Personal Development for Smart People Forums - View Single Post - Abstaining from pleasure and increasing self discipline = success

JoeRad · 07-02-2009, 02:07 PM

Well Andrew, I certainly applaud your outlook to life, and the fact that you recognize the challenges you face, and your willingness to deal with them.

As for my part, I understand the need to delay some pleasures, and how something that is pleasurable can damage you.

I'm fat, not morbidly obese, but at least 50 pounds above what I should be. it is slowly choking off the life I want to live. I am unattractive, low energy, and developing blood-sugar disorders. I am also addicted to all the wrong kinds of food. I say addicted, because they bring me pleasure, and thus, my will-power to avoid them in the long-term hasn't worked out to this point.

Now, indulging my pleasure certainly relives tension, and helps me cope with other stresses of life...but its destroying my body and my future. Thus, this pleasure is very bad for me.

I'll get a handle on it....buts its going to take "overwhelming force" and discipline to do so.

07-02-2009, 02:07 PM	#22 (permalink)
JoeRad Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 95	Perspective Well Andrew, I certainly applaud your outlook to life, and the fact that you recognize the challenges you face, and your willingness to deal with them. As for my part, I understand the need to delay some pleasures, and how something that is pleasurable can damage you. I'm fat, not morbidly obese, but at least 50 pounds above what I should be. it is slowly choking off the life I want to live. I am unattractive, low energy, and developing blood-sugar disorders. I am also addicted to all the wrong kinds of food. I say addicted, because they bring me pleasure, and thus, my will-power to avoid them in the long-term hasn't worked out to this point. Now, indulging my pleasure certainly relives tension, and helps me cope with other stresses of life...but its destroying my body and my future. Thus, this pleasure is very bad for me. I'll get a handle on it....buts its going to take "overwhelming force" and discipline to do so.