Importance Of Temperance

Importance of Temperance According to Forbes, only 8% of people achieve their New Years resolution. The reason they don’t achieve it is because they have lack of temperance. Temperance is moderation in self-restraint; most people refer to this as self-control. Temperance is very important in almost everything you do. Eating, spending money, time management, sex, alcohol, and drugs is all things you should have temperance in. Addiction to alcohol, drugs, and sex is caused by lack of temperance. Your life can go down hill fast if you don’t have control these things. Temperance can be difficult to have with things but there are many ways to over come these struggles. One area people have difficulty having temperance is losing weight. Temperance, …show more content…
She started gaining weight after her second daughter was born. She was not happy with her body or the way she felt. She was treated differently and started having health issues due to her weight. She knew that it was only going to get worse if she didn’t do something about it. She found the program 21-Day Fix and begin her journey. She had to learn moderation and eat way less then she was used to. In 21-day fix you are suppose to use containers to measure your portions. These portions were way smaller then what Megan had been using to. It wasn’t easy but Megan used temperance to say no to bad foods because she knew that no matter how good the food tasted, it wasn’t worth it. Moderation was very hard for her because when you are over weight and go from eating carbs all day to eat healthy your body is constantly telling your brain that you are starving. So for the first few days she had to basically ignore her brain telling her she was starving. Ways to improve temperance when it comes to moderation is to have a good self-esteem. You have to tell yourself that you are worth this journey and that you are capable of it. You can’t focus on just getting skinny you have to think about how much healthier your body will …show more content…
Megan made sure to do this as well. However some day’s excuses would get in her head and she would have no motivation to do it. Some excuses would be, I’m not young enough to do this, I can’t be skinny since I’ve had kids, or this won’t help so what’s the point. It wasn’t easy but she found different ways to overcome these excuses and work out everyday. One way she felt motivated was by having her younger sister Rachel come work out with her. Rachel was 17 and was forced to quit sports due to a heart problem and had gained weight due to lack of exercise. Rachel also wasn’t happy with her body. The two sisters worked out together everyday and got rid of each other’s excuses. You have to get out of your own head because the #1 reason people quit exercise programs is because they make excuses. Temperance is overcoming these excuses and getting over that