<human>: Can you condense the text into a few key points?

Hey, I'm coming to you guys with a few questions because this is totally out of my element. I have been powerlifting for 8 years and I don't think I'm quite the guy to help advise a friend on her weight loss.
She wants to lose 40lbs this year.

I got her set up on MyFitnessPal and she's doing great counting her macros. 
She wants to join a gym and this weekend I will be taking her to help get her familiar. I'm really not sure what time of routine I should be advising her to do. I thought about Starting Strength w/HIIT (3x a week for 15-30 minutes), however I'm not sure this would be ideal for her as I won't be able to go every day with her and if I were able to the way I train would not be beneficial at all.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
<bot>: female friend has a goal of losing 40lbs, has never been in a gym. What's a good routine to start her off with and am I doing right by advising her to use MFP to track macros?