Your journey won't be easy but working out, dressing to impress, no fap help tremendously.
Just lurking won't change much, you need to go out to the society and engage people, I've noticed as I'm striving more and more towards my self improvements, I'm putting myself more out in the field be it a pub with rock/metal music or creating bbq+campfire evenings and I tell my friends to invite some other people and then I mingle with them all having fun my crew with some beers and delicious meals.
Summer came I have my summer job and I go out a lot, which basicly means I'm playing the numbers game which you could say dating is.
Your journey won't be easy but working out, dressing to impress, no fap help tremendously.
Take it from my own story I only kissed one girl on the lips during my entire life ( the one I lost my v-card to ) and now it just happened, there was no hesitation bs, like should I kiss her or not or I'll w8 for the perfect moment.
Week later I organised a bbq and my female friend I keep in contact from highschool ( haven't seen her two months or so, she had some problems + end of semester ) commented that I lost w8 and I'm so slim , later that night she Instant Messanged me that ( and I call her on her bs bcuz I only lost like 2-4 pounds) and she replys that I'm bigger/grown bigger ( I've been working out) and that her friend found me hot ( not my type tho ).
Its not about them, it's about yourself being the best you, to have a good life, not taking **** from anybody and detaching yourself emotionaly from the outcome.
If you work on yourself, for yourself, and put yourself out there, somethings are guaranteed to happen for you.