Setting Goals

Everyone always says you should set some type of goal. I've always hated goals because that means I have to seriously think about what I want and make out a plan for accomplishing it. I've been doing some digging around and I've found several lists I've had made up and they all pretty much say the same thing - eat better and lose weight. I guess we know what I think are my biggest issues.
I've decided to make goals for the rest of April, and I'm going to post them where I can see them weekly - right on my calendar. I will make every effort to do updates on my goals at the end of the week and then make new ones at the start of every month. I've been wavering on my commitment lately, and it's time to change that. After all if I want to make the body I want to have I need to stay focused and motivated. Plus what is the point of doing all these crazy workouts if I can't even control what I'm eating. I've read that weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise...right now I'm probably 80% exercise and 20% diet. I workout on schedule 6 times a week, food is always hit or miss. I think it's time to change that up!
I still have my bedroom wall covered in a motivational poster but now all I do is walk past it. I think part of my monthly goal should be to redo the board (probably need to do that every month to keep it fresh). I also still have my weight loss jars, but sometimes those seem depressing because they stay the same. Goals, goals, goals. Let's get them started and let's get focused.
April Goals:
1) Lose 8 lbs.  Okay, how am I going to do this? By doing #2 and #3.
2) Track food every day. This will help me get to goal #1 and hopefully bust through this plateau. 8 lbs might be ambitious since I've been in a plateau for a few weeks now, but I'd be just as happy with 6 because that gets me out of the 170's!
3) Clean up my diet. This supports #1 and #2.
4) No more then ONE cup of coffee a day. I've been getting much better with this one especially since I've given up on the sugar free, fat free, and regular creamers. I now drink Coffeemate Natural which according the the ingredients has nothing bad in it - I can pronounce everything they put in it, and it's as close to eating clean with coffee as I can get. And one of the best parts - it doesn't leave any bitter after taste in my mouth like the fat free and sugar free types always did.
5) To run 6 miles per week. We were running 4, now we are going to add one more day a week to get us up to 6 miles per week.
Alright, I'm going to post and then print this one out. We'll see how focused I can get.