...but I think I'm getting sick.

Perhaps a bit flu-like...

Hard to tell, really.

I've been dizzy (horrendously so and quite suddenly) and achy. (<---more than usual) (both, really)
I've not felt right all day - sort of woozy.

K is sick.
He had chills with his illness.

Two people at work (that I'm aware of) have had the flu recently.
Wait. no - 3 people.

*sighs*

I might just be imagining things, though... (my glands are actually swollen, though and my head is achy, too)

So... for just a little while, I've been attempting to eat what I call "real" foods.
No or few prepared foods
Organic, if it is something we consume a lot of (like salad greens and coffee)
100% whole grain pastas, cereals and breads.
Absolutely nothing containing high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, trans fats, etc.
Avoid over-processed items that have lost the vast majority of their nutritional value
Avoid too much sodium

You get the idea. (and no - I'm not asking for a critique of my food decisions, thankyouverymuch)

This can cause quite the problem when we go out to eat. Now I don't expect to find organic foods served at our local restaurants. I do expect to be able to find something that isn't too horribly off my diet.

For example, K took me to Red Lobster for my birthday. I scanned the menu and decided that I would get fish that was either broiled or grilled. When the waiter came back, I asked for details of how some of the food was prepared and... was stymied by his inability to just give me a yes or no response. Every response turned into a sales pitch for one item or another... I was frustrated. I ended up just going with the broiled seafood platter but completely forgot that one of the items was shrimp scampi (translation: smothered in garlicy butter or butter-like sauce) I've decided that next time, I will look at the menu online before we go out so I have an idea of what to order.

This weekend, I went to a charity masquerade ball (we go every year). The appetizers were about what you would expect: fresh vegetables and dip, cheese cubes, and some deadly-looking buffalo wings that I avoided.
Next came the dinner: Salad which was mostly a bowl of iceberg lettuce with a bit of red onion and carrots, white rolls with butter, vegetable lasagna, roast beef, grilled boneless chicken breasts in some sort of white sauce with what looked like canned mixed vegetables stirred in, mashed potatoes, gravy and corn.

Well! I took a bit of salad, but only a bit as iceberg lettuce doesn't really have much nutritional value, a bit of the vegetable lasagna and a slice of roast beef. I skipped the potatoes, gravy and corn because there was no reason to eat that stuff and the chicken would have been alright, but I figured the cream sauce was mostly fat and heaven knows what and canned vegetables may not even be called vegetables by the time they are done processing them.

The desserts looked absolutely deadly so I avoided them completely.

I guess I should have filled up on the fresh vegetables earlier in the evening.

I listened politely as folks around me went on about how good the food was. I'm sure they meant it tasted good, which is entirely possible, but it was not good for us. I could go on and on, but I won't. I'm just a bit frustrated that we have come to consume this sort of food and think that it is just fine for us. Then we wonder why we are obese and sickly.

*sighs*

I imagine I come off as a bit of a snob, but I just don't see the point in willingly eating stuff that isn't good for you!