I'm sure lots of young ladies will think he's brilliant and he'll conquer many bed posts because according to the the law of averages he reckons if I dislike him (which he wants) more WILL LIKE him.

AND, it should be telling that it didn't sit on my TBR for a decade before I got around to reading it, either.I checked out his Insta profile and if I’d done this first I probably wouldn’t have bought this book. In recent years I’ve come to love the lessons I learn from the number of non-fiction books I’ve read, and this year alone having read more about everything from sleep and lifestyle to business, have raced through the likes of The 5am Club, The Miracle Morning, Legacy, The Four Hour Working Week and many more besides. I lost weight, but absolutely LOATHED HATED AND DETESTED having to track the points - which meant looking up EACH FREAKING INGREDIENT, figuring out the points for them, and then adding them up for each meal, and then calculating my total for the day, and subtracting that from my allowance. This book is an equivalent of an attentive friend, who sits you down and tells you that you need to get off your butt (mate) and stop being a knob.

The tone of the book was a little self help meets infomercial which was a little harder for me to get through.

As the title suggests, Smith’s debut is much more than a book about diets, and instead incorporates his own tried and tested techniques that readers can apply to everything from relationships, to careers, to productivity, success and ambition. There’s not a single new information, you can find everything he mentions in any random PT’s caption on Instagram. This isn't another gimmicky diet--it's a powerful eating strategy that will take your extra pounds off quickly, safely, and permanently. It is just hammering home basic scientific principles - unfortunately a lot of “fitness advice” you’ve probably heard conflicts with the basic science.

However, for the most part, the book is motivational, positive, and gives the reader the tools to cut a very clear and decisive path towards a happier and healthier life based on where they want to be. The one that I found out, more than sugar would you believe, is vegetable oil and seed oil, which actually just makes you depressed.Unfortunately, he’s not taken his own advice, adding in his own rags to riches story, cliched analogies and a good deal of padding the book could do without.