First Contestant Cut From Biggest Loser

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- It's not easy at all, that's because every single one of our 12 finalists are working and sweating and trying like crazy to lose weight and change their lives.

But each week, the contest rules call for one person to be cut. It's based on percentage of body weight lost.

This week the cut was made from the men. Next week it will be on the women's side.

The men all weighed in and every one of them has lost weight.

Click on the video story to see how many pounds they've dropped.

Our oldest contestant, Bill, was eliminated. Bill's become a favorite of everyone working with Biggest Loser because of his dynamic and generous personality. He can also make everyone laugh.

Bill isn't a loser, though. Not at all. He's already made huge changes in what he eats, and he's working out like never before.

Bill says one key change is learning how good peaches, bananas and fresh vegetables can taste.

We've invited Bill to stay with our Biggest Loser activities.

So we are down from 12 finalists now to 11. Almost 500 people entered our Biggest Loser contest, a local version of the NBC show, "Biggest Loser."

The idea is to teach changes everyone can make to fight obesity as part of our station commitment to "Kick It Up, First Coast."

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