LOL. I knew I should have addressed this objection up front. Someone was bound to reference it.
The thing is, not everyone can get the same results as Mark Hall. It all depends on your level of insulin resistance. Clearly, his was low enough to allow weight loss.
Listen, it's not a simple as calories in/calories it. What your body does with the calories plays a huge role in whether you'll lose the weight or not. Otherwise, people could just cut calories and lose weight in a predictable fashion without any plateaus whatsoever.
A 500 cal. deficit would result in 1 lb. of weight loss/week. Never more, never less. Of course, that never happens. Your body adapts. When it feels you're not feeding it enough it will decrease movement (i.e. you'll feel tired) to balance the calorie deficit.
That's why highly insulin resistant people could never lose weight on a Twinkie diet. All of those calories (i.e. energy) would be shuttled to the fat cells. Furthermore, the resulting high insulin levels wouldn't allow the release of fatty acids into the blood stream for energy. The person would feel tired (despite adequate calorie intake) and move less to compensate.
