First Time Tracking Protein - Thoughts?

Hello Everyone, new here.

I am 6'2" M, 332 lbs. I have been obese since I was 10 years old, the same age as my son. I'm 38 now. The closest I ever came to being somewhat normal was before he was born. I did multiple rounds of beach body's programs, P90x etc. I got down to 227 lbs, however that amount of time spent working out was simply not sustainable for me and the weight came on so fast it was scary.

I did a couple years HFLC with no real success but got really sick eating that way and actually ended up in the ER a couple times with arrhythmia and serious dehydration.

I did a year of strict HCLF completely plant based, but only lost a nominal amount of weight, and simply could not choke down any more starchy foods, got horrible acid reflux and learned that lentils give me gout! This was hilarious because I didn't get gout eating double burgers with no bun, but eating lentil curry a couple times a week sent me into horrible gout flares.

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After years of doing this and getting nowhere I am finally going to try to do the high protein, calorie deficit and weight lifting. I've just started this and am using the following formulas to get to my targets

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At 6'2 332 lbs and I assume around 40% body fat (I am in the worst shape of my life) I estimate I carry around 200lbs of lean mass (332 * 1-40%). I've set my protein target at 1g of protein per pound of lean mass for 200g per day as a target.

Calories are set as follows:

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Total Energy Burned (TDEE) = 2995 kcal + Exercise + Thermic Effect of Food

I used Mifflin St. Jeor Equation multiplied by being sedentary to get the 2995.

I am aiming for a calorie deficit of 750 calories per day which given the above gets me eating around 2500 calories a day.

So far, eating this much lean protein, especially greek yogurt (0%) is extremely filling. My exercise I am limiting cardio to a light warm up walk, and focusing almost exclusively on weight lifiting.

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I guess I just wanted to know, has anyone had any success with something like this or am I barking up the wrong tree?

I just want to look in the mirror and not feel loathing for what I see there.

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Thanks for any advice!!

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