These friends want to help you not feel guilty about your body –

Anyone who thinks that being in good shape with their own image has to do with running away from the gym is wrong. Quite the opposite! Superactive, Australian friends Georgia Gibbs and Kate Wasley, from the Instagram profile @any.body_co, are proof of that. They encourage their followers to break into a sweat – but without the pressure of having six pack abs.

“They ask me why I train if I like my skinny body. I work out because I like to take care of myself and I want to be healthy”, explains Georgia. She and Kate do boxing and pilates every day to build muscle and relax their mind. “People don’t see the difference between having to follow a beauty standard and maintaining a healthy weight. No one needs to wear a size 34 to look good”, says psychologist Gabriela Malzyner, from the Clinic for Studies and Research in Psychoanalysis of Anorexia and Bulimia (Ceppam), in São Paulo.

Kate agrees: “People are very quick to judge that, from my curvier shape, I am obviously sedentary. But a fit body has no size!” The duo is also careful with their diet: fish, fruits, vegetables and whole grains are their bets to keep the body working well. It’s just not worth depriving yourself of everything you like.

“Yesterday I worked a lot, came home and had a glass of red wine and chocolate for dessert. And I don’t feel like a criminal about it,” says Georgia. In fact, this is one of the proposals of body positive: to eliminate guilt. “There is a big gap between taking care of the body and mistreating it. It’s not worth starving, suffering on a super-restrictive diet, finding training boring or not enjoying a social moment that involves food”, says the Australian.

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So, try to hang out with more relaxed people – on social media and in the real world – who recognize that we all stick to the diet or skip the gym at one time or another. Unfollow that profile that condemns chocolate and stay away from the friendships that put you down. Let’s go together?