They actually counseled them to reduce calorie intake by 500 calories a day, since they were maintaining their weights at the time. However, this was not a part of the plan that was emphasized because part of the point was to keep it simple. I don't know what his final numbers were, but it would have been done by recall, and you know how accurate that is. So... to answer your question--I can't answer your question [img]smile.gif[/img] Come to think of it, I said he was hypocaloric but I probably shouldn't have. However, with that much exercise on a low-carb diet, you would think he was (that's speculative, though). It's a good point about the protein intake, calorie intake, and musle mass, but you still have the contradictory benefit of two pounds of fat loss a week.
I'd think that the fact that the body was running on fat as the preferred type of fuel would be the main reason he would maintain muscle mass (ketosis has a nice muscle preservation effect that no one gives it credit for), but without a strong anabolic stimulus (insulin levels haven't been run yet, but you could guess they were very low, especially with that kind of fat loss) you'd think that it'd be hard to put on that much muscle.
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