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If you're starting out (read: don't yet know what you're doing) then optimize for not getting injured. If you haven't done any weight lifting then you'll get results even if you start out slowly.
Optimize for likelihood of you not quitting. If you manage to stick to whatever plan you make you can always make adjustments where necessary. Risk of quitting is the #1 bottleneck.
Personally, I think you shouldn't look for supplements until you feel you're reached a ceiling with regular workouts. Starting with a strict diet (measure everything) is a good idea if you're serious about this.
Upvoted, but I disagree with the last sentence. Measuring everything doesn't fit too well with point #2, unless you have an obsessive personality, so adjust accordingly.
Agree and add that it's also dangerous (well, distinctly suboptimal but not life threatening) if you are keeping yourself to a strict measured diet. Your food consuption will be increasing rather dramatically with the new exercise load, particularly given the new need to grow muscle mass. It's hard to predict the changes and it is unlikely that your strict routine is going to be better calibrated than just eating when you are hungry or erring on the side of eating more (protien) than seems natural.