Logging and calories and macros...how do you do it?

So everyone is different and loses weight differently and I'm interested to see how others do the logging thing. As I said, I'm interested to see how others do it, not in seeing other people bash how I do things to lose weight - we're all different and what might work for you might not work for me.

To be honest I HATE the logging and I won't be even doing it daily once my weight loss challenge is over (for the challenge I have to log daily) but will do it 2-3 times a week just to make sure I'm in the right range. Mostly I just eat smaller portions and healthy food.

Also, I've noticed people that are like "It's not just calories that matter, it's the macros too" - well, that's probably true to some extent but I got really tired of my diary always telling me I was over on my carbs and sodium so I got rid of all the macros so all that shows are my calories - I don't have the money (and sometimes not even the time) to buy healthy veggies and stuff and prepare them for like lunch the next day so I will bring pre-packaged salads that have more sodium than I probably need, but that's easier and cheaper. Or like when I told my coworker I have cereal and a banana most mornings for breakfast she's like: "My doctor told me that's one of the worst things you can have because there are so many carbs." - okay so eating lower carbs works for her, but for me it doesn't really seem to make that much of a difference - I still lose weight eating that every morning. Now I have tried cutting down on carbs a bit - like taking salad instead of sandwiches for lunch - but I still eat them.

So how do you log and what works for you?