i have done it both ways also. This is my second time so i cant comment on the same dose all the way through cause im not done yet. I agree with trip as if i eat lite i have no pump/energy for the gym and feal weak. I feal t-3 has helped me quite a bit and lost a ton of weight so far. By the end of this month i should be 200lbs. Look below to see just where i came from in weight..
Start Jun 1st 02
250lbs @ 44% bf
After 1st cycle Dec 1st 02
215 @ 30% bf
March 1st After t-3 and clen
205 @ 24% bf
June 1st
225 @ 24%