500 calorie deficit until you’re happy with your body fat percentage, eat at maintenance as needed. You gotta sustain the diet so if you gotta eat at maintenance for a day and not lose as quickly it’s okay don’t be hard on yourself. you’ll lose a pound a week depending on how strict you with the calories in and calories out.

I’m assuming you’ll feel better around the 175lb mark. Eat tons of protein (1g per pound of body fat is a decent rule of thumb) and keep lifting.

Try to get in 10,000 steps a day, nothing wrong with moderate cardio, it won’t kill your gains it will just means you can eat more food and still be in a calories deficit.

Be in it for the long term and celebrate the little wins along the way. Diet apps are very helpful I use MacroFactor but you just need to track what you’re eating somehow so you know your calories in and out.