If you cant meet your intake you need to eat more food. I work 10-12 hour days 5x a week. Pack a protein bar, pack yogurt, pack whey protein. You can easily slam a shake to help reach protein intake. To say you can't eat or get in enough calories (especially in a deficit) is far from true.
Eat before work, eat after work, pack things that are quick and portable while at work even if you are on your feet all day. Just because you are in a deficit does not mean you need to take X or Y Products. Sure anyone cuting can take BCAA's same with those bulking. The only time I would suggest using them at a meal is if you cannot get enough protein from direct sources (mostly coming from trace sources like cheese, bread, nuts) and you need to supplement Aminos to reach 3g leucine for proper Muscle Protein Synthesis at each meal. Most people eat plenty of protein or get enough via whole foods/protein powder.
I don't even get a lunch, that does not mean I can't still reach my protein intake via whole foods when your dieting and you are most likely hungry due to satiety from less calories then your body needs.
What is more satisfying a powder or a whole food protein source? Whole food protein sources also contain far more micronutrients then a amino based protein product that is heavily processed in order to be made.
Again SIPPING On aminos is constantly spiking Muscle Protein Synthesis compared to eating daily meals spaced out which is more optimal for Muscle Protein Synthesis. Sure you can use sipping aminos to meet protein intake,
but its not as beneficial for MPS or constantly spiking amino's/insulin levels throughout the entire day. There is more benefit to allow them to reset before being spiked again as you can clearly see in the powerpoint/research below..
http://www.biolayne.com/wp-content/uploads/Norton-J-Ag-Food-Ind-Hi-Tech-2008.pdf
http://www.slideshare.net/biolayne/optimal-protein-intake-and-meal-frequency-to-support-maximal-protein-synthesis-and-muscle-mass
^^ Optimal Protein Intake and Meal Frequency to support protein syntheisis. There is a reason people don't just sip on amino's all day long anymore, there is not much research or merit to doing so.
I remember Mr Cooper put this best:
"
BCAAs are 6 calories per gram, and when sipped in an all day fashion, contribute heavily to both an insulin response and gluconeogenesis. Sipping on BCAA’s takes away from MPS (Muscle Protein Synthesis) as levels never get a chance to reach refractory stages before being spiked again The net effect is increased insulin and blood sugar. So when you sip on BCAAs instead of sugary drinks...you replace blood sugar with insulin.""
first let start off like this.
1 i dont start trouble or cause problems. or argue for the sake of argueing.
2 . just because you work 5 days a week and can get your needed required calories and protein in doesnt mean someone else can. (this isnt even about me) BUT
i work 7days a week, sometimes go a month or more without a day off. i work swing shift also. normally avg 80-96 hrs a week. except when business slows down. (like now)
you obviously havent read my earlier post.
on my job, there is no break time. this is a constantly attended job. i eat when i can.
but i cannot whip out food or drinks anywhere in this plant except for designates eating areas.
another thing money dictates what you eat , how much you eat, quality of food. also, i support a family of 8. on one income.
i support a wife with lupus, and a few children with serious medical conditions.
which one income takes care of. so when something has to be cut or changes need to be made. you dont take away from the children or wife to make sure my own needs are met. so i dont take food out of the mouths of my children or my sick wife to put in my own. it will never happen!
just so you understand where im coming from. ( again this is just an example because you cannot just assume someone isnt eating. or is being lazy or doesnt understand whole food is far better than supplementing to meet your required macro and nutrient intake. or doesn't understand about bloodsugar, and spiking there insulin.
i understand everything your saying and agree with most except for your assumptions. you never know the situation of the other person. so you cannot just always assume someone is being lazy, or has a lack of discipline, and knowledge.
again. i stated in earlier post. i would work out at work and get in 3 sessions of HIIT.
so i would take a gallon of water and mix in some bcaa/eaa .(for when im working out at work) again, not all day.! so if this was misconveyed on my end (my bad) also this never replaced meals!!
but honestly, not one time did i say i drink aminos ALL DAY,
NOT ONE TIME DID I SAY I REPLACE MEALs WITH AMINOS. or SUGGEST ANYONE TO DO SO. that would be horrible to suggest and actually dangerous at times.
aminos are great to take when fasting to help retain muscle or when going to the gym right after waking up from sleeping
all night . they will provide you WITH the
fuel you need to power through your work out , and help keep you from going into a catabolic state.