Tried that in 2011. The result was that I couldn't keep up with cutting for the long haul. After about 10 weeks I took a "2-week" break from it (as Lyle McDonald recommends) which went for, well, a lot longer than 2 weeks, because I couldn't bring myself to get back to cutting. Plus, the stretch-marks were none too desirable. And, as you can see from the pics in post#1, the 10-week cut only really made me look "not that fat." I'd rather take 2 steps forwards, 1 step back than 8 steps forward, 5 steps back.