That cabbage was grown in more nutrient-depleted soil. Besides measurement error on your end (we’ll get to that in a minute), there is natural variation in foods. There will always be some error in food tracking. It triggers unhealthy eating behaviors or anxiety, or it otherwise messes with your mental and emotional well-being.Your desire to eat intuitively outweighs your desire to manage your food intake.
You have a good sense of how to keep your carbs low enough to stay in ketosis, and/or being in ketosis 24/7 isn’t that important to you. Once you know the nutritional info for your standard meals, there’s no reason to input them in a food tracker over and over. Even if you’re trying to manage your macros, if you’re a creature of habit, you can probably get away without tracking.
If you’re going to invest the time-and it can be quite time-consuming if you include any variety in your diet-let’s make sure it’s not a waste.
It can also be a tedious endeavor that sucks all the joy out of eating. The fact is, tracking your food can be a useful exercise for gaining more insight into what you’re putting in your body.
Thankfully, there’s more nuance to that conversation now. There was a time when food tracking was treated like a given, a necessary tool for anyone wanting to lose weight or better their health.