Last night Sadie’s annual birthday challenge continued!
Ever year on Sadie’s birthday, Ryan and I select two different foods that we think Sadie will love and put them both in front of her at the same time, taking bets as to which one she’ll go after first.
Longtime PBF readers may remember the previous challenges that popped up on the blog:
Each year the winning food progresses to the next year, where it faces a new challenger.
This year the contenders were…
McDonald’s Grilled Chicken Sandwich vs. Arby’s Roast Beef Sandwich
I though the chicken sandwich would win because Sadie is a chicken fiend. Ryan, on the other hand, put his money on the roast beef, since roast beef gives off an incredibly mouth-watering scent.
Before watching the video below, which sandwich do you think she chose?
Now behold the results!!!
(You may click here to watch this video directly on YouTube.)
Surprised???
(And yes, we have a room in our house with nothing in it and no plans to ever put any furniture there. Holla!)
We’re already brainstorming the competition for next year. Any suggestions? Right now we’re thinking a Sonny’s pulled pork sandwich might sway her…
Obviously we couldn’t hit up McDonald’s and Arby’s to pick up Sadie’s food without nabbing something for ourselves even if we try not to eat a lot of fast food.
McDonald’s soft serve cones make my heart smile.
Workout
Today Ryan and I hit up the gym but my workout plans were a little unusual! I decided to do Ryan’s workout with him.
I want to change up my workouts a bit and incorporate some new-to-me moves and exercises and figured following him would be a great way to challenge my body in a new way. Thankfully he’s always more than willing for me to copy his workouts.
We started with 20 minutes on the elliptical before I let Ryan take over.
Our workout looked like this:
It was definitely a total body workout!
I did modified versions of the pull ups and push ups and my arms were burning. Ryan and I talked about me possibly doing all of my Saturday workouts with him. I like that his workout schedule has Saturdays as a total-body day with lots of powerful exercises. I think it will challenge me in a new way!
Breakfast
Before the gym I only ate an apple with a scoop of Justin’s honey peanut butter, so when we got home I was hungry!
I quickly made a hearty breakfast that included scrambled eggs (three eggs + milk + shredded cheese), a toasted whole wheat English muffin with raspberry preserves and a banana.
I’m hoping this meal will keep me nice and full through a late-morning hike with Ryan and Sadie!
I’m sure a mug of peppermint crème coffee will help keep me energized, too.
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!
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wondering what you usually eat before a workout in the morning??
well, on weekdays, usually nothing. i will cramp up if i eat w/in an hour of working out and i’m not about to wake up at 4 a.m. just to eat. on weekends i’ll usually eat something b/c i have time to wait around and let it digest. pre-workout snacks are usually a piece of fruit + peanut butter, greek yogurt + chia seeds, whole wheat toast w/ peanut butter, some granola… stuff like that!
hey thanks!
HAHA. That would make my pup so happy! McDonalds soft serve a little bite of heaven.
I knew as soon as Sadie got the little nibble of the roast beef beforehand that she was going back to that one! (or at least I had a feeling!). So fun that you do something like that every year…
i know! i should’ve sensed it then and changed my vote!
i LOVE mcdonalds soft serve! so delish!
Haha cute video! I just watched it with my mini dachshund, Hali — she was very interested and watched it with the “intrigued doggy head tilt”. Hopefully you know what I mean 🙂
My dachshund is FAMOUS for his doggy head tilt!!! Especially when something is super exciting. It’s funny that you call it the same thing!!! PS. Am I allowed to reply to other posters comments!!? 😉
Sadie is so adorable, such a fun tradition! l
ove the total body workout – it seems short reading it (i’m sure not while doing it) did you still feel like you got a good burn going? sometimes I worry just because my workout goes faster than normal I am not working hard enough or with a 20 min elliptical warmup I don’t sweat enough?
That is awesome! I loved watching the video. I would love to do that with our cat, but I know the winner every time would be tuna! haha
Aww! Lucky pup. I am all about celebrating dogs’ birthdays! They definitely love it.
I remember one year on my dog’s birthday I left a large pizza on the counter while I went to get his present…came back to an empty pizza box and a very happy dog! Happy birthday indeed!
I can’t believe Sadie didn’t devour those when Ryan allowed her to sniff them. I could never get my dogs to even look at the video camera or me if we had those two sandwiches sitting on the floor. Sadie is such a good doggie!!
Love watching these videos! They fuel my desire to want to get a dog even more. Just wanted to comment to say your living room/family room/whatever it’s called (the room you can see in this video) looks awesome!! I’ve been wanting to add some new furniture and decor to ours and yours is giving me inspiration to do so. It looks great!
Also: I thought those eggs were popcorn at first!
i LOVE mcdonald’s soft serve cones too! (probably the only thing i actually like from mcdonalds, other than mcflurries!) they’re a nice little treat, and cheap too!
love the video of sadie – too funny!
Awww Sadie is adorable!! And I love that you guys do that for her birthday…it’s so cute :). I think it’s a great idea to complete Ryan’s Saturday workouts with him! That would definitely add a nice, new challenge to your workout routine.
I loved that she ate the roast beef right off the bun so daintily! haha. My husband and I just watched this together and guessed the roast beef, way to pick it Sadie!
What did you do with the chicken sandwich? Did Sadie eat both?
My dog would have ate the roast beef and then went straight for the chicken, skipping the bread. She’s a heffer though!
I love all your guys cute traditions! Between this and the dates!! I told my boyfriend about the date night thing and he is totally for that!! It’d be cute if you featured people like once a week/month who did a cute date so people could get ideas! And also when you make breakfast for yourself does Ryan normally eat the same thing or does he make something else?!
