Hey randy,
I hate to be the bearer of good news but your plant is already flowering I've attached a picture of your pistils ( these will grow into beautiful buds) the little white hairs. I would said you have been a daddy for about 3 to 10 days.
What is your present light schedule? the reason I ask is with Autos you don't need to change your light schedule.
You have The Idea On how To prune those five leaves in your picture you showed, 9 fingers said it best if you are uncomfortable absolutely nothing will happen if you don't trim, my best advice to you is to remember you can sleep on it, read up a little more and trim tomorrow, or not!
It is hard to make the decision to trim leaves especially when you don't know the outcome. I Can Only Imagine after recovering to such a nice plant it can make that much harder. Pruning of leaves should be done with confidence 4 increased light and air flow to the middle of your plant allowing your bud sites to grow bigger not your leave. it is a tricky subject for a new grower so if you don't feel like cutting remember you now how the knowledge for your next one.
My point being you don't have to cut anything it will do its thing, now you know where to cut if you decide too.