Why are people so weak/lacking will power?

Anonymous
I'm not trying to blow my own horn here so I'll go anonymous, but I can quit things as soon as I decide to, with no help from anybody. When I got fat I decided to cut out sugar, fatty foods, carbs, and I cut calories dramaticallly, and I work a hard, manual job so that was tiring. On top of that, I had people come up.to me with pizzas, chocolate, beer etc. and they'd try their best to tempt me to join them, waving it in my face, saying "mmm it's so nice mmmm", "come on, one won't hurt". Still I never gave in. I stopped smoking, just decided one day that I wanted to, and the same again, people trying to convince me to smoke. In fact I haven't even moved my cigarettes off of my kitchen table, most people would throw them away so as not to be tempted, mine are right there staring at me everyday, still haven't touched them.

So why do most people need help with these things? Nicotine patches, staying away from smokers etc. Why do they give kn so easily when tempted?
Why are people so weak/lacking will power?
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