Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20160119214649/@comment-26159109-20160202171934

Eskaver wrote: Farerb wrote: Maybe they'll explain that she just gained some weight. You know, it happens sometime. Nah, I doubt that. Belle is hardly onscreen anyhow, so I'm certin they can ignore it. They aren't going to announce every signle change because that's ridiculous.

It's not that hard:

Rumple: How did you gain so much weight?

Belle: I know my husband is the dark one again and everyone is lying to me, that made merealize I'm pathetic so I ate my feelings.

Two Lines, that's it.