I would have to say this depends on your genetic limit and i believe unlike most ppl on this thread that you will continue to lose muscle even if you diet is on and ur nuts are back. The test they produce can only support so much lbm y do you think you need that spike of Test from AS in order to grow that much more. If your off long enough youll drop weight to ur geenetic limit and stay there no matter what as long as ur natural. Look at many pros for example they stop competing continue to lift and eat and lay off super heavy cycles and they drop weight to a certain pt. From what Ive seen in many ppl muscle is lost for a long time after if as is not cycled and more incorporated into a cycle before you drop to that genetic limit again