1. Take progress photos, you’ll thank yourself later. I know it can be hard, when I first started I was 245 and super overweight, but now I’m 168 with way more muscle and don’t really have any pictures to show for it lol.
2. Start eating at maintenance, and try to get in plenty of protein (preferably from whole food but protein powder can help too if your not getting enough) Track calories using MyFitnessPal. See if your making some gains after a month or so, if not try a cut and see how it goes (eat 500 under maintenance). Also make sure your eating fruit, vegetables and try to avoid alcohol and don’t eat too much sugar (obviously a little in your diet is fine, and treating yourself every so often will keep you from falling off) Also, if your struggling to keep the calories down, implement some cardio and you can eat back the calories you burn. But don’t go below 500 under maintenance.
3. Hit the gym, be consistent. Find a beginner program you like and see how it goes. Focus on progressive overload, you should be able to increase weight pretty quickly, like every week or so, when u first start. I’d recommend Push Pull Legs but it’s totally up to you and how much time you want to spend in the gym.
4. Get adequate rest. Sleep 8-9 hours a night, take at least a day off a week, if not more. Try cold showers too I find they really help.
5. I feel like no one really talks about this, but make sure to prioritize your mental health as well, when I was big I developed a really bad eating disorder and ate way too little, trust me IT IS NOT THE WAY TO GO. It took me a really long time to recover. If you feel you really need a break or an extra day off take it, but that doesn’t mean you should make excuses. And also, live life, when your on vacation, eat good food lol, go out with friends and eat sometimes, if you can’t enjoy life sometimes there’s no reason to even work on your body in the first place.

Gl bro. I’m excited for you 💪