Completely stupid post, but what's with Zimmerman's 120lb+ weight gain?

[NightWatcher]

Is he a tortured soul who can only find solace at the bottom of a gallon of ice cream? Did his defense team want him looking soft instead of a lean mean teenager killing machine? Did a Taco Bell open on his block? Scared of prison and wants to be unattractive to the other inmates?

Ideas?

[treestar]

1. Anti-depressants maybe

[Akoto]

2. Possibly medication or stress eating. Both have caused me considerable weight gain. n/t

[Travis_0004]

29. If stress is the cause, I feel bad for Rachel Jeantel, she must REALLY be stresed.

[JimDandy]

34. She appears to have a goiter on her neck.

Goiters are due to a thyroid problem which also causes weight gain. If I knew how, I'd set up a fund raising campaign to help her out.

Rachel Jeantel, in spite of being an unsophisticated teen who was reluctant to be pushed onto the world stage to testify, came across as a credible and authentic witness, and was able to rise above the stress and step out of her comfort zone to give Trayvon a powerful voice in the prosecution of his murderer. That is praise worthy.

If someone here knows how to set up a fund for her medical and other needs, please get to it!

[Marrah_G]

38. What's with the middle school humor?

[lunatica]

40. Fat jokes?

Really? It's idiotic not to even bother to think that there are fat people on DU reading your garbage.

[H2O Man]

41. Exposing yurself

[nolabear]

3. Perhaps you could ask him and report back. All else is just self amusement.

[JimDandy]

31. Unfortunately Zimmerman is a known liar

many times over, so there will be no getting an answer from him that is trustworthy. That is going to be an insurmountable problem for the defense if they put him on the stand. Unless something changes, right now my money is on him sitting it out.

[Lurks Often]

4. Stress, lack of exercise, side affect of meds

Could be one or all three, could also be combined with a family history over being overweight.

[Shrike47]

5. Maybe he's doin a lot less walking around the neighborhood.

[lunasun]

20. good one* DUzy worthy imo

[aquart]

6. Stress. Pretty typical of people under indictment. Or committing perjury.

Weight loss or gain, medical problems. One witness I saw called back repeatedly developed tics and back problems. At the end, every time he lied his throat began to close up and he spoke with a hoarse strangle.

It's almost unbearably stressful to be on trial.

[NightWatcher]

10. Stress in general or guilt?

I haven't heard if he was even sorry that the whole thing happened.

Guilt can mess you up pretty bad. I wonder if that's worse than any other reason.

People keep saying meds. Was he on anti depressants before the incident? If so, should he have had a gun?

[aquart]

13. I can't say how much guilt a person feels.

But lying under oath is so stressful that lawyers have a trick to show jurors how to tell who's lying: They ask the witness or defendant a series of questions they know will elicit a lie, then switch without warning to a question that can be answered truthfully. The throat relaxation is so sudden and so obvious, the RELIEF at being able to tell the truth is so obvious in the voice, the jury has to wonder why anyone bothers to lie.

[Cleita]

7. Lack of discipline? Seems to point to his itchy trigger finger and need

to meddle in the lives of others as well. I would be twice my size if I didn't control what went into my mouth, but that goes for a lot of other aspects of my life too, which require self control and self-discipline, something this young man doesn't seem to have.

[trumad]

8. Defense ploy

Big fat guy cant possible beat a young fit black guy.

[Whisp]

15. That was my thought too. There is most likely a purpose. n/t

[malaise]

9. I like the part in his hair like a five year old

Pre-trial pics
http://www.google.com.jm/search?q=george+zimmerman&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=R97MUcWPLIX29gStnIGACg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=660&bih=268

[HipChick]

26. If you look close, he is going bald, and sporting a bad comeover..

Has he ever said he was sorry to the Martin family yet?

[tblue37]

28. Lawyers warn clients never to apologize, because it can be taken as an admission

of guilt and lead to lawsuits--or convictions.

[malaise]

37. Of course not

[madinmaryland]

11. 12-pack of beer a night to wash down the bag of tater tots and mac and cheese??

[davidpdx]

12. I'm not entirely sure if it was intentional or as others said could be stress

It does seem like the defense has gone to great lengths to make him look weaker than he probably is. I heard the prosecution said he was a trained fighter. If that is true then he had quite an advantage over a 17 year old teenage boy.

[elfin]

14. Not enough exercise " patrolling" the neighborhood. Eom

[JaneyVee]

16. Guilt.

[JimDandy]

35. Good, succinct answer! n/t

[elehhhhna]

17. he's not chasing kids and strangers around allatime?

sedentary lifestyle lately.

[burnodo]

18. Lawyer probably told him to start overeating as soon as possible

make him seem less threatening...more sad-sack

[JimDandy]

19. #2. And the money all those conservatives gave to his defense

fund went to feeding his face to fatten him up. They must be so proud of themselves! Judging from the amount of junk food he bought during his short jail stay, he worked his jaw muscles hard to pack on those 120 lbs in less than a year. That took dedication, but the reward was big...looking like a blubbery, non-threatening defendant to a jury packed with middle-aged women.

[MNBrewer]

21. You're absolutely right

it is a stupid post.

He lost weight after the shooting, is it any surprise it came back on, and maybe then some? That's what fat weight DOES!!!

[JimDandy]

36. Do you have something showing that?

I seem to recall that a police report from the day of Trayvon's murder had Zimmerman's weight listed at about 195 lbs. Then when he was subsequenty arrested a couple months later for the murder the police had his weight listed as about 205 lbs. Apparently, he really ballooned up after he went into hiding.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

22. He gained that weight

because George Zimmerman is a disgusting, impulsive piece of human garbage with no self control.

[bravenak]

23. Jail food makes you fat.

A lot of starch and few vegetables. My cousin gains a hundred pounds very time he goes to jail. Which is good since he's sucked up from crack smokin by he time he gets arrested for shoplifting.

[Lex]

24. Has he been out on bail, or held in jail? Prison food is cheap carbs

usually.

[NightWatcher]

25. I think he made bail early on.

[jeff47]

33. He's out on bail. (nt)

[HipChick]

27. I might weigh 120lbs wet

I can't imagine anyone eating my weight equivalent

[SDjack]

30. Probably pigging out on all the foods that he won't get if he is sent to prison. nt

[Auntie Bush]

32. He wants to enjoy good food while he can.

He's going to have a long time eating crap.

If I thought I'd never have a nice home cooked mean again...I think I'd eat too much too while I could.