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Nigel spoke to Allan Watkiss on 大象传媒 Radio York Breakfast, and Allan began by asking him what his New Year's resolution is. 鈥淲ell my New Years resolution is an old chestnut, lots of people want to do it. I need to lose weight, I desperately need to lose weight.鈥 Nigel has already changed his eating habits slightly 鈥淚 don鈥檛 eat too badly I just eat an awful lot and possibly at the wrong times of day, especially late at night which is wrong I know.鈥 He鈥檚 trying to stop eating late at night, but he explained to Allan why he does. 鈥淚 work for myself, I鈥檓 a gardener and I was coming in from work late at night so I tend to eat late at night. "You have a cup of tea at 9 o鈥檆lock and another at 11 o鈥檆lock and unfortunately the biscuits come out and you鈥檝e had all the chocolates and sweets over Christmas and it鈥檚 the usual story I鈥檓 afraid.鈥 Allan asked Nigel why he wanted to lose weight and get fitter. 鈥淲ell it was a combination of things really, I feel uncomfortable with my weight at the moment and clothes are a bit of a problem. I weigh sixteen and a half stone, and I鈥檓 sure I shouldn鈥檛 weigh as much as that. "But one of the main reasons is that sadly both my parents died in the last year, my father had a heart attack and my mother had a series of strokes and it鈥檚 focused my mind on the fact that I need to lose some weight.鈥
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Has he a target in mind? 鈥淚鈥檓 never going to be thin, I accept that, but I鈥檇 like to get down to around 14 stone.鈥 Nigel is quite active as he鈥檚 a gardener, so Allan asked him why he鈥檚 putting on weight. 鈥淚 had 31 years at BT in an office job and over the years the weight gradually creeps up on you and now I get more exercise, but it seems to prompt my appetite, just being out in the fresh air all the time makes me want to eat more. I don鈥檛 smoke so that鈥檚 not a problem and I don鈥檛 drink a lot either, it鈥檚 the food.鈥 And what about your attempts to lose weight being so public, will that help? 鈥淚 think so, I think I might get a little bit of stick from one or two people about it, but I鈥檓 99% certain that it will encourage me to keep going.鈥 | 
