Thanks. I know it's not a fat burner but preserves what muscle you have built while cutting. Making it beneficial for a cut so you don't lose (even partially) what you spent all that time building. Short cycle 6-8 weeks? I have seen some women comment on not using var for bulking becasue there are better options for a bulk cycle than var. As to what those are I am curious which was part of my original post. I do like the idea of running it first since it is milder and have no experience with AAS first hand. So maybe do a 6-8 week cycle during bulking season and run it again for my cut?
You could totally run it at a low dose to end out your cut and would still see some results, I'm sure. 6-8 weeks would be a good starting place. Negative sides don't always show up until about the 6 week mark.
It's really all individual in terms of what your tolerance for sides is and what your goals are. I have great success with var for bulking and have seen good gains at 10 mgs/ day at about a 10-12 week cycle. I, personally, have low tolerance for sides and through some stupid trial and error have some permanent ones, so I always put it out there, that I'm the conservative user of the board! lol If you start out with the one that is the lowest risk and start the dose low, you can see how you respond, test the sides and build up from there.
As a newbie, I'd start with var. When deciding what else to venture on with, you'll want to ask yourself, oral vs injectibles? what is your overall goal of the cycle? and side effect tolerance...there are some great women here who have a lot of experience with a variety of the AAS and they can chime in too as it relates to some of the other options.