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You are fooling yourself if you think all people's gene expression is precisely similar, and there's no such thing as people who store fat more readily and easily than others. This is as much scientific fact as that we breathe oxygen. Calories are a unit of measurement, not a type of nutrition. Foods aren't even of the same value in calories, for a reason. You're harping on his use of "normal" as meaning say, how you eat, or how someone else eats. That's now what he means by "normal" necessarily, it's vague for a reason. It just means selections based on a standard fare of what people see each day. And you're calling him a liar, albeit politely. Implying that biochemistry is a matter of will. Your notion here is about as useful as a financial adviser who merely informs their clients that they're over or under-spending.
Is he a "super-unique" case? Probably not, there have been other obese people in the world who likely have similar gene expression. However, are we all robots who respond to food exactly the same? No, and to indicate so is medically irresponsible.
I'm not at all calling him a liar. Just like the people on the show "secret eaters" are not liars, but are just confused about what they are eating. I realize that some people put on weight differently and it is almost completely genetics.
Look at this twin study:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199005243222101
They overfed twins 84,000 calories and the weight gain ranged from 4.3 to 13.3 kg...that is a 20 pound difference with the same amount of surplus. And the weight gain between each pair of twins were very similar suggesting it is genetic. So you are right. You are right about genetics. But they didn't gain this weight in a deficit.
I just think this mentality of being a special snowflake isn't always the best attitude to have. I wish Nemesis the best. He definitely inspired me in my journey.