I must admit that getting really lean is very challenging for me. The prolonged period of deprivation is... just pure suck, there is no sugar coating it.
I'll never do the 12 week prep thing again. Unfortunately I have a decent amount of extra skin on the love handles so no matter how lean I still don't look good lol. You do too right?
Personally if you just want to get to sub 10% I say go the DNP + GH route for a few weeks instead of the longer term 12+ week route.