Keto sticks are good motivation at the start... watching the scale drop can be motivation enough to stick to plan. While they do work, you may not need them right now. ANd in the future, when keto adapted, the ketones dont pee out enough to register on the keto sticks. Also once package is opened, the freshness itme is limited to 6 month.

Can be fun and rewarding to see the color change!

As long as you keep chugging along all looks good. Otherwise, The pasta sauces usually have more carbs than seems possible. Because the tomato juice is cooked down and concentrated into a thick sauce. Canned tomato products vary widely in the number of carbs per 1/4 cup.

Good luck!!