Questions for those of you who track...

I know when I've tracked my food, I'm more in touch with what I'm eating, and less likely to eat crap when I know I'm going to have to log it.  I like the accountability of it, however found it to be a pain in the ass.  I do all my own cooking, and I'm the kind of cook who just tosses in this and that until the meal becomes what I want it to be.  In my experience with logging food, this makes it a huge hassle because I then have to measure every ingredient (which I normally wouldn't do)  and figure out the total yield vs serving size. So, for those of you who log your food, is there a way around this?  Is there some easy step that I'm missing?  I should note that I don't repeat a lot of the same foods, which is why it is not like I can just figure out the nutrition once and then use it a lot.  Plus, since I don't use recipes, most things I make are never really the same twice.  This is the major factor that keeps me from tracking my food.   So, I'd love to hear what everyone else is doing.

Unfortunately I haven't found a way.. if I'm making veggies and stuff- I don't worry too much and just eyeball (veggies get a pass!) but baking or making something rich/casserole-ish, I do weigh/measure most and the final product and stick it all in the recipe builder on MFP, mostly so I can track  protein and fats. 

I round.

A lot of foods have the same nutritional profiles if you only are talking about carbs protein and fats. So, if a dish has 5 kinds of veggies and they are all non-starchy veggies, I figured out "oh a cup of various veggies" and put in 1 cup of, say, tomatoes. The one I pick is the one that they are most like. If there are 10 kinds and they fall into 3 categories, I will put in 3 entries.

If I add 4 kinds of shredded cheese, I pick one kind, usually the kind with the least protein and most fat.

Spices don't count at all as they have no calories. (If they do, then I count them.)

In MyFitnessPal, I put in "meals". So I will set up "burritos" which are ground beef, Lawry burrito mix, refried beans and shredded mexican 2% cheese. When I put it into the food diary, MFP explodes it into each individual ingredient. If that meal's "Burrito" has more meat and less cheese than normal, I may make an adjustment. But if it has no fat beans and I've got traditional beans in the "meal", I probably won't bother to make the adjustment. For the amount of refried beans in my meal, we are taking about

Pretty much what I thought.  With two toddlers, measuring ingredients is not in my near future, so I guess I'll just continue to "wing it".  I also don't have a smartphone, so any logging was manual and this is just one extra step too many.  Thanks for the input!

I'm using my net diary app, I really see a difference when I log but I find it a pain too - but I really like the app and you can create recipes and save them 

Part of the pain is that I have to do it manually.  I don't have a smart phone and I'm not going to get out my laptop every time I eat.  I try to limit my use of it around the kids and definitely don't want it to become a meal time thing. :/