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I really don't understand why the really rich with personal cooks let themselves stay fat. This guy could of have bacon and eggs for breakfast everyday with a ketogenic diet, have all of his nutrients and portions tracked and lost weight with zero effort very quickly but he get's his private cook to cook obvious crap for him all the time.

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I'm looking at a picture of this guy standing in front of his ludicrously large private yacht in Monaco, with a scantily-clad swimsuit model frolicking in the surf at his feet.

Sorry, why were we losing weight again?

Losing 20 lbs. changed how I feel everyday in such a positive way.. I can't even imagine 100! And like the poster said, you can eat amazing food and lose weight.

Obesity can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, heart disease and shortened life expectancy. Not to mention psychological problems such as low self-esteem.

>low self-esteem

Somebody tell Kim Schmitz...

Money, success and photos with attractive women will not stop you from hating yourself. Arrogance is not a sign of being secure about yourself.

'Cause he hired that model. And loosing weight has a lot of benefits other than just the ladies too.

AFAIK, she's his wife, Mona. Apart from that, you are right.

That's not his wife. It's a well-known german "model" called Janina Youssefian.

Indeed. People decide to lose weight due to some motivation, and that depends upon their chosen lifestyle. A lot of people want to lose weight in order to be more attractive to the opposite sex, but that is somewhat moot if you are satisfied with being "attractive" due to wealth or other factors. Other folks desire to be in shape for entirely different reasons, but Mr. Dotcom probably didn't share those reasons.

Well, he rented that yacht. And maybe part of the reason he feels the needs to do those things is because he has lower self-esteem due to his weight?

That's such a good point. Haha why should he care?

Yeah.

If I was super rich like that, I wouldn't spend it on cars and yachts. I would spend it on coaches, tutors, trainers, personal chefs, training courses, seminars, gym equipment, stuff like that. Use the money improve myself, since that's the only true wealth there is anyway (that and relationships).

Others would say that would be a terrible waste of money that could be used to improve e.g. poor kids' lives. There's no such thing as true wealth, only opinions.

That's what I would do if I had billions of dollars. With millions of dollars, it's better to invest in myself so I can generate more wealth in the future.

The guy already had a personal chef. Which makes it even more silly. Probably used trainers, tutors, etc once in a while too and had a gym in his house he never used.

You don't know what it's like to have one million dollar until you have one million dollar.

You're confused as to why a scammer doesn't exhibit smart long-term planning?

It's not even long term! He just has to impulsively tell his cook to do it and eat whatever he gives him on automatic. I'd be sooooo happy if I could have diet cook making all my meals like that for something that wasn't %20 of my wage.

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