skinny jeans included in this new faggy wardrobe

my guess is that you can't succeed in the dieting is because you still eat too many calories
i'm about 7-8% right now, and i do ZERO aerobic training
not to be too arrogant, but i'm a pretty tough SOB, and i can handle the pain of starving
in my teen years i was a pretty damn good middle and long distance runner, and that kinda running takes some heart, coz it sure as hell is painful when you're pushing it hard for miles
so i firmly believe this running trained me to be a tough SOB when it comes to physical pain, but just don't ask me about my ability to handle relationship/emotional pain 
You are right, I am not willing to starve in order to look a little better. Life is too short to give up its little pleasures. However, I suspect that a combination of reduced calories and increased exercise might get me where I want to be. I have been a lazy ass all summer. Besides that, I sometimes snack on chips late at night. I only want to lose about 10 or 15 lbs.
There will be no skinny jeans for me. They look stupid enough on young men; they'd look completely ridiculous on someone my age, regardless of how slim I was. I'll stick with Lucky brand jeans, but in a smaller size when that size is loose in the waist. I cannot tolerate anything tight around my waist. I'd be really happy to fit in a pair of 32" jeans again. At present, 34's just fit and 36's are sloppy.
I am probably at a 14 to 16% fat ratio right now. I'd be happy with 10 to 12%. The memory of me as a painfully skinny kid still haunts me. Whenever I lose weight, that memory comes to the forefront and scares the crap out of me. It is probably a similar feeling to the fat person who was always fat and never gets over seeing themselves as such, even when they lose the weight.
I have little experience as an adult with serious relationship pain. I left that behind with my childhood. Fortunately, my wife and I get on very well....even after almost 48 years together. Our children have never been any trouble for us. I've lost friends and family over the years which always sad, but it is also inevitable.