In did keto for a while and also started strength training.

I did really well and went from about 270 to 184. I’ve since gone back up because i stopped everything sure to reasons.

I’m not here to recommend keto though. (Not against it but damn is it expensive!)

Why i bring it up is that i had to look at the nutrition label on everything

Doing that for more than a year really helped me notice how many calories are in things, and that theres can be surprising differences between different brands of the same thing.

Some beef jerky could be 2 or 3 times the calorie counts of others just because of extra ingredients(it’s almost always extra sugar) even when its the same serving size/package

Just start looking at the options you are considering purchasing and you can make better choices without even using a calculator, you learn then which brands of which things are better for you and that will help without even chasing what you are eating.

Kind of a nice nice way to ease into changing your diet if you don’t actually start with changing the things you eat, just the versions of them