User blog comment:Crescent moon/Poll Felix vs Emmett/@comment-93.186.16.157-20140311212315/@comment-93.186.16.156-20140312212031

And in eclipse chapter 14 page 281. Its before the planned trip too seattle that never happened. Bella'are yOu thirsty already' edward replied ' not really. We want to be as strong as possible. Well probably hunt again on the way, looking for big game'. All these quotes tells me that vampires are stronger after they fed. And grew weaker as the days drag on and they haven't fed. So edward must have been weak. Even though he was fighting his best for bella. His starvation had too have played a factor in felix defeating him easily