Zimmerman has gained 120 lbs in a year

[BainsBane]

How is that even possible? I struggle with weight myself, but you have to try to put on THAT much weight. What do you think this is about? Is it a deliberate ploy to make him seem less fit and more vulnerable to someone like Trayvon?

[darkangel218]

1. I doubt it. I think he is just getting ready for prison.

He knows a few extra pounds will go a long way there

[cynatnite]

2. There is no way to tell why he gained all that weight...

He could have eaten out of boredom, guilt or some other reason. Maybe he is on steroids.

Who knows why he gained it all.

[BainsBane]

4. medication would make sense

There are some medications that prompt weight gain.

[Kurska]

6. Anti-depressants are infamous for that n/t

[BainsBane]

8. and it would make sense if he's depressed

but typically doctors will balance out the ones that induce weight with another than doesn't, like Wellbutrin.

[JI7]

3. i heard this also and was wondering if it was intentional, but if you look at his older pics

he seemed to always be heavy and it was probably just around the time he killed trayvon and before that where he got his weight down so maybe he just eating like he use to .

but i can also see it as trying to help in his trial to make him appear less strong. but then wouldn't it have been better to lose weight without working out so he is thinner and smaller but without muscle.

[Kurska]

5. I suspect he has struggled with his weight his entire life.

The stress of the case and the fact he probably doesn't get out much anymore because he would be recognized probably doesn't help either.

If I thought I was going to prison, I'd for sure eat all my favourite foods. When is the next time you might get anything besides prison gruel?

[markiv]

7. i've never understood how people handle the pressure of a murder trial

innocent or guilty, it would absolutely break many people, it's why we have the double jeopardy rules, because more than one trial for murder could kill many people, innocent or guilty

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. that's an average gain of 2.3 pounds a week

and about 1150 excess calories per day. Which is the equivalent of eating a 16-ounce steak and a loaded baked potato on top of one's regular caloric requirements.

[BainsBane]

10. calculate in that he is less active

because he is house bound due to his infamy. The less active one is and the less body muscle, one's metabolism goes down and it's easier to put on weight.

[DevonRex]

11. He was really heavy when he killed Trayvon. Then disappeared

for a while and had lost a bunch of weight when he resurfaced. I think it was so he wouldn't look too intimidating compared to rail-thin Trayvon. But he's gained it all back and then some. I think now they don't care. They can say he's been depressed or something.

[BainsBane]

12. CNN said he weighed 190 when he killed Trayvon

Now he is over 300 lbs.

[DevonRex]

16. How tall is he? Did they say?

And did they weigh him that night? I remember his weight loss specifically afterwards because he was much thinner at his first court appearance. And he'd been raising money online, lots of it. Many of us wondered if he'd gotten a trainer and a nutritionist for that time so he could drop so much that quickly. And people were talking about how much taller Trayvon was than George, but that George was so much heavier. You remember there were those videos from the police station that night, right? He was in a red jacket. And he was big. And then poof, not so much.

[BainsBane]

23. He's not very tall

like 5 ft 8 or 9

[NoOneMan]

13. Strategy?

He does appear to look more hispanic now. Maybe its just me. Might make it look less like a crazy white guy with a chip on his shoulder. Random thought

[ecstatic]

14. If his previous weight was the result of a crash diet

then I can see how it's possible. I yo-yo dieted for 10 years--the losses and gains tended to be dramatic (although 120 is extreme!!).

[Incitatus]

15. It makes him look more bigger/bulkier. I don't think that's necessarily a plus for the defense nt

[Raine]

24. I agree, that's what I was thinking. If I had been Zimmerman I

would've gone on a starvation diet so that a puff of wind would blow me over. That way he would've looked like he was vulnerable and not up to physically taking on a 17yr old.

[Fawke Em]

17. It's the cheap carbs that both prisoners and students are fed.

The human body doesn't need carbs unless it's extremely active (athlete, physical worker, etc.)

Prisoners are fed a bunch of grains and little protein and are confined. Much like our children in schools. Grains are cheap. Proteins and veggies are not.

BTW, corn and legumes are carbs. We need more green leafies in our diets.

[BainsBane]

18. He's not in jail

He's been out on bail.

[Fawke Em]

19. Then he's still eating too many carbs.

He may not go out much and, let's face it, carbs are what's known as "comfort food."

I never got that. Food isn't "comfortable" for me. It's something I do to live, but, given the Food Network's popularity, I'm gonna say I'm in the minority here. People like to eat comfort foods, especially when they are going through rough times.

Regardless, he has excess carb fat. That's why his face is so puffy.

[BainsBane]

20. 120 lbs is a whole lotta carbs

[MADem]

21. Forty more pounds and he'll be his "killing weight" plus Trayvon's. nt

[MFM008]

22. He probably is on a drug

an anti-psychotic or anti-depressant can cause huge weight gains, and rapidly. Its a sad trade off, be bat shit crazy and have a better body that takes a smaller straight-jacket or saner, calmer, happier and gain up to 100 plus pounds. I know.