So it’s true that Wagon Wheels are smaller than they used to be! What’s even more scandalous is that lots of other chocolatey treats and confections are shrinking in size whilst not shrinking in price. It’s given us a whole new word – “shrinkflation”. For instance, Cadbury’s chocolate fingers are now going to be two-fingers fewer per pack from now on. What’s more, a bar of Dairy Milk contains less grams of chocolate than it used to – but we poor consumers don’t realise it because they’ve changed the shape, and rounded off the corners! Choccy truffles are apparently much smaller than they used to be, and a box of creme eggs used to contain six, now only holds 5 eggs. Many of the confection companies claim they’re cutting down on the calories for the sake of the country’s waistline. Hmmph! And it’s not about profits in a world where cocoa beans are soaring in price?

I’m trying like mad to love green tea. It’s all Michael Moseley’s fault. (You know, the tv doctor?). Spend too long in his company and you end up revising your whole attitude to your own health. Ever since he did his original Horizon programme about the 5:2 diet (where you “fast” for two days a week), he’s regularly appeared on my Radio Berkshire programme talking about health issues. Even once telling us all how he swallowed a tapeworm to see if it would help him lose weight! Well, last week on The Wright Stuff, we were sitting alongside each other on the panel and we talked even more. For instance, he nearly got us all doing the programme standing up - because he reckons you burn four times more calories simply by standing rather than sitting to do anything.

So now he’s got me drinking green tea. He reckons the health benefits are enormous. But what if you really, really don’t like it? I have tried and tried to like green tea but I find it dry and tasteless. Others say it’s an acquired taste. But now I have found a way. You load it with slices of lemon. Suddenly it becomes lemon tea with all the health benefits of green.

Now Im getting through two mugs a day… but am I doing the right thing?

Today is the second fast day of my week. I'm going to check out these zero-calorie noodles everyone is talking about - they're made from some weird Japanese plant called Konjac. They can't be actually zero - we reckon they must be about 10 calories per pack - but reviews range from how dreadfully un-tasty they are, to how they can be incorporated into almost any dish in order to bulk and satisfy as would pasta, bread, rice or potato.

As someone who loves bulky carbs, I'm looking forward to trying them out. Buying some (available at all good health food shops) on my way home and I'll give a totally objective review tomorrow!

Wish me luck!