23-07-2012, 06:48 PM
(20-07-2012, 07:28 PM)Brilaw Wrote: Sheesh, congrats on your continued growth!!
As for maca's butt growing power being a myth, I totally disagree. Before I started NBE I used maca to gain weight.. I took it for 3 months and gained about 8 − 10 lbs. It went mainly to my butt and thighs. But my stomach also grew too. I stopped taking it to start NBE but I kept gaining weight. Think maca was still in my system or maybe just I had gotten used to eating the way I did on maca, ALOT. And I loved to eat before maca, but I just couldn't gain weight. For a while I weighed 114 (the same weight I had in 7th grade) even though I was in college. Anyway I gained about 20 lbs. Went from about 118 − 136lbs. Think my hormones finally kicked in and I gained some hips too I think maca only works if you eat a bunch while taking it. I still have some gelatinized maca powder sitting in my refrigerator. I love that stuff.
Thank you!
Congrats with the maca, glad it worked for you! However, it does not work how you think it does. Most women think maca works by putting fat in your booty. Actually, it shapes and grows your booty by increasing testosterone, which increases muscle growth. A side effect of maca IS increased appetite (probably from the raise in T), but this won't put it in your butt (LOL). The only thing that will put fat in your butt is GENETICS.
I think maca works especially well on black women BECAUSE it helps with weight gain, and they are much more likely to put weight in their hips/butt. However, if you were to gain weight without maca, that means it will still go to your butt (but if you have trouble getting over 115lbs like me, maca will sometimes be the only way to put on that weight).
You're lucky that genetics put your weight gain there, and it probably also built up the muscles under your fat a little bit from walking around every day, but I'm afraid maca just does not work by moving fat cells to your butt. I gained weight while on maca, and because of my genetics, it ONLY went to my stomach and under my chin. :/ I fell under the same idea, that maca worked by putting fat in good places, but truth of the matter is, nothing will work like that. You can't tell your body where to put on fat just as you can't tell it where to take it off (although fish oil and such are completely different methods).