I'm cutting right now and plan to continue through the start my cycle, possibly in Mid February. I want to get into the upper single digits in the first 1/2 of my cycle, then ride it out as a lean bulker, hopefully not gaining more than 1-2% during the cycle. Part of my reasoning is that I probably won't finish PCT until sometime in May, which won't give me much time to cut up for summer. I'm interested to see how this experiment works out. I've never used anything while cutting.