Lose Weight with Junk Food?

I've heard plenty of times people wish that they could eat snack foods and still lose weight- but what if that were actually possible?

Mark Haub, a nutrition professor Kansas State University, spent 2 months eating a sugary snack, like a Twinkie or Hostess Cupcake, every 3 hours. He successfully shed 27 pounds and lost 3.9 Body Mass Index (BMI) points within the 8 week period.

The CNN.com article explains that the professor was trying to prove that calorie intake is what matters most in losing weight- not necessarily the nutritional content.

Haub went from a 2600 to a 1800 daily calorie intake. He still ate one serving of vegetables and one protein shake a day.

It's clear that calorie counting is an important part of weight-loss, and it's definitely encouraging to know that it can still be done if eating those hard to resist snack foods. I don't think that I could make my diet consist of only that, but having a sugary treat once in awhile can't be that bad!