SIGNING up to the loveLIFE campaign can be as easy as walking just one mile a day.

You don't have to be a marathon runner, hope to lose a massive amount of weight, quit smoking altogether or dance the whole year round to be a part of it.

In fact you can sign up and be part of the campaign by just running or walking a mile or two you didn't before, losing a pound of weight, cutting back on a few cigarettes or doing just a few dance steps every day or every week.

Every step you take that you donate to the campaign, no matter how small or large, we can then add to The Herald's totals.

Along with hundreds of others who have already signed up to loveLIFE, you will be a part of something significant that will help improve the health and wellbeing of people in Plymouth.

You don't even have to set yourself a challenge – you are already actively working towards one of the totals by just walking around the house or the office going about your general routine.

The only thing you need to do is sign up and tell us what you're up to. It's quick and free.

Altogether you could be walking a mile a day already, so over the course of the campaign you will be walking 365 miles, all of which can be added to our tally.

The campaign helps to make the most of the opening of the new £46million Life Centre – Plymouth's biggest ever investment in its public leisure facilities. The loveLIFE campaign also helps to generate a year of activity to capitalise on the spirit and energy created by the Olympics.

The overall challenge for the year for people in the city is to help us stub out one million cigarettes; to walk, run, swim or cycle a million miles; to dance a million steps; and to lose 100,000lbs in weight.

The Herald's campaign is being run in partnership with Plymouth City Council, NHS Plymouth, Plymouth Community Homes, Everyone Active, and University College Plymouth St Mark and St John.

UCP Marjon Director of Sport, Stan Cinnamond, explains how by doing a little exercise often can help your health and fitness.

He said: "Research has shown that exercise, even at a moderate level, benefits health.

"It is important to promote the benefits of exercise to the general public.

"This will improve their standard of health and wellbeing and their children as well. The targets that have been set by The Herald are simple and easy to do for the vast majority of people.

"By participating in this campaign you are not only benefiting your own health but you are also part of a larger health promotion in the city."

UCP Marjon and Everyone Active offer a huge variety of fitness classes for Plymouth residents.