AHAHAH I REMEMBER THIS LAST YEAR!!! this is my favourite- so so cute!!
Haha too funny—I didn’t know you guys did this with Sadie. Have a great weekend! 🙂
My kids and the husband I watched as we all bet on the roast beef! Haha thanks for the laughs!
Haha your contest is so funny! How did you and Ryan come up with this idea?!
McDonalds ice cream is the best- love McFlurrys!!
I love Sadie’s birthday challenge videos! I love McDonald’s ice cream cones!
What a fun birthday game/treat for Sadie girl!
My $ would of been on the roast beef, because of the smell! Next year should be the roast beef and a hamburger…the one she eats is probably the most “real and fresh” food 😉
Sadie is so cute!
Random, but I love your placemat! 🙂
Hahah so cute 😀
Happy Birthday, Sadie – I love her 🙂
I suggest a slice of pizza for next year’s birthday challenge. I have 2 Vizslas and they go crazy every time my husband & I have pizza. I think I’m gonna try this challenge, too! My youngest turns 2 in April & my oldest 4 in June 🙂
You guys are hilarious. Glad Sadie enjoyed her birthday treat!! 😉
That is too cute!!! Haha I thought she’d go for the arbys because of the smell!
I love Sadie photos, but love Sadie videos EVEN MORE!! 😀
i LOVE the McD’s cones!! BK has them now and they are yummy, but I def think McD’s wins that race.
bonus is they are pretty low-cal for a treat….assuming they make them the right size. in grad school, my two roomies and i were all fans and got them a lot. one day, we showed up all together and the staff got SUPER excited that “the ice cream girls” knew each other…they made us cones piled HIGH (like the length of our heads!!).
YAY for Sadie’s birthday challenge! Most dogs I know go straight for the beef, so my money would have been on that!
I have to know–how in the world can you do pull ups??? I think I could do about one before dying! I strength train, but that’s the one move I just can’t get.
I LOVE that. Also I knew that roast beef would win, dogs can’t resist! My mom always makes roast beef on Christmas, and used to put the gravy/drippings pan down for the dogs to lick. Our sweet dogs who never fight would go crazy trying to claim all the roast beef gravy. 3 purebred spaniels against my pound pup…I’m proud to say my rough and tumble girl always won. But we stopped the tradition after a few too many teeth were flashed.
Chick-fil-a! Although i might try to take it from her…. haha.
Chipotle or Taco bell would be funny too. But my vote is definitely for Chick fil a.
also–I NYC loves Ben and Jerry and my market has Oatmeal Raisin Cookie in spades (i stumbled upon your love of the flavor earlier today). Get some when you come up! And bring me some Chick fil a! We’ll trade.
Have you tried Mcdonalds chocolate dipped cone…. OMG!
Lol I had my bets on the roast beef! Beef just has more of a distinct smell for dogs than the chicken.
Well Happy Birthday again to Sadie! She has so many birthdays in the future to look forward to!!!
Oh! And if you cramp up badly before you hit the gym, try eating at least half of a banana or a clementine since it’s not too good for you to work out in an empty stomach! I cramp up like crazy too if I eat something filling before a workout. Half of bananas or clementine seems to give me more energy to lift! 🙂
Holy mother, that is a TON of pull ups! I started incorporating the assisted pull ups machine into my workout about three times a week about a month ago and even though I am definitely seeing progress, they are still one of the most challenging exercises ever. Diesel!
I love total body workouts like that—sounds like an awesome one!
I guessed RIGHT, by the way–the way she had sniffed the roast beef sold me that she’d go straight for it. Hah 😉
Happy Birthday Sadie! What a fun challenge 🙂 Julie, I’m sure you’ve mentioned this somewhere in your posts before but when you do a workout do you do it circuit style where you do one set of each move you list and go through the whole routine three times? Or do you do all three sets of one move before moving on to the next? Or maybe both!? Happy weekend!
Cute mug ! Empty rooms come in handy sometimes. Especially during the holidays when you have to wrap presents
happy birthday sadie!! i love her!!
haha this was sooo cute!!! I KNEW she was gonna get the Arby’s sandwich, b/c I gott to smell one of their sandwiches the other day, and it smelled amaaaaazing. 😛
Hmmm…pizza! Has Sadie tried Pizza? Kudos to Sadie for going the low-carb route! (; I had a cheese bagelwich this morning. Soooo goooood. Thought of you!
Can you transplant that room into my house? I would love the extra space. 😉
I think it’s hilarious that she didn’t eat the bun!!
Ok, I would have picked her picking the roast beef sandwich too, BUT do you think she went for that one because she got a pre-lick in on that one and not the chicken sandwich?
I almost feel like you need to try this one again in a week.
I feel like a filet-O-fish needs to get in on this action. 🙂
We have a four year old lab and after seeing your video two years ago we started giving her mcdonalds on her birthday. I finally showed my husband the video this year because it’s so cute, and his reply was that our lab would manage to trip or tie us up and then eat both options! Hope Sadie had a happy birthday! Our lab is our “first baby”, and has become a fabulous big sister to our biological 9 month old baby…you have much to look forward to!
Love Sadie’s birthday challenge! Found it hilarious. Might need to steal this when I get my pup!
I thought it would be the chicken!! Darn. It’s kind of sad that I was excited to see the turn out and it isn’t even my dog haha.
Awww, we do the same thing for our pup! So important to celebrate them too. 🙂
Sadie is precious! I wish I had a dog! One day…
p.s. your eggs look extra fluffy! Like clouds 😀
so… is Sadie the pup in the new volkswagon commercial? it looks like it could be her!