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BainsBane

(57,779 posts) Wed Jun 26, 2013, 01:46 AM Jun 2013

Zimmerman has gained 120 lbs in a year [View all]

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?

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Zimmerman has gained 120 lbs in a year [View all] BainsBane Jun 2013 OP

I doubt it. I think he is just getting ready for prison. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #1

There is no way to tell why he gained all that weight... cynatnite Jun 2013 #2

medication would make sense BainsBane Jun 2013 #4

Anti-depressants are infamous for that n/t Kurska Jun 2013 #6

and it would make sense if he's depressed BainsBane Jun 2013 #8

i heard this also and was wondering if it was intentional, but if you look at his older pics JI7 Jun 2013 #3

I suspect he has struggled with his weight his entire life. Kurska Jun 2013 #5

i've never understood how people handle the pressure of a murder trial markiv Jun 2013 #7

that's an average gain of 2.3 pounds a week Spider Jerusalem Jun 2013 #9

calculate in that he is less active BainsBane Jun 2013 #10

He was really heavy when he killed Trayvon. Then disappeared DevonRex Jun 2013 #11

CNN said he weighed 190 when he killed Trayvon BainsBane Jun 2013 #12

How tall is he? Did they say? DevonRex Jun 2013 #16

He's not very tall BainsBane Jun 2013 #23

Strategy? NoOneMan Jun 2013 #13

If his previous weight was the result of a crash diet ecstatic Jun 2013 #14

It makes him look more bigger/bulkier. I don't think that's necessarily a plus for the defense nt Incitatus Jun 2013 #15

I agree, that's what I was thinking. If I had been Zimmerman I Raine Jun 2013 #24

It's the cheap carbs that both prisoners and students are fed. Fawke Em Jun 2013 #17

He's not in jail BainsBane Jun 2013 #18

Then he's still eating too many carbs. Fawke Em Jun 2013 #19

120 lbs is a whole lotta carbs BainsBane Jun 2013 #20

Forty more pounds and he'll be his "killing weight" plus Trayvon's. nt MADem Jun 2013 #21

He probably is on a drug MFM008 Jun 2013 #22