Comments on: A Virtuous Woman: Temperance

By: JJ Loch

JJ Loch — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:59:31 +0000

Great post!!! When I jot down what I do during a day, the out-of-control things glare at me.

Hugs, JJ

By: Stephanie Quilao

Stephanie Quilao — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:18:39 +0000

LOL…when I saw the post title the first thing I thought of was Bones. I LOVE that show! And Spanx for willpower, oh that cracked me up.

One thing that has helped me is flexibility. You can’t live life on a “plan” all the time. I find it too much work to make sure I’ve only eaten xyz amount of calories for the day or exercise for xyz minutes for xyz # of days per week every week for years and years. Having a routine is good, but there have to be times where you take time off. You workout less or eat a bit more or vice versa. With flexibility, I find that watching my health is much easier and more fun.

By: verybadcat

verybadcat — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:08:48 +0000

Yeah, um, I really didn’t like any of those words you were throwing out there.

Self control: little to none. I guess that’s not true, but this is a real struggle for me. I am probably pretty guilty of doing what I want to do, when I want to do it, regardless of what I should be doing.

Discipline: sometimes I can be very disciplined. I make up for this later by going through a completely undisciplined phase. I’m a cycler, I guess. I think when I am being disciplined, I take it too far, and then it makes me crazy and I fall off the wagon big and hard.

Moderation: this is my biggest strength out of the four. I can’t eat a lot of bad food without feeling bad, I can’t drink a lot without getting sick, and I’ve worked hard on bringing my coffee addiction back into moderation.

Balance: Again, I generally get immersed in something- work, marriage, friends, and I notice the imbalance when the neglected areas start to suffer. I guess that’s better than not realizing it? I could be better about balance, but it’s hard to schedule balance, you know.

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:24:53 +0000

I’m pretty good with balance and moderation. Balance: I don’t see my husband enough, but when a friend calls to go to happy hour and I haven’t hung out with her in a few weeks, I let him know I’m going. I feel like I don’t see anyone enough, but I definitely make the effort when opportunities arise. Moderation: I’m blessed with not being a big eater. I will eat chips or cookies, but I stop long before I have gorged myself. This goes with any meal. I am not a “finish your plate” girl. I stop when I’m finished eating, not when my plate is empty. I get sick of the TV and of the internet. I guess that most things I could get caught up in overdoing are things that simply bore or bother me in extreme amounts. It’s funny that you mentioned smoking. I smoke half a pack a day, and often less. It’s so psychological for me, but I’m not sucking down 4 packs a day.

Self control and discipline are my toughies. That’s what I have to work on.