Dad Fuel – Week 1 Analysis

I know full well this might be a placebo effect, but Dad Fuel for breakfast feels life-changing.  Trust me. I get it. If I lived in a small town in Iowa in the early 1950s and a true, actual snake oil salesman came to town and told me snake oil would restore my hair, make me live to 100 years old, and ward off demons … I would’ve bought it.

I mean, as an example, this morning I watched a video someone posted on Facebook about microplastics, then I went and watched something on YouTube from Peter Attia on the subject of microplastics, and … poof … in merely a 1/2-hour, I’m Mr. Anti-Micro and Anti-All-Plastics.

That said … Dad Fuel is a marvel. Remember, a couple months ago I read something that “greens” type drinks should be consumed immediately upon waking and on an empty stomach. I started doing that and whaddya know, I noticed immediate result. So when my backlog of Skinny Greens was used up (bought by another person in my house who might also have been swooned by old timey snake oil salesmen), I went searching for a greens(style) drink for me.

It’s been one week. That’s about the minimum you should test a new product and see if it’s totally ruining you (like, I’ve tried gimmicky things that made my stomach upset or made be break out in hives), or if it’s noticeable.

I’ve noticed ONLY good things. Here’s my initial 1-week observations…

• I don’t have “tired eyes” … before Dad Fuel, for a long, long time, it always feels like I need a third, or maybe fourth, cuppa coffee to keep me going at work. I call “tired eyes” that feeling that if you sat in a comfy chair and closed your eyes, you think you’d fall asleep instantly and sleep for a at least half-an-hour. “Tired eyes” make me wonder if I have sleep apnea or think back on the previous night wondering, hmmmm, how many times did I wake up? Am I ever getting enough R.E.M. sleep? And I wonder if my sleep quality is so bad, I’ll have Alzheimer’s before my next birthday. Dad Fuel …whoa. No tired eyes and I feel GREAT all morning.
• It works as breakfast. Mixed with 14-ounces of milk and one scoop (the Dad Fuel bag says 2-scoops, but I’m a smaller 5’5″ person and, honestly, how could a 6’2″ dude and me need the same amount?) … one scoop gives me alot and makes me feel GREAT. It’s all I have and I don’t have cravings mid-morning to sneak out to a bagel shop. 
• It tastes really, really, really good. Too good. How can something that doesn’t taste like grass, or like medicine … how can it be good for me? But … the chocolate was good. The coffee flavor was interesting. The vanilla, however, is like dessert for breakfast.

I’ll report back at the 30-day mark. Because, well, you know me. I get all gung-ho and go all-in on fads and things – this Blog is a living testament to my starts and stops. But can I stick with it? With a daily routine of . . . .

• Breakfast:  1-Scoop Dad Fuel with 14 oz. milk
• Lunch:  1/2-cup cottage cheese, 1TBS chia seeds, 1 tsp MCT Oil, and 1 packet of Kodiak Oatmeal PLUS 2 multivitamins formulated for men 50+ PLUS 1 fish oil pill
• Snack:  My super smoothie
• Dinner:  Small portion of whatever my amazing wife makes me
• Evening: NO SNACKS except on Friday or Saturday evenings where I might have beers, a bourbon, and might go for ice cream or whatever (gotta have SOME fun)

There might be a day where I *SNAP* and go eat a large Jersey Mike’s and chase it with an entire bag of Double Stuff Oreos.  Really, Don, you ask?  Wouldn’t that make you sick?  Um … no. It didn’t. I mean, it wouldn’t. 

Anwyay … thanks for reading my second post about how good Dad Fuel is.