I've been considering putting something up here for quite some time and since I was precluded from the challenge I finally got around to it.  I started doing CBL about two years ago on a deployment.  At that time the only information out there were the articles on elitefts.net and the original dangerouslyhardcore site.  So I took that in and started it (of course I never bought the book last year which is why I was precluded I suppose). Oh I also started using the proteinfactory blends that Kiefer talked about in one of his early articles. I have had, what you might call, a lot of success with CBL.  I am Herc nav; I fly very often, with ever changing hours.  I'm also a competitive powerlifter, I do 5/3/1.  I basically consume between 4 and 6000 calories a day, depending on what I'm training.  I follow CBL pretty deliberately, although not religiously; I'll explain.  If I have to get up at 0400 I don't eat carbs until about 9 hours later, same if I get up at 0600.  If I'm flying and need to eat 'munchy' food I do, regardless of the time.  I also have to rotate when I train, sometimes in  before lunch and other times in the afternoon.  It sucks, but that life and I train when the schedule allows.  I've seen a lot of discussion on alcohol.  My philosophy is this:I have also spent enough time in countries that don't allow beer so I drink when I want to, I'm not in this for washboard abs, I'm in it to not be a lardass.  I find that abs don't matter much when you have a 745 geared deadlift at 226.5.  However, being, feeling and looking healthy is very important. The point of all that is to explain my philosophy on the CBL philosophy.  By following the guidelines as well as I can, I am able to eat what amounts to a metric shit-ton of food a week and progress very well in my lifting.  While staying within a tight weight range.  I also manage a 100 on the PFT which requires a sub 35.5in waist (I'm 6'2").  I see lot's of him-hawing and belly aching about life situations on these boards and excuses about why CBL can't be done or asking asinine questions worrying about 1 gram of x here and there.  To which I must say that if many spent half that energy doing, instead of worrying then you'd already be ahead of the game.  I have tried to get as many people to change their diet/lifestyle to CBL with little success.  So for those of you that are on the fence, do it (hopefully the above disjointed rambling helps prove the success of CBL) and the ones of you that are doing it already, good job, and good luck.