I keep a calorie ledger in my ntes app and leave macros mostly alone. My daily budget is 1,650 kcal; protein gets a glance, not a spreadsheet.
Tuesday I logged a work lunch at roughly 620 kcal, then made dinner smaller and ended at 1,640. Boring, but useful: the number settled the choice before my mood got involved.
Curious whether others find macros worth the extra clicks or just noise.