If your own mind is spitting out negative thoughts on its own, try practising âthought stoppingâ, a technique often used in cognitive behavioural therapy, Cox says. When a negative thought about your body pops into your brain, say Stop. Then mindfully replace that thought with a positive one. For example, if youâre standing in front of the mirror, zeroed in on your belly fat, stop that thought and remind yourself that your body carried a baby, or has run marathons, or allows you to haul mulch in your garden. Be aware, itâs not just personal Diet culture is everywhere â for example, in the terms âCovid stoneâ or âthe Covid 19â. These terms of weight gain pushed the idea on social media and popular-culture sites that, amid mass illness and unemployment and other pandemic woes, one aspect worthy of your emotional energy was staying thin enough to fit into your jeans.