SUBMITTED BY Timbo

October 13, 2003 — Renee Zellweger is throwing dietary caution to the winds, eating massive amounts to plump up for her $15 million role in the sequel to Bridget Jones' Diary, according to USA Today.

Gone is the rail-thin gal we saw at a fashion gala in New York in June.

She was thought to be about 106 pounds then.

Now?

Goodbye size 4; hello size 14.

A zaftig Zellweger has been spotted out and about recently, often with snacks in hand.

She clearly is ready to play the part, for which she gained (and obviously later lost) 20 pounds in 2001.

Us and People magazines report this week that Zellweger is eating 4,000 calories a day (at least double the recommended intake for a 5-foot-5 woman).

Her weapons of mass accretion are just what you'd imagine: pizza, pasta, potatoes, cheeseburgers, milk shakes, doughnuts.

"I've been eating lots of really fattening food," People quotes the star as saying.

"I sleep a lot," she says in Us.

Read the rest at the link below.