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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?

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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?

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