Temptation resisted?

A temptation to you as a human being is driven by motives and desires for the certain object or activity that creates it.

One way to resist the temptation is to create a more profound and stronger motive and/or desire for the negative results, rather than the positive results caused by taking the temptation. For example, a freshly-made cannoli generates enough temptation for a pasty lover like me, the results of eating the cannoli is,

• Positively, I enjoyed the taste, the texture, the culture that Italians created cannoli with. 
• Negatively, the sugar, fat and salt that comes with the consumption of the pastry will do no good to your body.

My desire for killer abs, stronger muscle and overall personal health completely outbid the desire for eating a cannoli even though it is fresh. Hence temptation for cannoli is completed destroyed.

Having recently read an essay from Arthur Schopenhauer, my point seems inline with his view on crime and punishment,

People, according to Schopenhauer, cannot be improved. They can only be influenced by strong motives that overpower criminal motives. 

while he talked about crime and punishment, I am taking cannoli vs killer abs, completely different subject, but same philosophy behind.