RE: Do I Really Need Another Diet? - A psychological approach to your relationship with food
Well this was an interesting post you made, very much in the realm of information uploading and talking about the key points of the books you have consumed and later transformed in your digestion of them. It really is nice to see not another member in the cult of "dieting" saying "be on X diet" or this or that, but trying one's best to actually dive into the heart of diets against the mysticism that has been made from diet industries (which has much benefited under Market/Capitalist functioning as any economist will tell you). And I want to say this right now before we go anywhere else that we should be making talks about what individual people should be doing on diets, it's a very much needed side which unfortunately has been blasted to the wayside not by dieters themselves but by the diet industry. However, we can save the talks of political-economy (which that is an entire mess of interrelations itself right there and can make any a mind insane even when we are discovering the unconscious mechanisms of such).
La fotos (The photos): Let's start here since these are very crucial in any a post, especially dieting or information-based posts. And I swear the lucky number of fotos (photos) on Steemit is the number two, haven't a real clue other than the logistics of citation and the fact that every little pixel counts. So the vector drawing one is really cutesy and conveys the general spirit of the post uncontroversially. The second one, a book cover I presume, is actually very nicely fitted to the text just right next to it, but more on that in "La forma" section. Since there were two, let's move on!!!!~
La forma (The form): Hey, we're in this section, so let's talk about the form of the post. Obviously since this is more in the reins of the "sciences" and what not, the form obviously will take on the form of most science/STEM posts - no doubt on that. Which isn't to say anything good or bad, it's appropriate is what I am saying. Moving on, the bullet points seem appropriate when used, italics good for emphasis and drawing closer to the "I" statements that have to be utilized (more on that later), sourcing seems appropriate and in the flow of the text, emoticons used sparsely but correctly and quotation marks used right when citing the general audience. All this to draw us in to the post's general feeling of being a lecture-dialogue (or a dialogue that happens in the form of the lecture and we have to respond with our internal voices even if you don't get to hear us, six-feet under dead or alive standing there on the lecturer's podium). The "I" (which we all share this I) statements were done well (and generally coded with italics), crucial for a psychology post as well ;p and yada yada for the rest.
El contenido (The content): Gotta say, the form works in conjunction with the content. So much of the form applies to here fairly well: bullet points stuck with orderings or facts, italics with showing that the author's voice is emphasized at key points to help the reader focus, emoticons just being adorably placed while still functioning correctly, sourcing to showcase a work if a reader wants to further study and pictures used right to keep interest up in a post if they get a bit tired. Of course this was mainly focused on psychology, actual assistance and dieting (demystifying such to the best of our abilities), so glad it focused on that for content. Other than that, hope to see some nice upvotes on this post!~
Exactly as you noted.
Capitalism.
Companies thrive on the people who aren't happy with themselves and are led to believe that they need that one miracle product (or kale juice which appears to be popular at the moment for no other reason than extracting people's funds), that just happens to cost an X amount of money.
It's sad but true that a happy individual will be a worse customer than an unhappy one.
It's gross where capitalism has gotten us. It's exactly as you said... An industry.
People need to re-learn how they view food and let go of the stuff they've been brainwashed with. It takes time and effort, but it is damn worth it.
First of all, thank you for getting so in-depth <3
And, yeah, I found the vector one to be great for the thumbnail, and very fitting for the message I'm trying to convey.
The second image is indeed the book cover! :D
I have to say it, you write with just the right degree of humor and wit. I love it! :D
Thank you for the comments on the form, especially because I was somewhat struggling with finding the right ratio between trying to describe the book and praise/sell it to a potential customer (which, let's face it, every author wants to do) without sounding like a badly overdone TV commercial.
I really wanted to include those questions in there for the reader to realize that a bad relationship with food doesn't only mean being over or under weight, but so, so, soo much more. At the same time, however, the questions can really be seen as overdoing it.
If I managed to strike the right ratio, perfect. :D
I'm so happy you pointed out the itallic/bold text. The book itself is written in much the same way, with the key points emphasized in bold. I think it really makes a difference, because seeing something in bold, you prep the mind for something important and it thus resonates with you better. At least so I believe. ;3
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write this up, and thank you for the kind wishes. <3
I mostly hope it manages (or should I say, that I manage to?) to help as many people as possible, also why the price is set at $7.99.
Again, thank you, and will definitely keep on writing!
And you... you keep on writing too ;)
Aye, I agree. The power of the modern advertisement, funny connection to Edward Bernays who was a niece of Sigmund Freud but totally weaponized psychoanalysis to the extreme of legalized mass ego-correction. Which this industry very much had tried burning all things but fails to remember that human error prevents it from achieving it all. So we shall take to the fight to struggle against the modern condition for a material condition that shall support us and never instigate us to have to uplift the entire society from the rot it generated.
~Welcome!~
Interesante - los ambos!
~^^~ Yah really think? ~^^~
It's definitely one of the many arts we can constantly improve on. But yeah, I got the questions. Also heck yeah on the ratio! :^D
Welcome as always~
Hue~
~UwU~
Yepp, and when you start thinking about it, it's quite insane how much we can be manipulated with, even if we know exactly what to look out for. Hell, placebos work to a degree even when you know they are placebos!
The human mind truly is nothing short of art.
I very much do think so. ^^
Awwwyiiiissss :P cha-ching
When they control the means of mental production, they can make magic into a science and science magic.
Hue~
Cha-chiiiiing!~
+1 to that. ^^