LIKE many of you, I've started 2016 with good intentions when it comes to eating.

I'm on one of those new diets.

It's called the seafood diet; I see food, and eat it...

And it's become a real problem.

The other day, I was caught in the act by my partner.

She'd just returned home, put the kettle on and was looking for something sweet to nibble on by the side of her tea?.

Sat in the lounge, I could hear a clanking noise, then a rustle in the cupboard, then finally "have you eaten all the biscuits?"

She knew the answer before even asking the question.

In front of me was an empty mug and a screwed up wrapper which used to house hobnobs.

"Errrm, no...."

The lie didn't work (they never do) and before I knew it, she was off.

"The one time I want a biscuit and you've eaten them all..."

I'd grabbed my coat before she'd finished - "don't worry, I'll go and get you some more..." - and on that note, I was off down to the local shop.

The thing is we live in one of those households where we don't actually eat many sweet things.

We don't drink fizzy drinks, we don't but cake and we don't have chocolate in - the only "naughty" thing we do pick up on the fortnightly big shop is the occasional packet of biscuits.

The reason is my partner just doesn't like the sugary stuff; she's the type of girl who'd have a starter than a dessert.

And then when she does have a piece of cake, she eats the corner and says that's enough.

I, on the other hand, just hate waste. So after said nibble, that's when the sea-food diet comes it - I eat it so we don't have to throw it away.

While I do have a bit of a belly, the reason I do not have the Body Mass Index of a pork scratching is because I don't surround myself in sugary things too often.

It was as I was munching on said biscuits that I started thinking if there was anything that would change my habits.

For instance, what happens if said sweet treats were ten, twenty or even thirty per cent more expensive?

After all, that it was a planned sugar tax would see happen.

The boffins - and Jamie Oliver - believe the levy on sugary drinks and snacks will make people think twice before consuming them - and as a result cut child obesity.

With the British Heart Foundation claiming a third of all year six pupils in the south east are obese or overweight, you can see why there's no shortage of supporters.

Only a few days ago, Boris Johnson announced that there would be a 10p charge on all added-sugar soft drinks sold in City Hall.

And in the coming months, as politicians get braver, I expect to see this go further.

Yet, commentators so far have been sour-faced on the whole sweet tax idea.

Perhaps it's because they're getting jittery at the prospect of their frappa-cappa-lattes with extra syrup going up in price a little bit.

We've seen in the past that an extra levy on things that are bad for us do make us think twice.

Look at tobacco or alcohol. If there was no tax on these things, we'd all be shamelessly stumbling around like Frank Gallagher.

If an extra charge means people are picking up one packet of biscuits instead of two, or one can of coke instead of six, then that's good for everyone.

As I know all too well, if you can't see the food then chances are you won't eat it.

The Argus:

LIKE most people I was glued to the small screen on Friday when Sussex man Tim Peake became the first British man to walk in space.

Yes, it was fascinating, yes, it was cool.

But, it was not a life-changing moment or - as one bloke on the radio claimed - as significant as Neil Armstrong walking on the moon all those years ago.

Tim Peake may be going where no Brit has been before but, he's not pushing boundaries, he's just doing his job.

Hero status should be reserved for those who are unique, who blaze a trail and inspire millions to be better.

I'm thinking another spaceman. Yes, a true British hero is not Tim Peake, it's David Bowie.