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Try to start off slowly, and if possible, find a good workout partner. To avoid getting discouraged and quiting, make gaining strength the motivator, rather than gaining muscle mass. That was what kept me going....As you get stronger, the muscle mass will eventually follow.
As a very skinny kid, I dabbled in weight-lifting with the cheap plastic weights starting in 8th grade....got discouraged real quick, not seeing quick results. Gave it up, but then in 10th grade, starting working out with friend who had awesome weight room with the good stuff...York weights.....Worked out 3 days a week. Realized that the key wasn't to see "immediate results" but rather to see strength improve steadily, week after week. That became the motivator, and the results followed that. One of the most empowering things I've ever done in life was to find within me the determination to put the work in, and transform from a very skinny kid, to having a respectable physique. I eventually had a 6 day workout regimen, and gained approx 60 pounds of muscle over 3.5 years, from high school to college.
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