SMART Goals

So, I know all about goal setting.  I studied Business and lectured various subjects which required me to explain the SMART goal principle.  Set Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic goals with a time line to them.  Why is it then that when it comes to goal setting I am great at setting personal goals and reasoning about them but I can not stick to these goals?  I am always negotiating with myself to extent the timeline, change the goal and reason about the ligitamacy of the goal.  This just takes so much energy!  I am now setting a few goals per day and ticking them off at the end of the day.  I have set myself a 6 month period to gain a healthier lifestyle, become fitter and loose weight.  I am happy to report that I attained my first few goals for DAY 1 of Successful Goal setting.

1.  Join a gym – done

2.  Introductory round of exercises – done

3.  Complete embarrasing weigh-ins and measurements – done