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Yay I’m moving in the right direction

Matt — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:01:45 +0000

I wanted to update everybody on my weight loss. I’m hovering around 83-84 kg (182-185lbs) which would be nice if I could keep that weight while still losing body fat. I’m definitely seeing some progress and some people have commented on me having lost some weight. Still have quite some working out before me until I have the sixpack of glory, but I’m confident that I’ll achieve it until summer hits.

Doing Paleo is though sometimes, not being able to eat pizza and burgers sucks, but I cook a lot more then I used to and get very creative with what I’m cooking, maybe I should have become a chef .

Also shaved my beard today and realized I look like a three year old without it. Well maybe it’ll help me in my 30s.

On another topic, I’ve recently been thinking how to stay motivated in all areas of your life? For me, right now, I’m super motivated to work out, eat right etc. but because of that some other aspects of my life have suffered. How do you guys keep that balance and stay motivated/interested in all areas of your life? I would really love to hear some ideas/comments on this topic.

Two weeks into..

Matt — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:05:43 +0000

So,

a few people have asked me to update on my weightloss. I’m currently hovering around 85kg (187lbs) which is actually not a bad weight for my height. So I basically lost 5kg (11lbs) in two weeks, which I consider a success. The Paleo diet thing is working out great, even though the first week without carbs was pretty heavy.

I’m also now into my second week of lifting five times a week. The Max-OT program seems to work out fine and I tell myself that one can already see the change in my physique . Squats are brutal, but I love them, even though I can walk properly right now.

I’ll keep on going to the gym five times a week for the next few weeks and see where this whole thing takes me. If I could lose another 5kg of fat and gain 5kg of muscle I think I would be pretty much “beach-ready”, even though I would probably be the whitest thing next to the sand.

That’s all I got for now. Oh and I haven’t forgot about the pictures. Decided to post them at the end, so all you guys can stell them for your Acai Flogs.

Cheers

I’m Fat!

Matt — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:38:15 +0000

Okay, so I recently got on a scale, since I haven’t been on one for forever I was pretty optimistic about my weight, but oh boy was I in for a suprise. I weight somewhere around 90kg (my roommates scale isn’t that accurate) that is 198lbs for you American guys. I was shocked. I knew that I was slowly gaining weight but I always assumed it to be somewhat lower. Well, that’s what I get for being delusional, not working out, eating pizza and drinking a lot of booze has lead to this.

So I decided to do something against it. Starting today I changed my diet and will start exercising again. I went jogging today and I’m going to do a Paleo diet. Basically what you do is only eat what cavemen would have been able to eat. This means no rice, potatos, dairy products and legumes. Basically only lean meat and vegggies/fruit. The diet was recommended by two friends who lost a lot of weight rather quickly so it seem like a worthwhile try to me.

As I mentioned I went running today and will do so for the week, after that I’m picking up lifting again. My buddies also recommend that I’d do the Max-OT program, so this is what I will be sticking with. I took some after photos and some photo of the food I’m eating. I will upload these later, so if you like healthy food mixed together with a fat man, you’ll be in for a treat.

It’s also worth mentioning that I’m seeing some light for my business and I’m sure that I will succed in that area

Cheers,
Matt

2010 and Matt

Matt — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:17:53 +0000

So 2010 is already four days old and since we are all going to die at the end of 2012 anyways I’ll better get some stuff done this year.

I’m not a big fan of New Years resolutions, I saw a statistic once that said that around 99% of all resolutions never come true, so having them doesn’t seem to really change anything. I do have goals for 2010 though one of them is going to be to hit 10’000$/month in profit by the end of the year, as a little incentive I will buy myself this watch once I hit that goal:

Nice watch isn’t it?

Anyways I also committed to going back to the gym, I will do the Max-OT program which goes for about 12 weeks, after that I will continue but a bit less strict then during those 3 months. Hopefully I’ll be able to loose around 5kgs (that’s 11lbs for you guys with the wrong system) of fat and gain some muscle. So that I’m going to be able to go the the beach without people vomiting and fainting .

I also plan to move forward at university, finishing my Latin courses and then moving on the get my bachelor before 2012 so I can at least enjoy the worlds ending a bit smarter, or in the unlikely case of the earth not exploding and affiliate marketing not working out for me get a normal job, hurray!

Anyways that’s my goals for 2010, let me know if you have any or if you think mine are stupid

A Quick Update

Matt — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:22:22 +0000

So,

what has happened in the last few weeks/months? I’ve been to Vegas for 12 days (where I attended the RSD summit and helped out on bootcamps) which was a very intense experience. One that taught me a lot about myself. It’s hard to describe what exactly I learned but I know that I’ve learned quite a bit.

I met some very cool people, made new friends and saw old ones again. I enjoyed hanging out with the rest of the RSD crew. It felt like I’ve found my people. People that are like-minded and very cool and a lot of fun. I’m kinda sad that almost everybody lives in the United States of America and not many in Europe, but I guess that just means that I’ll be traveling a lot in my life.

