrics. It only makes sense to track our performance as we manage our health with similar metrics.

What tools do you use as you work toward a healthier you?

Let’s discuss.