Congratulations on the weight loss. Certainly a fine accomplishment. What I generally recommend is starting out by restricting your calories, running the program, and seeing how far you can go on the calorie restriction. Spare as many carbohydrates and protein calories as you can and do it on as low of fat as you can realistically manage. If you start crapping out on your lifts then just move to an intermediate program until you finish losing the fat then go back on the novice linear progression once caloric balance is restored. If you'd like some coaching I would be happy to work with you as well.