I’ve spent some time in LA before I went to Vegas and it reminded me just how much I enjoy being in that city. It truly feels like a place where I could live for a few years, if not forever.

I’ve taken a hit in my Internet Marketing endeavors but I’m determined to bounce back and make some serious cash . Also one of the RSD guys I’ve met is doing some serious work and makes quite a bit of money.

Being back in Zurich is quite interesting, over this past half a year a lot of stuff has happened in my life and I don’t feel that it is going to stop anytime soon, I guess that’s what being grown up is all about. I’ll see what the future brings.

That’s it for now, just kinda stream of consciousness post I know but what the heck ..

P.S.: I’m not sure if I should continue writing in English or if I should start writing in German?!

An update..

Matt — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:11:53 +0000

So,

I reinstalled Windows on my roommates laptop today. Was a pain in the ass! I love my MacBook Air . Anyways because Windows was taking forever to install I was able to work while installing that shit. I added some sites to my debt network. Hopefully, they start getting up in the rankings and I will be able to start earning some cash, seo is different from PPC but I almost think it’s more fun, well and google kinda banned one of my accounts. No fun!

On a personal note had an ex-student of mine stay at my place this weekend was a lot of fun and he is just a cool guy to hang out with. So if you ever go to Innsbruck, Austria beware of Alex, he is probably going to steal your girl .

Also I went to take my photo taken for my new/old passport so I’ll be able to go to Vegas to the RSD summit, it’s going to be glorious. I’m going to stay with a buddy from Stockholm, oh I can’t wait.

That’s all so far, going to build a few backlinks now to my new sites and see what happens.

See ya all…

Haha, I got noticed

Matt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:46:09 +0000

Something funny happened,

I never intended this blog to be really read by someone, but apparently it gets read and even by a a guy I think is really funny. So Barman over at PPC.bz wrote a post about me, you can go check it out here and it is quite the sarcastic one.

At first I was quite surprised that he somehow didn’t like my blog, then I realized it’s all fun and games. He makes fun about me trying to do online-business (at which I admittedly failed horrible so far) and how me posting my ‘stats’ is stupid. After the initial surprise I actually think the post is quite entertaining.

Anyways I never wrote this blog to make some kinda of ‘I-made-money-now-buy-stuff-from-me’ blog, all I wanted to do is write down my progress in my life and in affiliate marketing, because I noticed that writing about stuff helps me to think of new ideas and concepts.

“Well why don’t you do it offline then, moron?” If that was your reaction to this blog post, then yeah I guess you’re right, I just don’t like paper that much.

Well I guess thanks for the backlink and I’ll get out my ebook soon.

What happend so far?

Matt — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:36:07 +0000

Okay,

here are the stats for one week of doing PPC: I’ve spent 143.24 CHF last week, which is about 130 US$ and I’ve made 24.47 US$ back in affiliate commissions. Which sets me at a loss of around 105 Bucks. That may look terrible but the good news is that I actually made a profit of 1$ from yesterday to today.

I’ve learned a lot so I look at it as an investment rather then a loss. I’m pretty confident that I am able to set up a campaign and tweak it. The main problem at the moment is finding a good poll that brings in enough traffic while providing a low CPC rate. Also, scrubbing is one thing that I need be aware of. I will try to find good networks that I can do business with, looking at azoogle and convert2media at the moment, as they have been recommended by other people on PPC-Coach.

So what I need to do this week is: Get the money my roommates owe me, Buy groceries, Get a haircut, Write my Essay on Habermas, Watch the blueprint, Launch at least 5 new PPC-Campaigns, Clean my room and vacuum it, Write a post on my RSD-Thread about my current place and new goals with girls, Iron my clothes, Apply and call new CPA networks, Call AmEx.

So it looks like I have a week full of work ahead of me, which excites me! That’s it for now..

I made money online

Matt — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:52:32 +0000

Hello everybody,

Invisible

it’s a sunny Wednesday and I feel ecstatic. I’ve been up all night setting up my first PPC Campaign, after about 12 hours or so I was ready and launched it somewhere around 0200 AM.And Today around 0300 PM I made my first sale! Naturally I took a screenshot of all the glory:
Invisible

Invisible

As you can see I made a whopping $1.15! May not be much for the moment but once I get the hang of it the number will more be around 1000$. So look out!

Invisible

That’s all for now. I’m now going to cook myself a delicous dinner and then I will probably work for university or watch the Blueprint, also the weather looks superb so I’ll be playing some basketball later.
Invisible

Cheers

Sunny Tuesday

Matt — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:00:14 +0000

Check out TMarc he’s going to be big.

You can’t see me.

So today it’s sunny here in Switzerland, I’ll be able to play basketball in the evening yey! But before that I have to get a few things done. First need to go and pay the bills and apply for an AmEx-Card so I’m not limited by the crappy ZKB. I have thousands of dollars on that bank account but they only let me access a small fraction of it every month, that’s why I’m changing to AmEx!

You can’t see me.

Also plan on writing at least a page for my term paper and I will watch some Blueprint. That’s it for now. Take care series of tubes.