Super Greens Is The New Dad Survival Hack

Here are the top 3 reasons why new dads should switch up their daily caffeine dose with Super Greens.

Now before you throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater, hear me out. I know they say coffee is a first-time dad’s best friend. It’s hallmarked as the cure to every new dad’s survival problem. Sleep deprivation?… coffee, the baby is teething?… coffee, Baby Shark on repeat? …coffee? But what if that cup (you are probably chugging back right now) is keeping you awake long after your little one has dozed off?

The problem with coffee, as a crutch for sleep deprivation, is it actually makes you more tired. I know none of us would like to admit this. It’s a tempting fix when you feel like you are running on empty, the baby is screaming his lungs off and your wife looks like she just stepped off the set of Dawn of the Dead. But there is a better fix than coffee. 

I used to drink coffee and sugar as a crutch to ride the midday crash but the instant energy high it created would evaporate just as quickly. When I became a new dad, I needed something else to help me with the constant brain fog.

The days were all blurring into one, with no off button between work mode and home mode. So after just becoming a father for the first time, we endured the marathon evening of cluster feeding when Hudson was about 2.5 weeks old and I learned pretty quickly that caffeine was not the answer. I also learned that “sleeping like a baby” is the worst form of false advertising ever created (and I should know, I’m in marketing), but that’s a story for another day.

After 18 long months of wondering blindly through the long nights and demands of a new baby, I figured out the top 3 reasons to ditch the coffee and try something else instead. Here are my tried and tested top 3 ways to beat sleep deprivation.

#1: Swap out your morning coffee for Super Greens. 

Drinking coffee just as you wake up actually has a limited effect on your cortisol levels. Your body already produces cortisol in the morning, which naturally wakes you up, rendering that morning cup of coffee pretty much useless. So instead when I wake up,  I make my super greens smoothie and I follow that up with a pre-workout drink. This gives me an energy boost and improves my focus throughout the morning, rather than the spike in energy I was getting from coffee.

#2: A cold shower will give you more energy than a hot cup of coffee. 

Instead of reaching for yet another dose of caffeine to keep you going from work to home mode, I have found an all-natural way to re-energize yourself. And it’s so simple. A cold shower. Okay, I get it. I was skeptical too at the beginning but trust me it works. Wim Hoff has made cold therapy famous, but if the thought of ice blocks in a tub is not your cup of (caffeine-free) tea, a cold shower should do the trick. 

#3: Cardio over coffee for ‘dad’ brain any day. 

Replacing your mid-morning coffee with a round of exercise has proven to provide a mental boost similar to (if not better than) caffeine. I like to head out for my 45 min walk around the neighborhood where I listen to The Mindset Mentor. My daily walk is part of my daily routine and is as much about physical exercise as it is a mental reprieve. Whether it is cold, raining, snowing, or 110 degrees, I’m committed to this daily ritual.

To sum it up, Super Greens are your new best friend and the dude you want to hang out with. You’re a dad now.