Keto Carnivore: Jerky Has More Calories than Meat!

So I have admitted that jerky is my ultimate weakness. I have been pretty much eating it exclusively this month. I have made simple unsalted beef heart jerky, lamb roast jerky, beef brisket jerky, and beef chuck roast jerky. It is all delicious and wonderful! But, unfortunately, I have gained a few pounds!

I think the problem is that jerky has more calories that the equivalent amount of non-dried product. Which makes sense, since it is more concentrated. So I need to eat less of it (that is hard, because it is sooo darn good!).

Also, I was stuck trying to figure out what to enter in Cronometer, the nutrition tracking software that I use. I had been entering beef heart, or brisket, or whichever cut I had made the jerky out of, but it is more concentrated than that. So I am for now going to use the entry for "Zapata Dried Beef" which is a basic salted beef jerky. Hopefully that gets me a little closer, although my jerky still has fat on it too. So that entry is still lower in calories than mine actually is. I might need to add an estimate of the fat and enter that as well!

So I'll try being more careful of calories this coming week and see if I can get back down to my ideal weight again!

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