Stretch marks and jogging, little frustrated

[amddude]

I've been doing a hour (or so) of jogging 5 days a week for several months now to loose some weight.

Recently I've begun seeing new stretch marks on the sides of my hips. I don't think my calorie intake is high enough for me to be gaining fat weight. Is this likely just the result of the jogging or am I really just a big fatty? lol

 

[PricklyPete]

I'm the farthest from an expert on this...but I was always under the impression you got stretch marks from losing weight after periods of rapid weight gain. The stretch marks originated from the skin stretching with the initial weight gain and they become pronounced as you lose weight and the skin attempts to "shrink". Experts can commence bitch slapping me for my ignorance.

 

[MJinZ]

Nope, stretch marks are most prevalent from fast size gains - if you are doing new exercises and actually losing weight, it's from rapid muscle gain.

I have tons of stretch marks on my chest, shoulders, arms, thighs etc...

The good thing is they fade away in a few years.

 

[clemsyn]

It's most likely from you losing fat. I've got a bunch of them on my butt

 

[MJinZ]

It's most likely from you losing fat. I've got a bunch of them on my butt

Stretch marks on skin is from skin breaking and not growing fast enough to accommodate size gain. Losing weight is the opposite of all that.

Loose skin is a different matter.

 

[shortylickens]

I have some stretch marks on the side of my gut from bouncing back and forth with my weight over the years. When I finally lose my fat and keep it off I'm sure they will disappear shortly thereafter. Am willing to avoid the beach in the meantime.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

I have some stretch marks on the side of my gut from bouncing back and forth with my weight over the years. When I finally lose my fat and keep it off I'm sure they will disappear shortly thereafter. Am willing to avoid the beach in the meantime.

Stretch marks don't technically ever go away. They are scarred tissue, which will never regenerate into regular skin. Their appearance can be diminished by decreasing the contrast in color between skin and stretch mark, but they're there for life.

 

[shortylickens]

I dunno, I've seen a girl who had 5 kids and she has a perfect tummy now.
Also, she's got great boobs, but thats not really on topic.

 

[Koing]

I have stretch marks from 10yrs ago...I was a skinny kid.

Koing

 

[shortylickens]

I have stretch marks from 10yrs ago...I was a skinny kid.

Koing

Me too.
When I left high school I weighed 105. When I left boot camp I was 110.
When I left the Navy I was 185. Now I'm 215.

 

[MJinZ]

Stretch marks don't technically ever go away. They are scarred tissue, which will never regenerate into regular skin. Their appearance can be diminished by decreasing the contrast in color between skin and stretch mark, but they're there for life.

Scars sure can, it depends on their severity. Stretch marks, probably not really. The skin on your body and skin on your face is different.

 

[Pantlegz]

Me too.
When I left high school I weighed 105. When I left boot camp I was 110.
When I left the Navy I was 185. Now I'm 215.

If it makes you feel any better my skinny weight is 215. but I was about 200 when I graduated high school.

As far as stretch marks go, they're permanent but as other have said they fade. I've got quite a few both from being fat a few years ago and more from muscles growing rapidly they don't really bother me much, if anyone else has an issue with them it's on them I don't really care.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Scars sure can, it depends on their severity. Stretch marks, probably not really. The skin on your body and skin on your face is different.

No, they don't. Fibroblasts form collagen tissue that stays for the rest of your life. You don't get new epithelial cells, which is what I'm talking about. A scar is a scar. It's appearance may diminish and it's size may shrink slightly (due to contracture), but the scar doesn't actually go away unless there wasn't actually a scar to begin with.

 

[MJinZ]

No, they don't. Fibroblasts form collagen tissue that stays for the rest of your life. You don't get new epithelial cells, which is what I'm talking about. A scar is a scar. It's appearance may diminish and it's size may shrink slightly (due to contracture), but the scar doesn't actually go away unless there wasn't actually a scar to begin with.

Um I've had Acne scars completely disappear. And so have millions of others.

Trust me, they're different. Scar tissue for example on your body tends to be hypertrophic, these are mostly permanent, though silicone sheets help some. Atrophic ones form on the face (which is why you almost never see hypertrophic ones on the face) can completely disappear. I don't know if call them still scars if they appear to be completely regular skin.