Personal trainer Georgina Cox is encouraging women to embrace their bodies and says it’s okay for women to weigh more than their male partners, just like she does
A personal trainer is helping women to not feel bad about weighing more than their male partners.
Georgina Cox, from Middlesbrough, founder of Georgina Cox Personal Training, aims to break the stereotype that women should be smaller than men. She herself stopped feeling ‘ashamed’ of weighing more than her partners in the past.
She began to understand that men and women’s bodies are “designed to be different” so she learnt to love her body. Georgina is 10kg heavier than her husband and feels happy and confident about her physical appearance.
The personal trainer and online coach said: “I’ve always been bigger than my partners, I’ve always weighed more than my partners, and these things used bring me so much shame. How could they love me if I was bigger than them? How could they find me attractive if I was heavier than them?
“Growing up as a woman you are truly conditioned to believe you have to be smaller, thinner and weigh less than your partner. This is programmed into us from the magazines, films and tv shows we watch. The female character is consistently shown with a bigger male partner, wearing their “oversized clothes” or being easily picked up.
“In reality, our bodies are designed to look different, different heights, different weights, and different shapes, regardless of gender. And we should never feel guilt or shame for that!”
In previous relationships, Georgina would “waste so many hours loathing” her body for not being smaller and lighter than her partners questioning how they could love her physique as her body was bigger. She started to realise that various factors, including different genetics, skeletal structures and metabolisms affect how our bodies physically look.
However, she now knows that it is completely fine for her body to weigh more than her partner’s. She added: “My body is my own. It’s unique, and it’s deserving of love regardless of the space it occupies!”
Georgina shared a post on Instagram of a series of photos standing or sitting next to her husband to show the difference between the size of their bodies. In the caption of the post, she further shared how she overcame the narrative that women “should always be smaller than a man”.
Her Instagram post garnered 9,253 likes and a flurry of comments. One fan said: “My fave fitness/body positivity account! Thank you for representing.”
Another user added: “Your confidence gives me confidence! Love this.” A third shared: “Love this. This has always bothered me that I should be smaller than my husband.”
Georgina gave a message to help women who struggle with being heavier than their male partners: “It can be so hard but despite what you’ve been conditioned to believe, our bodies are different because they’re designed to be. You are worthy of love regardless of the size, shape or weight of your body!
“The size or shape of your body does not define the love you are allowed to receive from a partner. The size or shape of your body does not define you as a woman. And as incredible as your body is, you are so much more than it!”