Dinner and the sun

Yesterday was just a joyful day.  I took my team out to lunch where we sat on the patio.  It was gorgeous and I enjoyed my Cobb salad and great company.  I really enjoy down time with my coworkers.

The afternoon was a little draggy, but I got some things done.  It is Spring Break around here so about half of the company is out.  Needless to say, it is quiet.  Although in the afternoon, BFF and I decided for sure to go to Chicago this summer and booked our plane tickets.  June and July are going to be crazy busy, but so much fun!!

Our monthly girls dinner was last night and we went to Cafe Istanbul for some Turkish food.  We had a hummus appetizer with lavash (a bread that was a cross between tortillas and pita) and cucumbers (for BFF who is gluten free.)  The hummus was seriously so good and the lavash was perfect. 

ShareBear, me, BFF selfie

The food is very similar to Greek cuisine.  Lots of lamb, olives and hummus.  ShareBear had the chicken with hummus which I tasted and it was fantastic.  BFF had lamb with the spiciest...I'm not sure what you call it because it wasn't sauce or gravy, but more of a salsa type consistency...stuff and she loved it.  She likes the spicy!  I had the Bursa Iskender which was a ground beef and lamb combination that was slow roasted.  It came over bread (it said pita bread, but it looked like cubed hamburger buns to me...no matter, it tasted good) and with a side of yogurt.  I really liked mixing the yogurt with BFF's spicy stuff and eating with the meat.  I'm not sure if I would get that dish again, but it was good and I would go back to the restaurant for the hummus alone.

You can see my sunburn starting to come out.

I ate about 1/2 of the lavash, 1/3 of the hummus, & 1/3 of my meal.  I ended up having some ice cream when I got home.  I ended the day about 220 calories over my target (but still over 500 calorie deficit) which is good for a two meal out day, I think. 

When I got home, my sunburn had fully developed.  I'm so white.  Lovely lines, eh?

Request:  if anyone has any suggestions for activities or restaurants in New Orleans, Chicago, DC or NYC, please let me know.  I'm starting to make all the summer plans and I love it when we can work in good recommendations from people.

Today's food plan:
Breakfast:  coffee with cream.  Pico & feta fritatta.  Babybel.
Lunch - crock pot pork chops with potatoes
Snack - roast beef with Laughing Cow
Dinner - leftover turkish food and some sauteed veggies

Today's fitness plan:
Lunch workout.  I'm not sure what yet though.  I think I will do 5 sets of 3:00 on and 1:00 off. Last time I did 3 dumbbell snatches on each side, 6 squat jumps, & 9 push ups (as many rounds as possible), but I might change it up a bit.

After being so energetic yesterday, I sure am dragging today.  Hopefully the lunch workout will help. 

Hugs!