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Just the Beginning

By pgrasso

Well, the NPMA Biggest Loser Contest is officially over.

This past Wednesday in Washington D.C. at NPMA PestWorld 2008, the official weigh-in took place. Back in July, when the contest first started, 16 people signed up.

At the final weigh-in, only four remained — yours truly was one of them.

While I fell just shy of my goal, I did manage to lose 25 pounds — which was good enough to take second place. I actually lost the most weight in the contest, but since it went by percentage of your body weight, my percentage was slightly lower than the winners.

The reason I titled this post, “Just the Beginning” is because even though the contest is over, it was only the beginning of my lifestyle change and my goal to lose even more weight than I already have.

Total Weight Loss to Date: 25 pounds

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4 Responses to “Just the Beginning”

  1. Gerry Weitz Says:
    October 30, 2008 at 1:39 pm | Reply

    Congratulations on the weight loss!

    I think I won the biggest gainer contest at NPMA national! The food was great and my exercise routine was totally ruined by a week away from the gym, not to mention the jet lag. It’s been a week since the NPMA convention and I haven’t gotten back to the gym yet. Today’s the day I get back to a routine!

    The convention was definately worth the 5 pound gain. We are so “revved up” about the bed bug epidemic that we have decided to open up a full department focused on this pest and we came away from the convention with many ideas for creation of a comprehensive bed bug service offering.

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