Quote: Ultimate Jaburg53 said: Hurley doesn't get his stash until season 2. He also destroys it.
In Season One he mentioned he was losing weight. He discovered the stash after that. While it wasn't until "Season 2," that he discovered it, you need to remember, as noted above, that each season only lasts about twenty days.
And after he destroyed his first stash we found out he stll had a second stash.
Quote: So he really wasn't hording food for very long.
No, but he also hasn't been without food for very long either.
Also, very obsese people who start to starve often find that they dont lose much weight at first because their metabolism changes to compensate for the quick loss of nutrients.
Finally, there's the fact that the island has been established as having some sort of effect on certain people's metabolisms: Locke regaining the use of his legs and, later, his accelerated healing factor, Charlie's quick kick of his heroin addiction, the black lady's cancer, etc. Whose to say it isn't also affecting Hurley, keeping him from a drastic weight loss.
