You may think it’ll be motivational, and allow you to keep tabs on whether your workouts and nutrition are working for you, but if fat loss is your goal, then weighing yourself could be counter-intuitive.

The number on the scales may plateau, and even rise. That’s because muscle is a much denser tissue. If you compare a pound of fat and a pound of muscle, the size of the latter is much smaller.

To summarise, muscle weighs more than fat. So as you build muscle, you may actually find you weigh more when stepping on the scales.

What you should actually be considering is body fat percentage. Women between 20 and 40 years old should be aiming for between 21 and 33 per cent.

Alternatively, you could take holistic approach to measuring progress.

• How do your clothes fit?
• What has your mood been like? Do you have more energy?
• Are you sleeping better?

It is all too easy to get hung up on the numbers, bring your focus back to how you feel.