You cannot practice body positivity while consuming media that calls your body a problem. A wellness lifestyle includes your mental diet.

However, the mainstream co-opted the term. Suddenly, "body positivity" looked like thin, conventionally attractive women posting selfies with a donut and the caption "all bodies are beach bodies." That is surface-level inclusion.

You start choosing foods that make you feel energized and satisfied, rather than following a list of "forbidden" items.