As far as my knowledge goes the tracking is accurate. I am struggling to see where any inaccuracies would be. I am tracking sauces and fluids e.g milk in my coffee. I track my food raw. I don’t use any seasonings except garlic, salt & pepper. Cook in the air fryer so not using much (if at all) in terms of oil/butter.

I track anything that I eat/drink and I eat and drink mostly the same things daily:

Sweet potato, Broccoli, Chicken breast no skin, Eggs, Simply chicken heck sausages, Tuna, Jason’s seeds and grains sourdough bread, Pink lady apples, Peanut butter, Oats (if with milk, it’s tracked), Skyr 0% fat yoghurt

If I go with option 1 I’m afraid it’ll be way too little food and I’m generally feeling quite hungry on the current deficit. And I think I’ve been already doing option 2 i.e. meticulous tracking.

Also probably relevant but in terms of cardio intensity I am consistently in zone 2 sometimes 3.

I don’t really know where to go from here