S – M – A – R - T means Specific –Measurable – Achievable – Relevant – Time-Framed.
The rich and successful in life don't just makevague, "maybe-one-day" goals. All your choosing and planning andresearching and considering won't mean anything without your takinggoal-getting ACTION that makes a sure difference in your life.
Doing this means splitting up your big, grand goalsinto bite-sized, achievable smaller pieces that you can work on eachday without getting bogged down, overwhelmed, bored or demotivated.Huge leaps and gains are unlikely but a long series of smaller stepswill bring you much more surely to your eventual destination and helpto keep you focused on the "here and now". Doing this also givesyou a sense of dynamic movement forward and a satisfying,"crossed-that-off-the-list" kind of feeling when you achievethings. So let's get to it!
S – Specific – choose an exact goal – not"lose weight" but "reduce weight
to 150lbs by March 1"
M - Measurable – design a yardstick by whichprogress can be measured –
so if you are 186lbs and March 1 is 12 weeksaway,
then you will weigh yourself on a scale on aweekly
basis to aim for 3lbs of fat loss per week to getto
150lbs by March 1
A - Achievable – is it even possible to lose 3lbsof fat per week
consistently for 12 weeks straight? Do some
research on the Internet to find out what is
considered a healthy and reasonable goal – youwill
probably find that a loss of 1.5lbs per week ismore
realistic, so adjust your goal accordingly –either
halve the goal (168lbs by March 1) or double the
time (150lbs in 24 weeks)
R – Relevant – is this even the best goal youcould choose? Losing 36lbs
of fat to achieve a weight of 150lbs? Is this the
healthiest option? Wouldn't it be better toreplace the
36lbs of fat with 36lbs of muscle and remain at
186lbs but with improved body shape? Do
some more research to find out whether theremight
be some better way to look at the issue that can
provide a better result
T - Time-Framed – well, OK, we've decided to gainmuscle over 24 weeks
but now let's break this down into monthly,weekly
and daily goals and "cheat days" onSundays, etc.
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