My weight and body composition tend to fluctuate throughout the year. I don't have a six pack all year-round because stuffed crust pizza is fantastic and I wear a shirt 95% of the time anyway. I do like to have periods of leaning-out (or "cutting"), maybe once or twice a year; usually as an exercise of willpower and discipline. Cultures have practiced periods of deprivation for thousands of years, from fasting for religion to seasonal food shortages to getting fat between Tha