Body positivity encourages seeing the body as a home —a place of present-moment acceptance, not a renovation site. Wellness treats the body as a project —a “work in progress” always in need of debugging and upgrading. As philosopher C. Thi Nguyen argues, optimization logic is inherently comparative (you vs. your past self vs. an ideal). This constant comparison breeds dissatisfaction, which is the precise opposite of body positivity’s goal of radical self-acceptance.