1. Nope, doesn't matter. If you are hungry or lose too quickly, eat more. If you aren't losing fast enough, you have room to move down (but I encourage patience and not rushing).

2. Meh. It's not horrible. As long as it fits your macros. I find that it only gets used in foods that are highly palatable and mess with my hunger signals.

3. If you're fine with legumes and the carb counts, yeah, peanuts ground into peanut-butter are fine.

I'm only 6 month keto and not even for weight loss so not an expert but have maintained my 60 pound loss while eating 75% fat. Don't fear fat. It doesn't make us fat. I was highly worried about both the fat and increased sodium. No problem for me.

Do read the info on our home page under "Announcements" regarding keto flu. All info there, in the "stickies", is helpful.

I say both peanuts and cocoa are fine if they fit your plan and don't cause cravings. Cocoa powder is the only chocolate I use. I put it in my coffee forward.before brewing sometimes
and occasionally add it to full fat Greek yogurt with sweetener.

I'm personally an advocate of keeping calories as high as possible during weight loss while still losing at a reasonable rate. There are 100s of studies indicating extreme calorie reduction and/or excessive exercise will tank your metabolism. Google leptin and grehlin for starters if interested.

Congrats on those 14 pounds! Weigh is weight so far as lugging it around every day. Stick to your plan. If you have a bad day and you feel like quitting, remember why you started. If you mess up, just say Oops and move forward.