[Chat] Relationships and body change; a conversation about Love Chub

Find Your Food Voice

Julie Duffy Dillon RDN

Nutrition, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 750 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Julie, Coleen Bremner, and Rachel Popik explore the concept of 'Love Chub,' a term referring to weight gain in relationships, and challenge the societal norms surrounding body image and self-worth. They discuss personal experiences with body image, the importance of therapy, and the need to embrace change and self-love. The conversation emphasizes the significance of healthy relationships and the impact of societal expectations on personal well-being. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to episode 418 of the Find Your Food Voice podcast.
0:05.0	Today, we are talking about body changes in relationship.
0:09.0	Let's get to it.
0:11.0	Hey there, dear Voicefinder.
0:13.8	I am Julie Duffy Dillon, registered dietician, and your host of the Find your Food
0:18.5	Voice podcast.
0:19.8	I am really excited for you to hear this episode today.
0:24.9	This is a team episode where Colleen Bremner and Rachel Poppick,
0:29.8	two people who have been working with me for the past three or four years behind the scenes
0:33.7	in the podcast and in the PCOS power membership,
0:37.0	we like to get together and talk
0:39.1	about something that we notice in real life that is basically presenting us diet culture on a
0:45.8	silver platter.
0:47.3	And today we are talking about specifically body changes in relationship.
0:52.0	So this topic appeared after Colleen overheard someone talking about
0:55.9	gaining weight while in relationship, and they referred to it as love chub. So this connected her to
1:03.1	a blog post, demonizing weight gain in relationship. She shared it with us. Rachel and I were
1:08.9	appalled. And we were like, okay, this is quite a pitch for a
1:12.7	podcast episode. Yes, we are going to talk about it. So this is an episode where we share
1:18.2	personal experiences in our body while in new and season relationships, as well as ways we are
1:25.4	flipping the script on this diet culture message.
1:29.3	I encourage you.
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