Why Hurley never loses weight

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Attention all "Lost" fans engaged in what seems to be perpetual hand-wringing over why Hurley (Jorge Garcia) never loses weight — although he's stranded on an island. Relax. "I lost 30 pounds," Garcia tells the March issue of Maxim magazine. "I can afford to not live on rum and burritos and take better care of myself. Besides, there were enough people who were waiting for my character to lose weight as a result of being stranded on a desert island."

Garcia says one fan sent him "a coupon for Slim Fast along with a bunch of religious pamphlets," while that same fan, on another occasion, sent him "dieters' tea — but she didn't send me the box, just a couple of bags in an envelope,"

The full interview will be in Maxim which hit newsstands Feb. 21.