The Money Diet - Martin Lewis

Since I discovered it, I have made much use of Martin Lewis’s website moneysavingexpert.co.uk. As many of you will know this is a site designed to help the consumer make the most of their money and gives advice about a wide range of financial topics. I was therefore pretty excited a few months ago when I managed to pick up Martin Lewis’s book The Money Diet. The blurb promises that it will help you cut back on your bills without cutting back, help you avoid being ripped off and even put more money in your pocket with no change in lifestyle. Pretty grand promises one would think but who could resist that? I picked up my copy at ...

The Money Diet Had someone mentioned the name Martin Lewis to me a year ago, I've have instantly thought about the newsreader. Now the concept of "happy news" associated with the name Martin Lewis has another meaning for me – thanks to "The Money Diet", the book written by a self confessed superscrooge. To try and illustrate how the book helped me, I have taken one example from each section of the book as to how I have benefited from the information contained in that section. As in real life where I face a battle to fight the flab due to over-indulgence, it was my over indulgence that put me in a position I had to get out of. As ...