Nat, thanks for posting this. I'm still researching what program I want to follow. All I know is that my former WOE was killing me and I respond very negatively to sugar consumption.

Some questions that I couldn't find in the limited time I had to peruse your links: is the BFL program something you have to purchase to find out how to eat/exercise? Do you have to belong to a gym or can you lift barbells in your home? How much time is actually spent exercising? Do you try to make your protein choices the less fatty versions since you're combining approaches?

Like I mentioned in my journal, all this info makes my head spin!